Blessing or a curse? I am not quite sure which. I am one of those people you are talking about as far as being "thin". I am also a smoker. I have wanted to give up smoking for a long time. When my g/f broke up with me I finally got a drive to do something different. When I say thin I am not just skin and bones, but my body fat is under 8 percent. I started working out for real about 3 weeks ago. Since my body fat is so low I can see results faster than the average 6 weeks.
My advice to all you guys out there working out, just stick with it. Right now I work out Mon, Wed, Fri. On Tues, Thur, Sat i do only abs and a small amount of cardio 10-15 min. sunday is a complete rest day. I have noticed extreme results in those 3 weeks. At the end of the week I have done abs six days. Abs are one of the hardest things to work because we use those muscles all day, i.e when we cough, when we bend down to get something, when we are using the restroom etc.... The only way to work abs and to get the beginning definition is to hop on the incline sit up bench and do several sets of sit ups. NOT crunches. Crunches are for the ladies. i mean full incline sit ups. After several weeks when you can 4 sets of 40, you start adding weight by grabbing a 25 pound weight and holding it over your head and then going for it. What you are doing is "using" your muscles. I know this may sound redundant but trust me it works. When you hop on the ab machine at the gym and throw 100 pounds on it, what you are doing is strengthening your muscles which can sometimes just make your gut appear bigger because yes the muscles are growing but you are not burning the layer of fat inside your stomach. Yes I did say "inside". You have a layer of fat not just on the outside but also on the inside. When you do full sit ups you burning fat from that specific area. Its like cardio for your abs. I hope this info is helpful for you guys and just keep on working. I "look" pretty cut but I still can't bench my own weight yet. But I also have a full 6 pack that looks pretty hard. I figure in a couple more months i will be able to lift more, I will be pretty happy then. Oh and btw working out is a great way to quite smoking.
My advice to all you guys out there working out, just stick with it. Right now I work out Mon, Wed, Fri. On Tues, Thur, Sat i do only abs and a small amount of cardio 10-15 min. sunday is a complete rest day. I have noticed extreme results in those 3 weeks. At the end of the week I have done abs six days. Abs are one of the hardest things to work because we use those muscles all day, i.e when we cough, when we bend down to get something, when we are using the restroom etc.... The only way to work abs and to get the beginning definition is to hop on the incline sit up bench and do several sets of sit ups. NOT crunches. Crunches are for the ladies. i mean full incline sit ups. After several weeks when you can 4 sets of 40, you start adding weight by grabbing a 25 pound weight and holding it over your head and then going for it. What you are doing is "using" your muscles. I know this may sound redundant but trust me it works. When you hop on the ab machine at the gym and throw 100 pounds on it, what you are doing is strengthening your muscles which can sometimes just make your gut appear bigger because yes the muscles are growing but you are not burning the layer of fat inside your stomach. Yes I did say "inside". You have a layer of fat not just on the outside but also on the inside. When you do full sit ups you burning fat from that specific area. Its like cardio for your abs. I hope this info is helpful for you guys and just keep on working. I "look" pretty cut but I still can't bench my own weight yet. But I also have a full 6 pack that looks pretty hard. I figure in a couple more months i will be able to lift more, I will be pretty happy then. Oh and btw working out is a great way to quite smoking.
