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I've also started doing deadlifts and bench presses and moulded my diet around attaining as much protein/carbs as possible. I'm interested to know what sorts of workouts you folks do, and what sorts body type traits you possess which you tailor your workouts towards.

If anyone else ever started as a skinny dweeb, I'd be interested to know how you tailored your workouts/diets.

I found being more active regularly gave me more of an appetite, so I started to eat more to make up for lost calories through exercises, that resulted in 15lbs increase in lean muscle after 1.5months. I'm 5'9" and 145lbs now, used to be 5'9" and 130lbs.

I could never work out at the gym before because..... well, my only true motivation had been on the basis of vanity, and that wasn't quite enough to drag me out of bed and go out to the gym. I kept lying to myself and saying it was for health reasons, but I eventually realized things and just stopped going.

Later on I started rock climbing, really really enjoyed it, and started to go all the time. I realized my physical limitations when I hit harder grades and started more boulder problems, so I had to work out my climbing muscles. Now I had a solid foundation of motivation, to climb harder and better. Funny though, after I started climbing, I got more motivated to exercise for health purposes and realized the importance more.

Anyways...... don't know where I'm going with that, I don't think I should bother posting my work out routine since it's all rock climbing related muscles on my hangboard. Basically a bunch of pull ups and dead hangs with fingers.

Some advice might help you though....... is take some whey protein. Be careful what you buy though, some have different effects, and I've found some companies try to hide the fact that they contain creatine by calling it something else. I personally take PRO-ISL, it doesn't contain creatine, and it mainly works towards repairing my muscles and making them stronger instead of building up mass, since I'm concerned with my muscle to weight ratio.

My second piece of advice is NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE REST DAYS. It's vital. You do your growing on rest days and will progress quicker if you give yourself proper rest days. Obviously it'll reduce your chances of injury too.

Third piece of advice..... have a strong base of motivation. Your workouts need to be a regular routine and needs to continue through the months. So identifying your motivation will make you feel better and see your goal more clearly. This will help you get out to work yourself.

As for what I ate....... I didn't really change what I ate..... just made sure I got at least 2000calories in per day and things just sort of worked from there.

Anyways, this is all from my personal experience, best of luck to you!

Jam it back in, in the dark.