The skinny man's guide to bulking up

Rear view of a sporty man with dumbbells 

Personal fitness trainer Scott Laidler explains how naturally thin men can easily put on muscle using a targeted workout programme. This article was originally published in 2014.

Many men find it frustratingly difficult to bulk up and gain muscle size. There is a variety of reasons for this, but they tend to boil down to one simple issue: following the wrong advice.

That doesn't necessarily mean bad advice, but rather advice that is not appropriate for them. Body type is key here: most advice in fitness and bodybuilding magazines is designed to suit the few natural athletes – or ‘mesomorphs’ – among our society. Unfortunately, this means that the remainder of the population are stuck blindly...

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