The_Devil_In_Disguise Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 I am 17 and I have a developed set of abs, visible pectoral muscles and semi-muscular (not very)but defined arms. Despite this, I am still quite 'skinny' I still show quite a bit of ribbiness, especially in the middle of my ribcage and the bottom of each sides. I sthere anything I can do to cover it up but not look fat? (I know some ribs will inevitably show but not many) fool me once... shame on youfool me twice... I'll cut your *
PhilM1 Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 hey man i feel your pain. im 16 and pretty skinny. keep working those pects back and back muscles. they will go away kind of. but being you are skinny its gonna go away that easily at all. eat your protein!! fight til you die
Shorin Ryuu Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 I used to have a problem with being real skinny because I was born three months premature. Now I'm still pretty thin and probably won't ever get huge, but I have pretty decent lean muscle buildup. To help with the ribbiness, I did a lot of pushups (I suppose bench press would help as well, maybe) which is just good for general upper body musculature and lower back as well. When putting on muscle, just make sure you keep stretching and work w/o weights as well (with calisthetics like pushups or just plain things like punching) so you don't over-bulk up and tighten up. Plus there is a machine in most gyms where you sit and rotate your torso while holding onto the machine, which rotates with you and provides resistance w/weights. That might help as well. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
ZR440 Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 Enjoy being skinny now, because it will slowly change as you get older. It's happy hour somewhere in the world.
tommarker Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 what ZR440 said.... I'll trade you dilemmas I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
karate_woman Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 I am 17 and I have a developed set of abs, visible pectoral muscles and semi-muscular (not very)but defined arms. Despite this, I am still quite 'skinny' I still show quite a bit of ribbiness, especially in the middle of my ribcage and the bottom of each sides. I sthere anything I can do to cover it up but not look fat? (I know some ribs will inevitably show but not many) The only thing I can think of is gaining muscle over that area. There is a website I found that deals with strengthening the muscles over the ribcage. It seems to be part of a site designed for high school and college athletes, and I couldn't find out the qualifications of the writer, so take it for what it is worth. The exercises seemed fairly common, though. http://www.chap.com/rib.htm The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. -Lao-Tse
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