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Anonymous
Is it bad if I have been skinny/underweight since birth?
I'm current;y 20 years of age, male, weighing 120 :[

Nothing ever works for my weight gain, I frequently go to the doctor and get physicals but always turn out perfectly healthy with nothing wrong but my vision (I wear glasses). So wtf is wrong with me, I eat like any normal person out there and don't really starve but yet I look like it.
>> Anonymous
how tall?
>> Anonymous
Exactly 5'7
>> Anonymous
>>260065
Within healthy BMI.

Nothing wrong.
>> Anonymous
im 16
5' 9"
108
i am perfectly healthy and everything
>> Anonymous
>>260068

I don't just want to be healthy tho, I want to look it as well. Been skinny all my life, I'd like to gain a few pounds maybe 20 or something. Then just maintain it that way.
>> Anonymous
>>260072
try high protien and muscle/weight gaining supplements
>> Anonymous
>>260077

Which would you consider to bring the fastest/ most effective results?
>> Anonymous
>>260083
google it
also there are some nutritional shakes you can get anywhere that specifically say "for weight gain/maintenance"
>> Anonymous
beat down an emo, that's how I beefed up
>> Anonymous
You're an ectomorph. It's in your genes.

Tougher for you to bulk up. Sorry.
If it helps, I'd rather be an ectomorph to be honest.

People envy you sometimes. :O
>> Anonymous
>>260128
Not really. it's terrible for aesthetics and sports, unless you like the scene/hipster looks.
>> Anonymous
>>260059

what matters is if your final bone/height/growth was impacted by your weight. some people have delayed puberty/reduced growth output becuz their body doesn't have enough weight/calories/protein to achieve what they were genetically programmed for in the first place.

i wouldn't look at BMI. i'd look at your pediatric growth chart and your mid-parental height calculation.

i'm 5'7" and 140 lbs. - weighed about your weight at age 20, but i was stunted by poor development in infancy. i should be 5'10"
>> Anonymous
>>260488

another way to look at your growth is to look at your wrist size/finger size/fingernails, see how they compare to other developed males
>> Anonymous
>>260488
I'm 5'9" and 130 pounds. I grew little by little every year, but didn't have one of those holy-shit-it's-puberty growth spurts till junior year of high school. I'm pretty sure I was behind most kids my age. Will I run into any more growth spurts? I've grown less than a centimeter this past year and I'm 18.
>> Anonymous
Just put in the work and you will eventualy see results , get a routine and stick to it ..shit takes time
>> Anonymous
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>>260128
that's a hell of a challenge
>> Anonymous
>>260497

height-wise probably not, though some do continue to grow into their early 20's. the growth plates of your bones do not close until early/mid 20's. You could even take growth hormones (HGH) if a doctor determined you had a growth problem and didn't meet your genetic pre-determined height.

however, that is unlikely. calculate your mid-parental height (there are websites online). average adult caucasian male is ~5'10". you aren't far off.

after reaching peak height at about 18-20, you begin to put on mass/bulk/thickness until about age ~28, where you reach peak bone mass, period. After 30 you spend the rest of your life fighting degeneration/bone loss/aging.
>> Anonymous
>>260497

you might gain about 1 more inch or so, but probably not much more.
>> Anonymous
>>260709
>After 30 you spend the rest of your life fighting degeneration/bone loss/aging.
Jesus Christ. I am SO fucking glad I'm working on this health fitness shit now.
>> Anonymous
>>260723

well you may peak higher w/ bone than if you did nothing at all, but you still have to workout throughout life to prevent loss. if you are older (age 30+) and you break your neck/get immobilized... you'll be in a wheel chair and your bone loss will accelerate becuz u aren't protecting what you already built.... so just working out before age 30 doesn't cut it.

your body still forms new bone after age 30. it's just the balance of osteoblasts (bone forming molecules) and osteoclasts (bone dissolving molecules) tips the balance in favor of bone reduction over time... accelerating after menopause in women in particular.
>> Anonymous
>>260743
OK. Then what should I be doing as a 19 year old male? And what should I learn about for when I'm 30+?
>> Anonymous
>>260756

probably whatever workout you are already doing. my point was only that it's not like working out now guarantees you 0 problems after 30... you have to keep on it to maintain what you've got.

you can look up typical bone building exercises... it's usually sports that generate a lot of vibration on the spine, like running, soccer and NOT sports like swimming.
>> Anonymous
>>260758

jump rope
>> Anonymous
>>260758
Thanks for the advice. I now know more thanks to my lurking.