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Anonymous
Sup, /fit/?
Here's my problem. I recently started lifting and I'd say i'm in pretty decent overall shape (the lifting is already producing results, and I have almost no fat on my stomach), but I have a very small frame (my wrists and ankles are really tiny, basically all my bones are very thin).

I've read that you can improve bone density and size through special workouts and diets, but i'm smelling bullshit... is that even remotely possible at 27 years old to increase the size of my bones? As it is, I have very little strength, and i feel my bones may have to do with it. I bench 85lbs and i'm really struggling with it, while everyone in the gym is looking at me like 'wtf?'
>> Anonymous
you're not in good shape if you are benching 85 lbs... eat more and SQUATZ... but seriously eat lots more and lift heavy weight low reps (5x5)
>> Anonymous
stronglifts.com

Yes, your bones will grow stronger with your ability to lift heavier stuff.
No, you are not too old.
>> Anonymous
>>236620
Thanks for the advice. What I mean by "in good shape" is that I have almost no fat on, I bike to/from work every day and can bike all day long without getting tired at all and at very decent speeds. I'm not "built" yet, but trying to work on that. Right now, I'm seeing my biceps, shoulders, chest and triceps almost doubled in size over the last 3 weeks, bit my forearms are still uber tiny.
>> Anonymous
i used to be a skinny-boned weakling too. i bench press 205 lbs now because before and after every workout, i took 5000% of the daily reccommended allotment of calcium. now i have huge bones that are capable of lifting that heavy weight. make sure to take lots and lots of calcium beofre and after every work out and once on every day you take off from lifting.
>> Anonymous
>>236625
Are you trying to kill that guy?


"While a lifelong deficit can affect bone and tooth formation, over-retention can cause hypercalcemia (elevated levels of calcium in the blood), impaired kidney function and decreased absorption of other minerals."

5000% would be like 50,000mg/day of calcium, which could probably kill a horse...
>> Anonymous
weight? height? and are you a womens?
>> Anonymous
>>236649
OP here: 168lbs, 5"10, male. I'm not "skinny", I just look fit when I look in a mirror. Really need to put on more muscle on my arms, but everything else looks healthy.
>> Anonymous
Also, I was benching in narrow-grip to work my triceps more than my biceps. Would I be able to bench more if I did the traditional wide grip?
>> Anonymous
>>236662
Miiiilk.
>> Anonymous
>>236664
I have yogurt, milk and cheese every day, and have been since I was just a little kid... in fact I've always been consuming more dairies than all the other kids, which is why I wonder why my frame is so small... i think it might be genetic.
>> Anonymous
>>236685

You're not that bad off you know... being a 185cm 70kg guy with large shoulderblades and relatively broad shoulders is a pain and makes me look ten times skinnier than I actually am (albeit I'm lightweight).

Enjoy your fast results and visible muscles and stop worrying :P

Also what might work for you is strenghtening your wrist muscles by gripping just the 15-20 kilogram pole, securing your forearms on your thighs and slowly letting your wrist bend backwards, then lifting it slowly back up. Make sure you're not using too much weight and so but it should help some.

Also using dumbells with different grips and lifting in different angles can add some strain on wrists (like those hammer lift thingies, x'cuse my lack of vocabulary and bad english)
>> Anonymous
>>236663
lol, well theres your probelm. DO regular grip. Which is about shoulder width. If you want to work out triceps, do skull crushers, thats the best tricep workout. Look it up on youtube, I don't feel like explaining it.