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Hi Folks
I am an Asian male in my mid-forties and have a small stature. I am only 5 foot tall and weigh 65kg.
I have never visited a gym before and never consciously done any fitness exercises. This has partly due to the act that I have a slight physical disability – my right side is weaker than my left, and my strength is about 40% of a normal person of my age/stature. As you can imagine, throughout most of my school life I was called all sorts of names such as shorty and weakling etc. I also suffered depression for a number of years after leaving school because of that.
I have now decided to start going to the gym to gain more muscle, strength and bulk up. In all honesty, do you think it is a bit late now to do this, considering my age? If you think I should go ahead with this idea, I haven’t got much of a clue of where to start off in terms of exercises, how much of each exercise I would need to do or how often. On top of that, I haven’t got much of a clue of what things to eat which would help me to gain strength and bulk up etc.
I have tried to look at various websites on the internet to gain that information, but there is so much information available I don’t know where to start!!
Would someone be kind enough to point me in the right direction and how to progress on my journey to get more muscle and eventually bulk up?
Thanks in advance for your response.
Geek84,
I totally agree with basszebra - it's never to late.
Go for it.
Gooner
I agree with everyone else here...Your never too old to hit the gym!
Get active and Get Fit! 😉 😉 😉
Gotta agree with the others....ay never too old.
I'm 42 this year, 6'2" tall big build and about 17st.....been doing a lot of mountain biking the last couple of years, hoping to do a couple of the MTB Marathon cross country events later in the year when my fitness is better. its great fun.
Can't afford the gym membership so to help me through the winter i bought a multi-gym for next to nothing off eBay (£42) :woohoo: so i'm now doing around 90mins 3-4nights a week on that, mostly lots of reps just for stamina and toning as opposed to strength and muscle mass.......and i'm on the bike on a weekend doing 16-25miles in the mud when i can.
The cpuncil gyms are good and filled with new machinery havent been to a council gym were the stuff has been below par. And if your in a decent sized employer you might get discount on your membership I get all classes and gym/swimming for £25 a month and Gym has had a multi million refit in the last 12 months well worth going theres people all shapes and sizes. If your a bit body consence try going first or last thing at night
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