Hey I'm wondering if I'm too skinny and I should gain weight I'm 16 year old male 128 pounds and 5 foot 10 and half. I log 65 miles a week and I am wondering if me being skinny is making me weak and stuff. What do you think thanks
Hey I'm wondering if I'm too skinny and I should gain weight I'm 16 year old male 128 pounds and 5 foot 10 and half. I log 65 miles a week and I am wondering if me being skinny is making me weak and stuff. What do you think thanks
I'm pretty much the same, at 5'11'' and normally around 125lbs. I haven't had any issues with it so far, and my doctor says I'm fine.
Really it's up to you, if you're feeling self-conscious for being skinny, you might feel better putting on some muscle, but otherwise I don't think there's any real reason to try and put on more weight
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Hey I'm wondering if I'm too skinny and I should gain weight I'm 16 year old male 128 pounds and 5 foot 10 and half. I log 65 miles a week and I am wondering if me being skinny is making me weak and stuff. What do you think thanks
I think you're ok if you only plan on running. However, if you ever plan on having sex with a woman, I suggest you add a bit of muscle mass...
Well how do you feel running/doing workouts? If you are feeling tired and weak, then it may benefit you to gain more. If you feel strong running and have energy throughout the day, I would say you are fine. I mean sure the girls may not come running to you, but I guess it depends on what your priority is at this point.
if you are 16 i would saw make sure you are at least eating at maintenance.
since you are kind of underweight I would suggest eating at a 100calorie surplus to keep your energy high
since im recommending eating at a calorie surplus i would through in some heavy weight training (remember heavy is relative to how strong you are) or bodyweight stuff to add some lean body bass
your testestorne levels are highest as a teenager going thru puberty so you should take advantage of that and MAKE SOME GAINS
don't worry you won't ever get "too bulky" to run unless you hop on some steroids (or lift very dedicated-ly for a long time, and with such dedication running is prob on da back burner by this point)
if you dont care about muscle i would at least work on doing heavy barbell squats as you can get your legs a lot stronger without adding significant mass and you may notice your running economy and sprinting speed increase because of this.