Contextual Strength: Building Muscle and Living as an Ectomorph is All Relative

by David on May 14, 2010

There is no “best way” to build strength and there’s no universal goal that everyone should strive for.

As I wrote about yesterday, I don’t want to be big. Heck, I’d even like to stay sort of skinny throughout my life. But I do want to build strength in a way that works for me.

I think it’s too common for skinny guys to see other skinny guys bulk up and fall into the trap of thinking they have to take the same route from A to B and achieve the same goals. They do this without thinking about what they truly want and why they wanted to be less skinny in the first place.

When it comes down to it, it’s all relative.

To some being 75kg is “too skinny” while for me, that’s my ideal weight. Other’s are perfectly satisfied being noticeably boney, but they’d like to have a bit more strength to work with. And that’s fine.

Don’t let anyone guilt you into following a particular process, or setting your sights on a reality you don’t much care for. What constitutes as strength and being “big” is only a perception. Choose your own perception to avoid ending up somewhere you don’t want to be.

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