I don ' t understand the downvotes for answering the question , must be connor mcgregor band wagonners . <| sep |> My best buddy , who was also skinny , had just come out of a relationship and was feeling shitty . He decided to do something about it . So anyway , over a beer he told me that he wanted to start going to the gym but he couldn ' t see himself doing it alone . He then went on to point out that for all the time we ' ve been friends ~ 30 years we ' d never had a shared interest or hobby , other than beer and drum n bass , whereas , he ' d been friends with my brother for a lot less time 1015 years but had been in 3 or 4 bands with him and pointed out how cool that was just as an excuse to meet up 2 or 3 times a week . I can remember sitting there thinking I REALLY don ' t want to start going to a gym but I ' d feel like a right cunt if I said no after all he ' d said . So I reluctantly agreed . Then , when I got home , I remember thinking FFS , what have I let myself in for ! and started to google info about gaining for skinny beginners . I half expected to find stuff saying if you ' ve been skinny your whole life you probably have a fast metabolism and therefore you wont be able to gain any meaningful amount of weight , let alone muscle . Sorry skinny dudes , you ' ll be wasting your time . , at which point I would ' ve gone back to him and said I know I said yes , well sorry dude . But I found rgainit and it opened my eyes , wide . When we met up for a beer a few days later he said he fully expected me to back out , but I didn ' t . I was like FUCK YEAH , I REALLY want to do this ! . I haven ' t looked back since .