If you are tyring to build muscle fast and getting nowhere because of your high metabolism, take heart because it is possible to gain muscle mass and attain a bigger frame by eating right and doing the right kind of workout.

Although this might come as news to some of you out there, skinny people go through as much ridicule in high as do the fat people. People who have a lean structure are basically endowed with a high basal metabolic rate. This means that the body uses up any kind of nourishment that you provide it with immediately after consumption. This leaves little or no unused energy for the body to store as fat! Such people have no muscle mass. Their body is literally a mass of skin and bones.

Before starting out on any fitness program or weight lifting technique you should always keep in mind that you are not a body builder, that you do not have their stature and structure. So you have to keep in mind that you cannot afford to do what others do. In fact if you indeed follow a strict regimen and do specially designed weight gain exercises then you will have the possibility of gaining as much as 30 pounds in muscle weight in a mere period of one week. And subsequently if you keep maintaining the regimen you will be guaranteed with a whole new look by the simple virtue of getting a radically different body structure, which is broad and wholesome.

However, with the right kind of exercise and proper nutrition you can gain those six pack abs and the biceps and triceps you always envied on the school swimming champion! When people think that they need to have enough muscle mass to be successful sportsmen, they are thinking along the wrong side of a circular logic. Since they are sportsmen they require to build that extra muscle mass in order for their body to manage the rigorous training that they go through.

So, as you can see, just working out rigorously won't necessarily help you build muscle fast. This is simply because you are not of an average body structure, so your body will gain solid mass only when you give it the right amount of care, in terms of nutrients. Yes, food is as important in this weight gain regimen as exercises are, that is probably why you have been trying out all possible workouts but still staying the same.

If you are taking nutritional supplements, make sure they suit your body type externally as well as internally. Do not follow the bodybuilding plans that are printed in magazines. Bodybuilders look into retaining their already formed muscle mass. For someone who has a lean body, he needs to build the mass first. Workout regime must include the correct proportion of cardio and weight training. The latter is solely responsible for building and toning muscles. Cardio helps in blood circulations and burns extra calories off the body very effectively. Therefore, with slight planning you can also achieve washboard abs and toned arms and legs.