Wrists wont grow!!!

LegacyUser

Howyiz
Im 18,male,and about 9.5 stone,which id say is average enough for my height. My problem is that my wrists wont seem to fatten up,and i dunno why.
I eat as much as the next man,and most of what I eat is "fattening" stuff. Typical day would be rice crispies or cornflakes with sugar for breakfest,some chips at 1pm,BK or McDonalds at 5pm(usually consisting of 2 burgers,portion of fries and a coke)and before bed some more cereal with sugar thrown on top. A few bags of crisps throughout the day as well. And yet my lower arms are still the thickness of the average 14 or 15 year old boy. I swear,Im thinking of contacting McDonalds for use as a paid character witness in the lawsuits in the states-I eat their stuff all my life and I still dont go over the 10 stone mark. I dont get it,why its just my arms(though my fingers are quite thin too). Ive got thick enough legs,and my chest/stomach is average. Even my shoulder muscles are relatively respectable looking. Its basically just the arms. Its not like everyone is immeadiately noticing it and making comments about it,its more my own view of it. Ill be in class sittin beside a girl writing and ill realise her wrists are as thick,if not thicker,than mine,despite the fact she is visibly at least a stone lighter than me. I just cant get how people lighter than me can have thicker wrists,what the **** is wrong with mine? The weird thing being,she may have as thick or a slightly thicker wrist,but if she had legs as fat as mine she would be odd looking. So why is my fat amount disproportionate? Why is the effects of my eating being shown everywhere bar my arms?
So what is it,over exercise? I cycle maybe 2 miles per day,and maybe walk one mile,but id say half the world does the same. On a typical Saturday night would drink around 9 pints or equivalent,if thats related in any way. Would be doin this nearly every week affect it? Could I have worms,which would be a possible reason why Im not seeing the full effects of my junk food habit? I remember from biology years ago a doctor can tell easily somebody with the condition by looking in their eyes. I havent seen a doctor in about 2 years(and that was a non weight related issue) but even back then i was piling in the junk food and gettin nothin from it weight wise,so surely he woulda noticed?

Any general tips to increase the thickness?

LegacyUser

Get this man to the fitness forum stat!
I dont think you really....'get exercise'

If you want thicker arms...you have to exercise them to build up muscles, now I dont know which ones would do this but google is you friend.

And for the love of god stop trying to put on fat weight, its just stupid and a terrible habit to get into. Start working out and start munching on protein and a more respectable diet.

tribble

As for your wrists - sorry there's not much you can do but TBH that's not an issue.
Have a look at your average 1 year old (or morbidly obese). Fat little bastids but their wrists are always proportionally thin.

Your forearms - now there you can do a lot, I recommend a set of barbells.

Lastly - stop eating such poor food.
It's unhealthy and you'll look and feel like crap.

Your 18 quit worrying about your physical appearance - concentrate (a) the leaving cert oor (b) if you're in college join the gym and concentrate on your social skillz.

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seamus

I reckon you're focussing some degree of unhappiness about yourself upon your wrists. That if you somehow make your wrists wider, then all your problems will go away.

If it's an image thing, 9.5 stone sounds quite skinny, unless you're pretty small (<5'7"). You'd be amazed how much bulking up a little will do for your self-esteem, even by one stone. Eating fatty food won't do it. If you eat crap all the time without changing size, you probably have a high metabolism, and bar eating sticks of lard, you won't get any bigger. In fact, if you keep eating McDonalds, fry-ups and other crap, you may not look fat on the outside, but your insides will have turned to ****. You'll be at risk of elevated blood pressure, liver damage, and cardiac problems.

Between 18-25 the male body begins to bulk out naturally, so don't worry too much. The teenage years are about growth upwards. The 5-10 years afterwards are about growth outwards (in the good way). Muscle mass and tone improves naturally.

Head over to the fitness forum and ask bout building muscle. You can do weights, and become extremely strong, but see little growth in muscle bulk. You have to train quite specifically to get what you want.

SOL

Smallarm wrote:

have worms,which would be a possible reason why Im not seeing the full effects of my junk food habit? QUOTE]

Okay you seem to have missed the concept of nutrition, new plan,

if you really actually want to grow, eat some real food, drop the sugar, try eating porridge and a pint of milk for breakfast, or if you don't like porridge I find cold pasta or rice reheated in the microwave great usually a pint of milk is good too, toast, what ever is handy, not sugar,

Lunch, get sime sambos filled with real stuff or chicken fillet bagguettes or such, and a banana or some good fruit,

and for dinner, eat lots of meat cereals and veg, stop drinking tea if you do and drink more milk

also you could try vitimains etc, but try eating real food first

FranknFurter

Watch the movie "Supersize-Me"
If THAT dosent cure you of your bad food habits, NOTHING will!

Esel

Your wrist indicates your bone 'size'. You are small-boned. This will not change, no matter how much you eat/exercise.

Be glad this is the case, because it probably means you are destined for a long life.

Be sure to get plenty of calcium - but not too much - you don't want kidney stones. However, you want strong bones, no matter their relative dimensions.

Also, as you are concerned about this (although nobody else notices your wrist size), do not wear an inappropriately-sized watch, as it will only draw
attention to the size of your wrist.

Imagine if you were worried about the size of, say, your head? How could you make your head bigger?

adjodlo

skinny wrists? Is this a joke? Unless you mean skinny forearms or something. I have quite skinny wrists and it's considered a plus by guys who work out because it makes my forearms look huge. I recently started training like mad and upping my food intake and have put on over a stone in the last month.

First, stop eating shít food.
Second, if you eat loads and then dont workout or lift some decent weights(in a gym!) then you'll either just get fat, or you'll **** the stuff out because you're not using it.
Third, start taking your vitamins because they will help your body to digest food a lot better.

Optikus

Perhaps this is why watch making companies... only making wrist watchs in certain sizes.

Caesar_Bojangle

Its pretty tough to fatten up your wrists but it is possible. There are certain exercises you can do with free weights but to be honest it’s not worth the effort.

If you want to bulk up, cut out eating the crap foods and join a gym and get the instructor to write you up an exercise program. Or, you could wait a few years and let your body fill out naturally.

jesus_thats_gre

There is one sure fire way to build up your wrists

hello...

catspring

why do you want bigger wrists???

slender arms are, in my humble opinion, much nicer that big muscley ones on a guy. it is probably just down to your bone size. have either of your parents got small wrists? if they do then the chances are all the exercising/ eating macdonalds in the world ain't goin to do any good. i guess you just have to live with them, and like i said, not every girl wants a muscle man.

meepmeep

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

There is one sure fire way to build up your wrists

hello...

Surely you're not suggestiing...................wrist weights? :eek:

jesus_thats_gre

meepmeep wrote:

Surely you're not suggestiing...................wrist weights? :eek:

For me baby, I might as well be doing weights

karlh

I have extremely boney, skinny wrists and i'm normal weight etc for my height.......always wondered if they would 'fill out' as i got older but they haven't.

Bar a diet of high protein and furious maturbation......there's not much you can do.

i think you should stop worrying about them and worry about the amount of crap you're putting in your body!

Work really hard, buy a f*ck off Rolex and it may detract a little......

fletch

Wear wrist/sweat bands....jus a temporary solution to make ur wrists look a bit fatter...altho it could draw attn to ur wrists not that I have ever paid any attn to anyones wrists before

adjodlo

does the wrist even have any muscles that can be built up? Can't find any in mine

logic1

Wrist sized is pre-determined by your skeletal structure size. You didn't mention what height you are or what your wrist measurement is.

There is no way to increase your wrist size by any substantial amount.

Post back with your measurements and we can say if they're extraordinary but judging by your weight your short, small boned and would have a wrist size of approx. 5.5 to 6 inches.

.logic.

cajun_tiger

eat healthier boy. you want to put on weight eat real food maky d's isnt good for your body

jesus_thats_gre

My wrists are ****ing huge. Mind you, am 6'1, have size 12/13 feet, broad shoulders and chest and am overweight..

LegacyUser

try a powerball, was just playin with one there, if a coupla hours a week using one doesn't give you bigger wrists nothing will

Gymboy

It's been said already - you can't increase the size of your wrists. It's a skeletal thing - not a muscular thing... It's impossible to do anything about it -you can thicken your forearms by various exercises - i can explain these if you like. but you're better off just doing a general fitness thing overall and not just concentrting on your forearms.

Eating mcD's my friend ain't gonna get you anywhere except a big flabby rubber tyre around your waist when your metabolism slows down....

Gymboy

here's a link to forearm exercises - but as i say - i'd recommend just a simple all body routine and this will enhance your forearms with out you even realising.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?MainMuscle=Forearms

WhiteWashMan

if its any consolation, i have fab wrists.

not too thin, not too thick, just perfect.

ando

I'd say that helped the lad wwm :rolleyes:

adjodlo

WhiteWashMan wrote:

if its any consolation, i have fab wrists.

not too thin, not too thick, just perfect.

I'd highly doubt that. Skinyish wrists are the best type of wrist - as I've already said because it makes the forearms look bigger.

jesus_thats_gre

WhiteWashMan wrote:

if its any consolation, i have fab wrists.

not too thin, not too thick, just perfect.

you sound like a right bitch!

WhiteWashMan

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

you sound like a right bitch!

irony?

WhiteWashMan

ando wrote:

I'd say that helped the lad wwm :rolleyes:

im sorry, i didnt realise the charter had a 'every post must help the thread starter' clause.
can you point it out.
im sure im allowed to discuss any issues on topic here.

you know, your post didnt really add anything to this thread. it could be misconstrued as trolling. and by all accounts on the moderators board, youve been known to do it before. i would ask that you stop trolling me, or i will be forced to ask the moderator of this forum to ban you.

with regards to the wrist thing though, i do have nice wrists, but when i was younger, my wrists were much thicker than most of my chums, and i felt very sorry for myself. but as i grew older and my body shaped itself accordingly, i found that i did indeed have lovely wrists.
as for thin wrists making your forearms looking big, well, i really think it depends on the forearms to be honest. i mean, if youre a weedy little runt, your peas in a pod type muscles will defiantely be flattered by having thin wrists.
of course, if youre a broad shouldered and toned athlete type, then you wil llook a bit silly with thin wrists and weight lifter arms!

its all relative...

Rredwell

I too, know the pain of having narrow wrists.

It's a real nuisance when it comes to watches - I have mine at the narrowest it will go and it still manages to turn all the way round.

I way about 10.5 stone, about a stone more than Smallarm, and I still have the same problem, so it musn't be weight related. Then again, maybe I am taller than he is? (I am about 6' 3".)

Anyways, my point is, don't dismiss us Narrow-Wrists!

Gordon

WhiteWashMan wrote:

you know, your post didnt really add anything to this thread. it could be misconstrued as trolling. and by all accounts on the moderators board, youve been known to do it before. i would ask that you stop trolling me, or i will be forced to ask the moderator of this forum to ban you.

WWM final warning.

Kêrmêttê

esel wrote:

Your wrist indicates your bone 'size'. You are small-boned. This will not change, no matter how much you eat/exercise.

I have to agree with this. I'm a female with teeny wrists and they've been the same size for the last 20-ish years. I used to try to disguise them with giant watches and bracelets... but at this stage i couldn't be arsed hiding it.
It's who I am and I'm glad I'm not a giant heiffer!

I agree with Rredwell too. It's a huge pain trying to ge watches that fit and also rings... I constantly have to get them adjusted smaller to fit me. I'm acually a childs size in rings

nesthead

ehh.. bone mass does increase through excercise ya big pack of eejits....

you just have to do a lot of excercise and eat the right diet.

[edit] i have em too... just to lazy to do excercise tho.... its kinda annoying, but you should fill out by the time your about 26 (unless u sit on the couch for the rest of your life!)

ando

WhiteWashMan wrote:

you know, your post didnt really add anything to this thread. it could be misconstrued as trolling

All I'm saying is for you to have a bit of sensitivity to the original poster, no need to go off on a huff

Gordon

ando keep it on topic please. There have been two bannings today from PI already.

no-one is safe...

BrianD3

ehh.. bone mass does increase through excercise ya big pack of eejits

Bone mass and density may increase through exercise, however gains in bone width and volume will be negligible. And the circumference of the wrists will not increase appreciably without an increase in bone width.

BrianD3