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I am growing more now at 26 then I did when I trained for a couple years from 16-18years old. Although I attribute this to a much greater desire and that I am much more knowledgeable about training thanks to my studies and the Internet.
When I was younger I knew nothing, I just thought going and lifting weights would do everything, I had no plan and just lifted pretty much whole body workout using machines each weekday (for 45 minutes). I actually didn't look to bad and was in good shape as a result, who'd have thought.
When I was younger I knew nothing, I just thought going and lifting weights would do everything, I had no plan and just lifted pretty much whole body workout using machines each weekday (for 45 minutes). I actually didn't look to bad and was in good shape as a result, who'd have thought.
MeatHead57
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I'm guessing that gains would come a lot slow for a 15 year old than for a 18 year old.. Am I right in guessing that..?
indian jelly i dissagree with that im 15 and have been liftin for a little under a year ( 10 months ) and i ahve seen some really great gains i was 110 lbs when i started last year in sept. Now in july i am 145 lbs with 6-7 % bf
But my own opinion is it all depends on your genetics with the way you will grow at our young ages!!
indian jelly i dissagree with that im 15 and have been liftin for a little under a year ( 10 months ) and i ahve seen some really great gains i was 110 lbs when i started last year in sept. Now in july i am 145 lbs with 6-7 % bf
But my own opinion is it all depends on your genetics with the way you will grow at our young ages!!
I think experience/knowledge has a lot to do with it.
Are you not gaining strength or just not growing in size?
When I first started lifting seriously, around age 15, I didn't accumulate the muscle mass I'm gaining now (at age 19), but I was getting stronger which was worth it.
Make sure you're doing good exercises that are hitting the areas you want to grow -- until I started lifting with a friend who read elitefitness (and turned me on to it), i was doing exercises that weren't really right for me (for example, I was doing DB flies instead of DB presses for chest growth).
Also, try to eat right. Good sources of protein are eggs (try to stay away from the yolk though, it's full of cholesterol), tuna, and milk.
Good luck man, don't give up!
Are you not gaining strength or just not growing in size?
When I first started lifting seriously, around age 15, I didn't accumulate the muscle mass I'm gaining now (at age 19), but I was getting stronger which was worth it.
Make sure you're doing good exercises that are hitting the areas you want to grow -- until I started lifting with a friend who read elitefitness (and turned me on to it), i was doing exercises that weren't really right for me (for example, I was doing DB flies instead of DB presses for chest growth).
Also, try to eat right. Good sources of protein are eggs (try to stay away from the yolk though, it's full of cholesterol), tuna, and milk.
Good luck man, don't give up!
Thanks for all the advice guys. Yeh, i have noticed some serious strength gains in the for months... for example:
Started beanching 100 lbs for reps... up to 135 (still pathetic lol)
Squats went from a pathetic 115 lbs to 205 just this week.
I am seeing results, but i dont think i look like someone who "works out". If i go to the beach or something, people dont say, "wow, he must work out" Thats all im really going for lol.
SwoolUG - i am eating as clean as i can. I allow one maybe two cheat days a week where i have something sugary or fatty or processed, but besides that its high protein, minimal carbs after 4 pm.
Started beanching 100 lbs for reps... up to 135 (still pathetic lol)
Squats went from a pathetic 115 lbs to 205 just this week.
I am seeing results, but i dont think i look like someone who "works out". If i go to the beach or something, people dont say, "wow, he must work out" Thats all im really going for lol.
SwoolUG - i am eating as clean as i can. I allow one maybe two cheat days a week where i have something sugary or fatty or processed, but besides that its high protein, minimal carbs after 4 pm.
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Gandiman, again, as gonelifting asked, how much do you actually eat. Would also like to know hight/weight. Most guys who can't seem to gain claim to eat alot, but they eat virtually nothing, and their foods are often lacking in nutrional value. To give you an idea of how much you have to eat. I've been dieting down for 11 weeks not (missed a week in the middle because I had to go on a trip for a week and couldn't get my diet right while away, so acutally 10). At the beginning, I was loosing 3 ibs a week on 3500 cals a day, one cheat day a week, and no clen or t3. I can eat 4500-5000 cals a day for a month straight an not gain or loose a single ibs. So, break down for us an average day of what you eat. If possible give fat,carb,protien and cals for each meal. You mentioned high protien, but didn't mention fat. Fat intake, in my opinion, is just as important, if not more so, than protien intake. Not that protien isn't important, its just that most guys who think they eat high protien probably get enough to grow, even if it isn't optimal. But a much smaller % get the fat they need for optimal growth. Here is what I'll be eating for a bulking phase starting in about 6 weeks (just an idea of an average day). I plan on gaining lbm w/o gaining fat.
3 ibs of steak or ground turkey (higher fat, not the lean stuff)
i jar of natural peanut butter (2600 cals per jar, maybe more than you are eating in a day)
3 salids, w/ romain, broccoli, diced pickles, shreaded cheese and olive oil.
2 protien shakes w/flax post workout.
3 ibs of steak or ground turkey (higher fat, not the lean stuff)
i jar of natural peanut butter (2600 cals per jar, maybe more than you are eating in a day)
3 salids, w/ romain, broccoli, diced pickles, shreaded cheese and olive oil.
2 protien shakes w/flax post workout.
Keep everything else the same by the way.
