working out at a young age

DAEDULUS

Im only going 15 now and i have been doing weights and other exercises every second day,people are telling me all this stuff that i considre ****e like,you wont grow or when your older you wont be able to lift a 2 litre bottle of coke(lol),but was wondering are there any bad effects that could come upon me after say,6 months?
I dont take any supplements(creatine,and the likes..) or anything like that...yet(other team-mates on my school rugby team use have/are using it).

Could you tell me if there is anything i shouldnt be doing or if the weights i lift are too heave for the exercise:


1 set 8 reps for everything.

SHOULDERS
Clean and Press (30lbs barbell))
Dumbbell Laterals (10lbs each hand)

CHEST
Bench Press (30lbs barbell)
Dumbell Flys (10lbs each)

BACK
Bent-over Rows with Barbell (30lbs barbell)

ARMS
Barbell Curls (30lbs bar)
Lying Triceps (20lbs bar)

LEGS
Squats (30lbs)
Lunges (30lbs)
Standing Calf Raises (30lbs)

ABS
Bent-Knee Leg Raises
Bent-knee Sit-ups - swing arms forward for assistance
Alternate Knee Kicks
Crunches
Side Knee Raises
Rear Scissors

logic1

The weights you're using seem fine. There's a common misconception that strength training at an early age causes epiphyseal (growth) plates to close prematurely.

This is yet another training fallacy. However I wouldn't go into powerlifting or bodybuilding for another year or so as this can place undue stress on developing tendons and cause injury if form is sacrificed especially during maximum effort lifts.

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D-Generate

Just make sure you know that you are doing the movements correctly.
As far as I gather the only damage that doing weights at a young age is that you are inexperianced and thus growing while doing the movement the wrong way could produce an injury and promote future bad form.
Ask someone to show you correctly how to do them. Then again who is to say that tehy know how to do them correctly themselves

Shrimp

Hi,

I am more than likely going to become a member of a gym soon. I would be very happy if someone could give me a workout plan as I do not really know where to start.

Here's my Spec. (Ha Ha Spec?):

Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 161 lbs.
Age: 16

I would like to reduce my weight to about 150 lbs. My main goal is to Build Up/Sculpt my muscles, mainly the area I would like to improve is my upper body and Abs. although my legs are still in need of some workout.

I would be very grateful to anyone who is willing to do this for me.

Thanks a lot,

Youssef

binnu

LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.

Starting young is not bad. But many people i see around sont listen to their body. Many are basically confused about muscle soreness, muscular fatigus, sprain or injury to your joint.

Soreness is *NOT BAD*, the others may be and joint injury is definetly BAD. Listen to your body to know ehn to stop. I have no hard core evidence to what I will now say but dont go many squats with weihts do lunges insted.

logic1

binnu wrote:

I have no hard core evidence to what I will now say but dont go many squats with weihts do lunges insted.

What's your reasoning behind this?

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damnyanks

Speaking of squats whats hte best way to attempt these? I've head nothing but bad things about using a smith to do them on. I tend to stay away from them as I've also heard do them wrong and its very easy to screw up muscles in your back and so on.

logic1

damnyanks wrote:

Speaking of squats whats hte best way to attempt these? I've head nothing but bad things about using a smith to do them on. I tend to stay away from them as I've also heard do them wrong and its very easy to screw up muscles in your back and so on.

http://www.drsquat.com/index.cfm?action=viewarticle&articleID=5

http://www.drsquat.com/index.cfm?action=viewarticle&articleID=73


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binnu

when a person begins to workout, (not judgeing, you are really a he-man)
their muscles of lower-back the front part of the calfs are not so very well prepared. Secondly some instructors say at my gym the dont give squats to the young members coz it puts pressure on the groin, so it aint good.

Whatever it may be listen to your body as i said earlier.

logic1

binnu wrote:

when a person begins to workout their muscles of lower-back the front part of the calfs are not so very well prepared.

When a person starts working out none of their muscles are 'well prepared'. That's the whole point of working out I would have thought. If you aren't going to attempt an exercise because your muscle is weak what exactly are you left to do? Cardio?

Secondly some instructors say at my gym the dont give squats to the young members coz it puts pressure on the groin, so it aint good.

This is total crap. The aim of any exercise is to put pressure on a given set of muscles. If the squat is done incorrectly you can tear or strain any given number of muscles and ligaments including groin strain. Olympic style wider stances put more pressure on the groin than narrow stanced squats, but if you are lifting within your limits and properly warmed up you should in no way injure yourself.

Infact single leg non-weighted squats and assorted other varieties are used during groin strain rehabilitation programs.

Basically I think instructors spread falicies about squats because too many young members will use incorrect form and will injure themselves causing possible law suits for the gym but this is no excuse to perpetuate gym myths.

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oeNeo

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