How to put on weight but not fat.

animan

Ok I'm 15 5'9 ish and weigh only 8 stone. I'm pretty fit and stronger than alot of my friends (I can do 100 push ups) but I think I'm pretty skinny. So how do I put on weight but not fat?

Thanks in advance,
Gav

conceited

Doing 100 presups doesn't mean your stronger, you just have more endurance
How big do you want to get, and how fast do you want to do it in?

animan

conceited wrote: »

Doing 100 presups doesn't mean your stronger, you just have more endurance
How big do you want to get, and how fast do you want to do it in?

Well then I'm more enduring than my friends:D
I would like to get to maybe 10 stone(is this possible) and do it fairly quickly(say by the end of the year).

conceited

Usually you eat more and do your weight training. Then when you get to the size you want, you do a thing called cutting.
You can get bigger and keep the same bodyfat but it takes more work,ie diet cardio etc.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57133111&postcount=2

Try starting with that and you'll put on 2 kg a week of muscle for awhile.Just eat like a horse .

animan

Tbh, I haven't done any weight training in my life as I've always been told you shouldn't do weights until you're 16.

brianthebard

I don't think you should be telling a 15 yo to bulk and cut conceited, there's plenty of time for that when he's in his mid twenties. Atm he's running on GH and will grow pretty well if he eats a lot and trains well.

I'm not sure if there are any beginners programmes in the stickies op, maybe something to look for. There's nothing wrong with lifting at 15, or earlier, but you can't go back in time!

conceited

Just eat more food so and do body weight exercises like you have been.Honestly you'd be fine doing that starting strenght program.Wait to see what others think.

animan

conceited wrote: »

Just eat more food so and do body weight exercises like you have been.Honestly you'd be fine doing that starting strenght program.Wait to see what others think.

So would pushups,chinups etc. help me put on weight and muscle because I can remember my arms used to seem alot bigger than they are now.

conceited

You will have a hard trime putting it on, just eat like a pig and you'll be fine.:D

ronbyrne2005

You need to be eating a lot ( calculate your basic calorie requirements and then add a few hundred calories to this amount) and increasing the amount of weight you are lifting every week/fortnight.

rubadub

animan wrote: »

Tbh, I haven't done any weight training in my life as I've always been told you shouldn't do weights until you're 16.

animan wrote: »

So would pushups,chinups etc. help me put on weight and muscle because I can remember my arms used to seem alot bigger than they are now.

Weight training is just one form of resistance exercise, bodyweight exercises are just another too, you already are doing weight lifting- lifting flesh & blood

To make the pushups more effective for strength & size gains try elevating your legs, put them on a bed/chair/stairs. Try doing a handstand pushup. Do bodyweight squats and get a chinning bar. You can also do dips between chairs. A search on youtube will have examples of all these.

check out www.simplefit.org and www.exrx.net

dave80

animan wrote: »

Ok I'm 15 5'9 ish and weigh only 8 stone. I'm pretty fit and stronger than alot of my friends (I can do 100 push ups) but I think I'm pretty skinny. So how do I put on weight but not fat?

Thanks in advance,
Gav

your a perfect candidate for the starting strength program with 3 litrle of milk a day! check out www.startingstrength.wikia.com/

animan

dave80 wrote: »

your a perfect candidate for the starting strength program with 3 litrle of milk a day! check out www.startingstrength.wikia.com/

I already drink about 4 litres a day.

tlev

I started lifting weights when I was 15 and no worries here.

eroo

Below the age of 16,I wouldn't bother bulking as your testosterone levels wont be as high until your 16+.Thats why young teens/children/women see very little bulk growth because their testosterone levels are lower than males in the age group of 17-25.

DM-BM

dave80 wrote: »

your a perfect candidate for the starting strength program with 3 litrle of milk a day! check out www.startingstrength.wikia.com/

+ 1, couldn't agree more.

@ eroo, what does that mean, if you don't fall into the 17-25 age group, you can't make progress?

Hanley

eroo wrote: »

Below the age of 16,I wouldn't bother bulking as your testosterone levels wont be as high until your 16+.Thats why young teens/children/women see very little bulk growth because their testosterone levels are lower than males in the age group of 17-25.

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brianthebard

eroo wrote: »

Below the age of 16,I wouldn't bother bulking as your testosterone levels wont be as high until your 16+.Thats why young teens/children/women see very little bulk growth because their testosterone levels are lower than males in the age group of 17-25.

Have you seen how much bulking kids do from the age of 3-15?

Rocket!

brianthebard wrote: »

Have you seen how much bulking kids do from the age of 3-15?

Hahaha!!
8 stone in 12 years is pretty good by my standards! What are these children gettin up to??:D

animan

So would you guys say I'm too skinny. I'm not losing any weight but haven't put any on even though I've grown a couple of inches in the last couple of months.

Hanley

animan wrote: »

So would you guys say I'm too skinny. I'm not losing any weight but haven't put any on even though I've grown a couple of inches in the last couple of months.

See the problem with guys your age is that you're growing in height like weeds, so your body is going to prioritise that ahead of adding additional muscle. I imagine you'd need a SERIOUS amount of calories if you wanted to add an appreciable amount of muscle to your frame.

animan

So there aint much hope unless I start eating loads of calories and maybe start weight training. It's kinda hard to stick to a diet though because I'm in school and can't fit 6 meals into a day.

Hanley

animan wrote: »

So there aint much hope unless I start eating loads of calories and maybe start weight training. It's kinda hard to stick to a diet though because I'm in school and can't fit 6 meals into a day.

Breakfast - little break (we had a 15 min one) - big break (an hour for us) - just home meal - dinner - pre bed

There's 6 eating times!! You don't have to be having solid food at all 6 either. A couple of pints of milk or some shakes could be used to compensate.

brianthebard

You should just eat as much as you can whenever you can for now. you could easily fit in three or four eggs per day, and you are already getting plenty of milk, so thats good. Weight training is great though, you shouldn't see it as a chore. It's just so good for you for so many reasons. Just make sure you are getting in proper big lifts, squats deads bench and overhead presses, instead of tons of biceps curls like guys your age usually do.

animan

Hanley wrote: »

Breakfast - little break (we had a 15 min one) - big break (an hour for us) - just home meal - dinner - pre bed

There's 6 eating times!! You don't have to be having solid food at all 6 either. A couple of pints of milk or some shakes could be used to compensate.

Ok so what just protien shakes or the like.

brianthebard wrote: »

You should just eat as much as you can whenever you can for now. you could easily fit in three or four eggs per day, and you are already getting plenty of milk, so thats good. Weight training is great though, you shouldn't see it as a chore. It's just so good for you for so many reasons. Just make sure you are getting in proper big lifts, squats deads bench and overhead presses, instead of tons of biceps curls like guys your age usually do.

Ok then I need to get a set of weights.

cunnins4

eat loads and loads and loads, enjoy, and keep doing your pushups. Try chinups if you want. You've PLENTY of time to worry about putting on muscle. Enjoy your time of not being able to put on weight, it won't last forever!

I was a skinny bastard until I was 19. Reason for this was I wasn't particularly tall until I hit 16. I grew loads over two years-all of my body's energy went into growing. Good choice methinks.

eroo

Hanley wrote: »

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Children and women don't respond as well to weightlifting as males in the age bracket of 17-25.When I say don't respond as well,I mean muscular growth won't be very great.However,there will always be exceptions.

When I said bulk growth,I meant muscle bulk from weightlifting.

Hanley

eroo wrote: »

Children and women don't respond as well to weightlifting as males in the age bracket of 17-25.When I say don't respond as well,I mean muscular growth won't be very great.However,there will always be exceptions.

When I said bulk growth,I meant muscle bulk from weightlifting.

Maybe not to the extent of an 18-20 year old, but they can still get bigger and stronger. In fact the younger they are, the easier the more open their CNS will be to acquiring new skills and they'll learn complicated movement patterns with greater ease.

That's one of the best reasons why people should get into weightlifting/powerlifting at a young age. They can spend a lot of time refining their technique, they've a great head start and will get bigger and stronger faster.

eroo

Good point Hanley!

gabgab

My advice would be to join a team or club, I wish I had of when I was a lot younger, it will be more fun and just eat loads.

You are young, join a team, maybe a class that teaches you fun stuff and has a bit of craic etc, any interest in martial arts??

animan

gabgab wrote: »

My advice would be to join a team or club, I wish I had of when I was a lot younger, it will be more fun and just eat loads.

You are young, join a team, maybe a class that teaches you fun stuff and has a bit of craic etc, any interest in martial arts??

Yeah I was doing tea kwon do for a while and got my blue belt but I was stuck in a class with mostly 8 year olds and I wasn't allowed near the weights even with the instructor there with me. But I am doing judo in school this year and it seems like good fun.