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Bodybuilders For Beginners! -
12-14-2007
Bodybuilders For Beginners! By: Rockie S. Great, So you have decided to try out bodybuilding! Probably because you want to gain some strength for sports, or you want yourself look good or your becoming health conscious! Whatever it is your decision is great. Teenage years best to start any fitness program, you neither have to worry about work (except studies of course), nor do you have to worry about any health problems, plus your gonna look better when you're an adult to others! How many of you teenagers out there want to start bodybuilding but have no idea of what to do! If this is your problem your at the right place, so just read on... First though I would like to blast a myth regarding teenage bodybuilding. Bodybuilding stunts growth - This is one of the most prevalent myths regarding teenage bodybuilding. Many people believe it does and some believe it actually promotes growth. I conducted a survey among many guys who started as teenagers and were in there 20's now about whether they saw bodybuilding causing many effect on their height. Well they said it had- a POSITIVE ONE, it actually helped them grow more and not stunt. The simple fact is that bodybuilding won't ever mess up with your growth provided the following: 1) Start bodybuilding only after you reach 13. Before this your still in a growing phase and your bones are too tender to support the heavy training. Before 13 you should only do bodyweight exercises like push ups and dips. They wont make you look big but make you look fit. 2) Don't perform compound movements like Squats and Deadlifts before you grow to at least 16. These things require lot of execution techniques and if you do them wrong you could injure yourself badly. Still if you do want to do them remember never to go too heavy. 3) NEVER take testosterone supplements before you're an adult. Your growing stops once your growth plates close up. As a teenager you already have loads of testosterone in your body, if you intake more testosterone supplements, it will result in your growth plates closing up leading to stunted growth. Now after studying the above, there are a few more things bodybuilding. It's been seen that 2 out of ever 3 individuals stop training within 2 months and they have loads of excused like stunted growth and 'bad genetics'. They say that, no matter how much they train they won't gain. Since they have 'bad genetics'. That's totally wrong, you can't know your genetic limitations just within 2 months, you have to train for a long enough time. Training for just 2 months won't change you into an Arnold. 1, 2, 3 and Stop!... We are into the real stuff now. So how does a teen goes about changing the way he looks? That depends. If you have been a lazy little slob and haven't done any real physical activity in the past, I suggest you start of by making your body used to tough conditions. For the first month do bodyweight exercises like push ups and dips. To make these exercises more intense, try doing clap push ups. Also do cardio to increase your stamina. If you are overweight first try cutting down on your fat and only then start bodybuilding. Remember, you can't lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. 
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