Obviously, as you see im very small for my age. I play soccer, run track, and run cross country for my Middle school team, and so i have great leg muscles, but no arm muscles. I always feel weak around my friends. I have contemplated whether or not i should stick to running, ab workouts, and curls, or start dead lifting. If you have any advice, i’ll be happy to hear it. The truth hurts, so be cruel and honest. I’ll man up and take it =)
In addition to the above answer, do bicep curls, lateral raises and front raises, tricep dips and shoulder shrugs. That combination should strengthen all major muscles of the shoulders and arms (in addition to the back and chest from the pushups and pullups).
If you don’t have any weights to work with, you can improvise by putting heavy stuff in a backpack or bag, using a bathroom scale to see how much it weighs. All you need for tricep dips are a scale. Please go here http://www.acefitness.org/exerciselibrary/default.aspx
to see the proper form for all of the exercises, proper form is essential.
Start with light weights.
It sucks, but at your age I don’t think you’ll grow to be very tall, and a large component in strength is size (bigger people are stronger). So chances are you’ll never be stronger than your friends, but you can still become very strong for your height.
July 24th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Pull ups and push ups to start. When you can do 3 sets of 15 with little break in-between, add a little weight (resistance) and repeat.
Normally don’t say this..but don’t worry about core. With your current activity level, your core is plenty worked.
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July 24th, 2009 at 10:37 am
In addition to the above answer, do bicep curls, lateral raises and front raises, tricep dips and shoulder shrugs. That combination should strengthen all major muscles of the shoulders and arms (in addition to the back and chest from the pushups and pullups).
If you don’t have any weights to work with, you can improvise by putting heavy stuff in a backpack or bag, using a bathroom scale to see how much it weighs. All you need for tricep dips are a scale. Please go here http://www.acefitness.org/exerciselibrary/default.aspx
to see the proper form for all of the exercises, proper form is essential.
Start with light weights.
It sucks, but at your age I don’t think you’ll grow to be very tall, and a large component in strength is size (bigger people are stronger). So chances are you’ll never be stronger than your friends, but you can still become very strong for your height.
References :
July 24th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I’m 14 and have a mate just like you. I’m very well built all over but my standout part is my torso, pecks, abs, arms and soilders. He asked me how I got so strong and define and I told him…I go to my schools gym sometimes but mainly workout at home. Do press-ups till you can’t do no more, reverse crunches and hold the plank for ages(if you don’t know what these are look them up on you tube). Eat good foods but remember you can still eat chocolate and what not because your still growing and this may bulk you up a bit on the top.
Hope this helps buddie!
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Myself