So i went to the gym today....

[trixter_007]

And i was lifting heavy weights like 110 pounds pull downs..
So a guy told me that its not good that i should stop lifting heavy weights and that i should lift light... i asked him how much? he said about 40 pounds! wtf?? he said im too yound (14 years old).. should i stop lifting heavy weights???
he told me that my muscle will never grow if i do


MY GOALS: BE ATHLETIC STRONG... NOT BODYBUILDER... LIKE TIM MAN FOR EXAMPLE

[Dingo]

The only risk I know that could happen due to heavy weights is stunt growth, but it is due to heavy weights and improper form in conjunction.

[Volador]

should i stop lifting heavy weights???

Not really.

You should make some research, your questions have been answered infinite times. Plus the guy who told you that is a fag, beacause if he doesn't know you, he cannot tell what is "light" and "heavy" for you.

[Rahf]

Keep the rep-range relatively high and make sure you use proper form. Doing heavy training in the form of low-reps is not recommended for young teenagers.

[Dingo]

Sorry if this is stupid to ask but how high would you say the reps have to be?

[Rahf]

Some say ten, some say higher.

[chicanerous]

When you first start, regardless of age, you should work at higher reps (e.g. 10+) to give your connective tissue time to acclimate to working out. As time goes on (i.e. 3-6 months), you can then lower reps as desired.

At your age, it's perfectly fine to lift weights and it's fine to lift heavy if you've built up as I've just mentioned.

If you were younger, I would say your time is better spent participating in a variety of sports than lifting weights because of their potential to improve your coordination and ability to succeed in athletics later in life -- a potential that gradually disappears after childhood as the body matures. As well, successful resistance training really depends on possessing adequate hormone levels, which are not gained until, at the least, puberty begins.

Also Rahf go fuck yourself for giving out advice without explanation or justification. :smile:

[Rahf]

When you first start, regardless of age, you should work at higher reps to give your connective tissue time to acclimate to working out. As time goes on (i.e. a few months), you can then lower reps as desired.

At your age, it's perfectly fine to lift weights and it's fine to lift heavy if you've built up as I've just mentioned. If you were younger, I would say your time is better spent participating in a variety of sports than lifting weights because you lack the hormonal levels to really benefit from it.

Also Rahf go fuck yourself for giving out factually incorrect. :smile:

Stating what was recommended from a couple of high-rollers within the field. Never said it was fact.

I reckon the main reason young teenagers shouldn't load up on the weight is because form will usually suffer, severely. That is one of the main reasons.

[chicanerous]

Stating what was recommended from a couple of high-rollers within the field. Never said it was fact.

I reckon the main reason young teenagers shouldn't load up on the weight is because form will usually suffer, severely. That is one of the main reasons.
You're very vague, however. You say younger teenagers, but, at 14, the poster is really not a young teenager. So, beyond the fact that any trainee should start with relatively high reps at the beginning, your advice does not really apply to him in the first place. 10-13 is young teenage. By 14-16, you're smack in the middle and likely starting or having already started puberty.

As well, what is the reasoning behind form suffering for young teenagers over any other beginners? There's no reason to believe form is necessarily going to be worse for a beginner who is a younger teenager than an older individual. Of course, you could say that young teens lack the kinesthetic awareness of their body that those who have matured comparatively possess or, perhaps, the psychology and attention span necessary to deal with the activity, but the first is already adequately developed by the time most are young teens and the second could apply to trainees of any age. So, given proper instruction or prudent exercise selection, I see no reason to believe this is particularly true in the case of a young teen over any older age group.

[Dingo]

:good:

[Dingo]

Hmm, I always seem to get the last word in a topic, as the topic seems to stop as if I killed it.

[Honken]

Probably because all the answers has allready been given but you still continue to post?

[Steve]

No, someone hasn't mentioned how absurd it was to call 110 pounds "heavy" yet.

[Syn]

true steven... I'm pretty sure I could lift 110 lbs with my dick...

[trixter_007]

true steven... I'm pretty sure I could lift 110 lbs with my dick...

Becaus im only 14 years old!! and i could lift 110lbs about 12 reps u asshole...

[Steve]

Lmao you're 55 kg at about my height! What a spectacle.

[NightHunter]

Lmao you're 55 kg at about my height! What a spectacle.

That's 55kg of pure teenage angst!

[trixter_007]

Lmao you're 55 kg at about my height! What a spectacle.

58kg now!!!

[NightHunter]

58kg now!!!

EVEN ANGSTIER!!!

[Dingo]

Since we are revealing information I am 73.5kg, and 5 feet and six inches. No real muscle yet though. And I am wide and bigboned, but not hulklike.

[Shaedar]

Dingo isn't fat, just big-boned.

[Dingo]

Yea, I just plump. But really, I am not morbidly obese, or at the very least overweight I think. If I was I would not be able to move around as I do.

[Syn]

according to the bmi, I'm obese