Hey guys so here's the thing.. I'm a skinny, scrawny, 115 pound 14yr old kid.. i'm going to be a sophomore in high school next year.. and while all my friends are "hitting" the gym, working out and getting bigger like 220 pounds big.. while i'm at my house not doing shxt..i then assume the role of the scrawny little kid that looks like he's still in 6th grade... I am here to ask.. How can I get bigger as in muscle, weight.. Bulk up if you will.. I WANT to get bigger and work out i just don't know where to start. Help me! I'm aiming to get bigger by august 25 that's the first day of school in about 2 months... THANK YOU!
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I'm a scrawny 14yr old sophomore..
- Thread starter DylanBz15
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Dylan,
I think the most important question at hand is why arent you at the gym with your friends? They all started somewhere too and they would be great people to look to for advice along your journey. If you dont want to hit the gym I would probably advice you ordering something along the lines of P90X and really push yourself at your house.
But remember ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN SO GET TO IT
I think the most important question at hand is why arent you at the gym with your friends? They all started somewhere too and they would be great people to look to for advice along your journey. If you dont want to hit the gym I would probably advice you ordering something along the lines of P90X and really push yourself at your house.
But remember ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN SO GET TO IT
Sorry, but two months isn't enough time to put on muscle mass. Significant weight gain generally doesn't occur until 2-3 months after starting a regimen. (That's not to say that you won't still develop more strength.)
Also, you're 14. It's good to work out, but don't worry about becoming bulky yet. You should still be trying to maintain good fitness, but few people actually begin to become "buff" until they're at least a few years older.
For information about working out, read through the stickies on the forum. (Check the Weight Training and Young Athlete Development stickies, particularly.)
Also, you're 14. It's good to work out, but don't worry about becoming bulky yet. You should still be trying to maintain good fitness, but few people actually begin to become "buff" until they're at least a few years older.
For information about working out, read through the stickies on the forum. (Check the Weight Training and Young Athlete Development stickies, particularly.)
If your 14yo friends are 220lb, I can say with a lot of confidence that it's because of muscle. That's 100kg, and the only 100kg 14yos I've ever met are fat, not buff. There'll be some muscle in amongst that fat, but not enough to warrant weighing 100kg.
In the next 2 months, I wouldn't recommend gaining any more than about 10lb, honestly. And even that might be pushing it, because, as Jrahien said, signifcant gains in muscular size don't tend to come until a few months in. Before that the majority of your progress in the gym is neurological (basic skill/gross motor patterns, and then fine motor patterns and more complicated nerual effects that all account towards your muscles learning how to lift weights). Your best bet, therefore, is just to get on a good learner program with only 5-10 exercises in it, train frequently and master technique in those basic lifts.
In the next 2 months, I wouldn't recommend gaining any more than about 10lb, honestly. And even that might be pushing it, because, as Jrahien said, signifcant gains in muscular size don't tend to come until a few months in. Before that the majority of your progress in the gym is neurological (basic skill/gross motor patterns, and then fine motor patterns and more complicated nerual effects that all account towards your muscles learning how to lift weights). Your best bet, therefore, is just to get on a good learner program with only 5-10 exercises in it, train frequently and master technique in those basic lifts.