Weight lifting isn't working for me - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

BudDickman12 · 04-02-2003, 08:14 PM

I'm a 16 year old male. I've been lifting weights for over a year now. I realize that's young to start out, but I have been carefull. I started with the light stuff and made sure not to over do it. Now I've gained lots of definiton and can bench 125. I'm thin and only way 135-140. I lift mon. wed. fri. and take the weekand off. I haven't been geting the muscle mass and bulkiness that's suposed to come. Am I too young? Should I keep going and wait till I grow and develop more? Or is it that I'm doing something wrong. Maybe I need to lift more, or maybe I should back off and let my body do it's own thing. I also work on eating good food and protein. Can anyone help?

Evl316 · 04-02-2003, 08:52 PM

If you want to gain bulk you simply have to eat more.

whitesheep · 04-02-2003, 11:18 PM

Hi,
Its great the gains you have already made even though you are 16. I think that you need to be patient as the male hormone testosterone helps in muscle development and you still have a few years of "development" to go through. Also I wouldn't recommend that you just eat more. Just try and be patient and allow your body to mature and just keep training!!

Whitesheep

awakenaware1 · 04-03-2003, 06:59 AM

Eat 6 times a day, every 3 hours, lots of protien, lots of good fats, cut out simple carbs. My brother-in-law is about the same age and it took him some time to adjust to the amount of food he had to eat before he started to get bigger. At that age it is hard to put on weight if you are naturally skinny... your metabolism is fighting you... but it is not impossible.

BudDickman12 · 04-03-2003, 03:07 PM

Thanks guys. I will eat more and keep lifting at the same time. If I get huge I'll let you know.