A way to get "ripped" without weights?

[Conservative,]

I think i should also point out, that building muscle will just increase your metabolism even more.

Meh, I don't mind that lol.

Would like to point out that muscle developing exercise stunts growth at a young age. When I was in school we had this bully called george who was fairly muscular when he was younger as he used to work out at home with his older brothers, really horrible kid that no one liked.

Anyway by year 9 he was still the height of a year 6 most the girls in our school had grown taller than him and he was getting the crap kicked out of him on a daily basis as he was still just as gobby and I don't think he hit puberty until year 11 going by the lack of facial hair and high-pitch voice.

Saw him about a year ago he is probably no bigger than a year 8 and hangs around with chavs about 4-5 years younger than him as I suppose he feels like he is the boss in that group.

Yeah I know but I'm small already, not that it will make a difference. But I'm just looking for stuff, not necessarily so I'm "hench" or whatever but so I'm not a skinny **** like I am know. Thanks though

run up and down the stairs for an hour. Lol no ok just do like sit ups and push ups. My brother is 17 and that's all he's been doing for a year or so. Also what above said have a decent diet. Maybe look on Google or something.

Google doesn't help much with these kind of things. And run & down the stairs for 5 minutes would probably kill me lol. Sit ups & stuff are fine though thanks.

Have a decent diet for starter e.g. Plain chicken, rice, plain nuts

Push yourself, say 10 pushups 10 situps and 10 leg lifts for a week then try 13 next week and so forth.

Plus the gym i go to has a age restriction of 16, but yeah, if you start lifting weights at such a young age your body's growth cells decline as they have to help your muscles more than what they have to averagely

Good idea. I may try that.

I'm not 100% on this as I've never wanted to get bigger, but isn't the idea behind high protein intake that it builds you up after the workout? If so it's not going to do him a lot of good considering he can't do heavy workouts and so it'll just make him bigger with no definition

Also Robbie you're like 12 or 13 can't remember but that's too young to be tearing up your muscles (which is how it all works basically) as it can then damage your natural growth - like I say, I'm not into bodybuilding but back when I was in school there were actual laws against the schools letting people under 14 use big workout equipment

I'm 14 nearly 15, and we're not allowed to use the gym until year 9..I'm in year 10

Im no expert but what i've been doing is eating as much protein as you weigh (example: if you weigh 200pounds then eat 200g of protein per day - not sure what that is in the UK conversion). As for protein lots of stuff has it a few examples are; eggs, nuts, peanut butter, milk , cheese, fish, beef, chicken, tofu, yogurt etc. Also i think your body can only intake like 40g of protein per 2-3 hours (so say you eat 70g of protein within that time the 30g is just wasted). So to maximize your protein intake you should eat smaller meals but every 2-3 hours. Also if you don't mind me asking how tall and how much do you weigh that'll help in figuring out your ideal weight and such

I weigh roughly 100 pounds about 163cm and protein is what I mostly eat..I love meats & dairy products


Oh and just to add...I'm not looking to do massive weight/gym workouts just 10-15 minute exercises to make me not so skinny

[matt$]

Get a job stacking stuff.

[Conservative,]

Get a job stacking stuff.

I'll try when i'm 15/16 lol.

[beth]

how old are you? there are youth gyms around, and technically yr mom doesn't need to know.
doesn't your school offer some sort of after school gym equipment use? our school used to ;/

[Conservative,]

how old are you? there are youth gyms around, and technically yr mom doesn't need to know.
doesn't your school offer some sort of after school gym equipment use? our school used to ;/

14...and no youth gyms here ....well there are but it's like £20 a week or something ridiculous. And yeah my mum doesn't need to know..I would go to the school one but I have to have someone with me after school My life is too complicated LOL

[Catzsy]

Would like to point out that muscle developing exercise stunts growth at a young age. When I was in school we had this bully called george who was fairly muscular when he was younger as he used to work out at home with his older brothers, really horrible kid that no one liked.

Anyway by year 9 he was still the height of a year 6 most the girls in our school had grown taller than him and he was getting the crap kicked out of him on a daily basis as he was still just as gobby and I don't think he hit puberty until year 11 going by the lack of facial hair and high-pitch voice.

Saw him about a year ago he is probably no bigger than a year 8 and hangs around with chavs about 4-5 years younger than him as I suppose he feels like he is the boss in that group.

Agree with this. Tbh I think you should ask somebody who is professional like a gym instructor especially with your circumstances. They would be able to put you on the right course.

[PaulMacC]

Ignore Jin, it doesnt stunt your growth. It only stunts it if you do big compound exercises in **** form (i.e - deadlift, squat).

Training without weights is resistance exercises, they are push-ups, pull-ups, crunches, non-weighted squats. Just do more repetitions each time. Workout 2-3 days a week. To be honest you cant get big without weights. Resistance training is more focused on endurance, you can get ripped but your muscles wont be very big and you'll have far more success with weights.

Count your calories, 3000 calories is a lot of food, its 6 meals a day basically. I guarantee you aren't eating that.

If you do decide to lift weights, dont listen to the majority of gym instructors either, they'll put you on a isolation 5 day a week routine which is weightlifting dogma. Try a routine such as Mark Ripptoe's Starting Strength (google it). I'd really recommend this or another type of full body routine to make a foundation. To be honest, lift weights. Resistance training wont do you any good in the long run.

As for protein. You can eat as much as you want but unless your putting the effort in and shredding muscle to build upon you wont get big. Eating too much can essentially turn it into fat. Protein is used for repair, then energy when there is too much and then stored as fat. You want to eat roughly 1g of protein per lean body mass. Try and measure your BF%. You say your slim and your 100lbs, eat about 80-90g of protein. Try and eat 2000 calories of good clean food, no junk. Then week by week add 100 calories until you are at 2500-3000. Let how hungry you are dictate whether you eat 2500 or 3000.

[Soy]

Would like to point out that muscle developing exercise stunts growth at a young age. When I was in school we had this bully called george who was fairly muscular when he was younger as he used to work out at home with his older brothers, really horrible kid that no one liked.

Anyway by year 9 he was still the height of a year 6 most the girls in our school had grown taller than him and he was getting the crap kicked out of him on a daily basis as he was still just as gobby and I don't think he hit puberty until year 11 going by the lack of facial hair and high-pitch voice.

Saw him about a year ago he is probably no bigger than a year 8 and hangs around with chavs about 4-5 years younger than him as I suppose he feels like he is the boss in that group.

lol major bro science

Height is mainly due to genetics,

I've lifted weights since i was 14 and four years later am around the same height as my dad at about 6'0. Others like Lee Priest (pro bber) who is 5'7ish is due to genetics, he's one of the tallest in his family and taller than his father was and then other pro bb'ers (arnie, coleman) who bodybuilded alot in their teens have turned out to be 6'ers

There's no proven link between weights stunting growth, and your story had no relevance if you say he only hit puberty in year 11.. there's the reason to why hes under-developed lol

[Shar]

Agree with this. Tbh I think you should ask somebody who is professional like a gym instructor especially with your circumstances. They would be able to put you on the right course.

This.
My brother does squats and sit ups at home (he's 12 years old) :rolleyes: and he's in good form for when he's old enough to get "ripped". lol his idol is my 16 year old brother who has an obsession to keep in shape..

[PaulMacC]

This.
My brother does squats and sit ups at home (he's 12 years old) :rolleyes: and he's in good form for when he's old enough to get "ripped". lol his idol is my 16 year old brother who has an obsession to keep in shape..

Most gym instructors speak non sense. I wouldn't advise this.