A way to get "ripped" without weights?

[Shar]

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

All boys say that, and I can't really comment because I've never had a gym instructor but sit ups should be okay for now.
Just don't overwork yourself and you'll be alright.

[Zak]

You have a heart condition so I'll start off by saying becareful what you do. If you want to add muscle and not just become bigger I suggest doing light exercises. Walking up and down stairs can be a relaly good one, it sure tires me out and I can run 3 miles quite easily. As for gaining muscle I'd once again try something that doesn't put too much strain on you, sit-ups, crunches, press ups, pull ups can be good to do this. Swimming is very good I hear as well.

I'm not ripped but I'm not exactly small and these methods work for me. I barely work out twice a week with minimal exercises with good results, so I hope they work for you too.

[Jin]

Considering that people have pointed out that height is genetic.

The kids dad is easily 6ft+ including his brothers, his mum is a tall woman at least 5ft, 10" and they are all ginger as is George. So unless he is the child of a ginger midget milkman that his mum used to have an affair with the only thing I can think of is that it might be something to do with the amount he used to work out.

But yeah considering your actual age (which apparently isn't the 12/13 someone else posted), maybe go see your GP and see what they can advise as you might find you can do quite a bit without killing yourself.

[Soy]

Considering that people have pointed out that height is genetic.

The kids dad is easily 6ft+ including his brothers, his mum is a tall woman at least 5ft, 10" and they are all ginger as is George. So unless he is the child of a ginger midget milkman that his mum used to have an affair with the only thing I can think of is that it might be something to do with the amount he used to work out.

But yeah considering your actual age (which apparently isn't the 12/13 someone else posted), maybe go see your GP and see what they can advise as you might find you can do quite a bit without killing yourself.

He still could have small height genes in his family history,

Blaming growth stunts on excerise without empirical proof is quite an idiotic assumption to make lol

more pounds of strain is put onto the joints from jogging and sprinting than a heavy squat

[Narnat,]

I would agree with more protein and I would suggest maybe normal indoor physical things such as push ups, sit ups ect

[PaulMacC]

I would agree with more protein and I would suggest maybe normal indoor physical things such as push ups, sit ups ect

More protein is stupid. It'll go to waste.
1g per lbm pound.

[smiffy70]

well you could do allk of these great suggestions or you could do it the simple and cheap way


DRAW THE ****** ON

[Conservative,]

Considering that people have pointed out that height is genetic.

The kids dad is easily 6ft+ including his brothers, his mum is a tall woman at least 5ft, 10" and they are all ginger as is George. So unless he is the child of a ginger midget milkman that his mum used to have an affair with the only thing I can think of is that it might be something to do with the amount he used to work out.

But yeah considering your actual age (which apparently isn't the 12/13 someone else posted), maybe go see your GP and see what they can advise as you might find you can do quite a bit without killing yourself.

The people posting are wrong. I'm 14 going on 15...

I'm now doing some short exercises each day; Pressup, sit ups ect. So thanks for the advice. I may move onto weights in a year or two but as people have said it stunts growth so I'll stay away for now

[smiffy70]

DRAW THE MUSCLES ON

[Hoot]

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

Protein absorption rates are still awaiting proper research, different people say 20g/30g/40g per serving but in actual fact nobody knows the real answer and it will obviously differ between body types anyway.

do you really want to look like you just came out of ausc

i class ripped as 8% BF<

I honestly wouldn't reccommend going near that if you don't got much lbm.. you'd look unhealthy

Agree with this.

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.

Major broscience, no evidence to support this at all unless you damage your growth plates by lifting with terrible form.

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

Which is why you eat more...

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

Don't know how you are going on 15 already as the last time I heard you were barely 13.. But anyway, 100lbs is incredibly light. Most people recovering from anorexia usually tend to weigh more than that, but I guess you are quite short. Considering your lack of exercise due to your problem and being in a wheelchair a lot of the time it is understandable for your body to be in this state. You have allowed your muscles to deteriorate away because you haven't been using them on a day to day basis. You really need to try and use your muscles more in general and not by walking miles and burning loads of calories which will only make you smaller. But I'm not just talking about your legs, you need to be using your upper body more for simple day to day activities like moving things, bringing the shopping bags in etc. Just anything that requires strength from your upper body. Then simple bodyweight exercises you can do around the house will be great. There will only be so far you can go with building muscle using bodyweight exercises, you will reach a point soon where the gym is the only way to advance with weights.

The people posting are wrong. I'm 14 going on 15...

I'm now doing some short exercises each day; Pressup, sit ups ect. So thanks for the advice. I may move onto weights in a year or two but as people have said it stunts growth so I'll stay away for now

You want to be doing pull ups and dips around your house. You can use a bed or sofa for the dips and you might be able to find something to use as a pull up bar around your house. Get 3000 calories in per day and at least 100g of protein, also eat a lot of high carb food. All you need is a mindset to gain fat, you will look way better with a higher bodyfat %.