Saturday, August 8, 2009

Can I work on my muscles at this age?

I'm 13 years old. Can I work on my biceps and abdominal muscles at this age? I've recently started doing crunches and lifting dumbells regulerly. Why is it that my arms are more sore than my abdominal muscles although I work on both of them equally?
Answer:
You'll hear it a lot that lifting weights or doing resistance training young wills stunt growth or is otherwise particularly harmful because you're young. This is simply untrue and has no scientific basis. Some of the greatest bodybuilders and powerlifters started very young, before their teens even, and they turned out fine. As long as you're safe and take time to do exercises correctly, you should be ok. Have an experienced adult or trainer show you how to lift properly to be safe as well as get the most out of the exercise. Concentrate on form more than anything else and perfect that before worrying about adding weight. And most of all, have fun with it.Comparing different muscle groups and how they respond is apples and oranges. Also, everyone is different and have their strong and weak points. As mentioned above, the "less sore" bodypart probably wasn't stimulated enough.
yeah thats a good age. im doin a lot of biceps triceps and abs. the ab soreness will come after a while with some cardio. and after a night of lifting rest the next day and do it the next night. let your muscles rest and grow.
certainly! I joined my first gym at 13.certain body parts may be more sore than others, it doesn't mean that the body part was not exercised sufficiently if there is no soreness.
Before the age of 16, building muscle isn't a great idea. However, you can still work out, but use lighter weights (so more tonning), and just don't go crazy. Of course, you can do as much cardio as you like. You use your abdominal muscles on a daily basis. They are your body's core, and whenever you lift something, walk, or even laugh, the muscles are engaged. Arms, however, are not used as often, and when you lift weights you are targetting musles you don't use on a regular basis, so you will be more sore. Remember that your muscles grow when they are resting, so give them 24 hours before working them out again or you will be counter productive. Also, you are lifting weights with your arms, but when you do ab exercises you aren't necessarily lifting anything, but rather tonning, so it isn't as strenuous. The best exercise for a 13 year old is a sport! Are there any sports you like? You will get in shape, have fun, and i'm sure your coach will get you to do conditioning (abs, arms, legs etc). Consider joining a team.
You might be a little young to be lifting weights. Doing bodyweight exercises shouldn't be much of a problem. Bodyweight exercises include: squats without weight, pushups, crunches, and that sort of thing. Your arms are more sore because they are either weaker than your abdominal, or aren't working your abs hard enough. Don't go crazy with the exercise just yet and wait a little before hitting the weights.
First off, I've been lifting weights for about 20 years, I've been in two body building contests, but have no desire to do that for a living,Abs are the hardest muscle to work. They stabilize your torso when you do anything and everything. You will have to hit them very hard to make them feel sore like your arms.That said, most people have great looking abs, you just can't see them because of a layer of fat on top of them. I suggest dieting, and the good old fashion crunches.The other thing to point out is that you need to work muscles symmetrically. If you're working out your biceps, make sure you hit your tri's too. Big biceps and little tri's looks funny, not sexy.

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