im 5'6 135lbs right now.im in the healthy zone but i still see myself as too skinny, mostly my upperbody. i wanna bulk up before football starts this season so im startin defrancos skinny bastard program this week. here are a few pics both flex and regular. oh and dont make fun of my small nips too

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good luck man got some work to do huh

ive got a lot of work to do

Jake, how old are you?

Look at it this way: you're got a great starting point. Not much fat, just skin and bones, and some muscle that needs to be coaxed out!

You look real young, so you may find it a little hard to bulk up quick, but hit the gym hard, eat good, and you'll do great!

Good luck man!

Pawtucket Red Sox? You're a Rhode Islander???!!!

thanks, i have no problem working out hard, the diet is the hard part for me, but yea im 15 from rhode island

i have that same lamp in the background, just thought id tell you

got a lot of muscle to gain brotha good look

see I see it differently, you gotta have a good foundation I believe, and 15 is young to be pushing your body hard.. I played rugby throughout highschool, and I was 5'11" 150, my first concern was getting weight at any cost, I gained 50lbs in 3 years with every year focusing on running, long story short I became a massive beast at 18

5'11" 210, then I hit the gym hard and toned down to 180

:P

get some fat in you, if I were to hit you know id TKO you :P..

GAIN WEIGHT

though your heavier then my 19yr old bro who is 5'10" 125lbs

Really man I'd advise talking to your coach. Hopefully he is a reasonable guy who knows what he's doing and can give you some great advice.

Not saying 15 is too young for serious training (though I don't really know) but I started heavy weight training at 13 and found it was a huge mistake. Had a chance to talk to my doctor about it back then and he told me about all kinds of problems I could cause; messing up growth plates and the normal puberty cycle with hormones and all that. I cut down on the weight training a fair bit and looked more into nutrition, martial arts, and swimming. I returned heavily to lifting around 17.

Just my anecdotal advice but if I were you I'd talk to someone who is knowledgeable about proper training at your age before you set the goal to be squatting 400 lbs. within 6 months or something .

Best of luck to you bro and remember at 15, hormones are firing through your system like swarms of pissed off hornets so you got that going for you however you decide to reach your goals .

ive read and heard that the only way to mess up your growth plates is by lifting extremly large amounts of weights that you cant handle. for mostly all my excersises im doing 3-4 sets 0f 8-15 reps. i dont feel as if im over traning myself either unless you cant feel if your overtraining yourself. i take a day off every 3 days, and my workouts are split into upper lower body compound excersises. out of curiosity what are symptoms of over training

Cool man, just wanted to get that idea out there but it sounds like you've already looked in to it all. As far as over training, all I know is you feel like crap generally and your gains will cease. That's a pretty good indicator if you are. I've also heard your resting heart rate will start going up, if you check it daily that could be a signal too.

Sounds like you're on the ball though, just a matter of time, hard work, and solid nutrition. Maybe some supplements? Weight gainer, protein shakes maybe?

yeah im taking protein shakes right after my workout. i looked into the weight gainer at one time but i heard its crap. my current workout routine makes me feel great , alot more than previous workouts i had tried. ive improved 15 pounds in my bench and around 10 pounds in my squat

Nonsense, I know bodybuilders that have been training since they were 12 and are extremely ripped now.

With proper guidance he really doesn't have to worry about when he should start pushing his body hard.

I wouldn't advice doing a lot of back isolation exercises at your age though, but your gym coaches can probably give you more advice on that subject.

April 07-Its been about a month now, here are some progress pics. Im at 145 lbs now. I havn't devolped much "visualy" yet, except maybe in my biceps. I think ive just filled out a little bit. Strength wise i have gone way up though.

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wow keep up the good work man!