TOP 10 TIPS TO SUCCESSFUL TEEN BODYBUILDING PART 1
By VINCE DELMONTE
Teen bodybuilding is growing at an alarming rate, as
enthusiastic teens hit the gym every night of the week. I don't blame them. Teen
bodybuilding is one of the most effective ways to boost a skinny guys self-confidence
and self-image. Did I also mention lots of attention and admiration from the ladies, and
respect from the guys. Teen bodybuilding does not just help out with
vanity, but promotes a nutritious diet, disciplined lifestyle, and strong work ethic.
So the question is, how is teen bodybuilding done right?
Should teen bodybuilders read the latest bodybuilding magazines? Learn from
their friends or a professional? Train every day or every other day? Rely on supplements? Start
when they are done growing or earlier? Focus on endurance training heavy lifting? Teen
bodybuilding has dozens of questions and many different opinions on each. Here is my top 10 tips
to successful teen bodybuilding, in no particular order:
1. Avoid
Steroids
Duh! This might sound obvious, and if you have not been offered steroids yet, make
your stand now, and be prepared to say 'no' when you get backed into a corner.
Your body is flowing with more natural hormones than any steroid could replace. Don't screw up your natural hormonal levels at such a young
age. Even though all your friends might laugh at you for not conforming to the pressure of
using illegal drugs, be a real man and train drug
free. In the end your friends will respect you more for staying away from the dark
side.
2. Focus On Clean
Eating
Old habits die hard. Believe it or not, the nutrition habits you are creating today will affect you all the way into your adult
years. As a young teen bodybuilder, you have an
opportunity to create good habits at an early age. Focus on eating clean carbohyrdates like whole
wheat breads, oatmeal, brown rice, potatoes, fruits and veggies. Focusing on eating a variety of
clean proteins like tuna, chicken, fish, cottage cheese and protein shakes.
Balance out your meals with clean fats like olive oil, fish oil, natural peanut butter and
nuts. Take pride in the fact that you even know what clean eating is. Look at this as an
opportunity to be an example to your friends to be walking statue of health! I promise you that you will have a few
friends who admire your physique and ask you for advice!
3. Avoid One Body Part
Workouts And Focus On A Full Body Workout
A full body workout? But all my friends are training chest tonight. And tomorrow
they are training back. And on Wednesday they are training arms. But if you have
the courage, you are not going to follow the herd
and trust me. You are too young to be splitting up your muscles groups into only one body part a
day.
Unless you are pursuing a career in competitive bodybuilding, one-body part splits are an excellent
way to over train at a young age. Look at it this way. Do you only eat once per week? Do you only
take supplements once per week? Do you only sleep once per week? Do you only study once per week? Than why would
you train your muscle groups only once per week? It does not make sense.Full body workouts will allow you to hit all your major muscle groups three times in
the week, without overtraining, instead of only one time.
4. Emphasize Your
Conditioning
Teen bodybuilding can actually become something
that appears to be a lazy man's sport. Next time you walk into the weight room, count how many people are
actually doing something. You will see more people standing around and talking, adjusting weights and
staring in the mirror. Not many people are actually hustling from one exercise to another
or even sweating. That's another reason to avoid one body-part bodybuilding style workouts. They don't emphasize your fitness or cardiovascular
system.
Your weight training program should be incorporating more than weights. Balance out your sessions
with skipping, stair climbing, hard running, supersets, and really short rest periods.
If you don't feel like you are going to throw up at the end
of your weight training sessions, question your workout intensity.
5. Stick to Basic
Supplements
Your a teenager and should be saving your money for college and your first car.
Don't get scammed by over hyped supplement ads that promise the world. Follow the saying, 'If it looks too good to
be true, than most likely it is!” All you need to budget for
now is a high quality multi-vitamin which you should take for life as well as a high quality protein powder in your
arsenal and a regular omega-3 fish oil cap. Between these three supplements you are more
than covered. Don't worry about creatine, glutamine, fat burners, testosterone boosters or even NO2 products. The
first three to four years of your lifting should be done with just the basic supplements.
Conclusion.
Stay tuned for part two when I reveal the next top five tips to successful teen
bodybuilding. For a comprehensive course on gaining muscle click on No Nonsense Musclebuilding.
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