Muscule inhancement

[Andredavid]

I'm 16 yearls old ,very athletic,and very skinny I work out every other day and I see no progression I've been doing this for about 8 months is there anything wrong or somthing else

[Hyper]

Maybe it's just your body type, maybe it's just that you're puberty isn't at the stage where muscle starts ''growing''.. Maybe your not working out the right way or maybe the progress is very small and your not giving yourself the right amount of credit.

[overcome.]

If you break something down again and again, it will not grow. That's what happens when you train every day. I'd say 4 times a week is ample, depending on your body split. Some people would be more inclined to split the muscle groups up into a 5 day split, and have 5 shorter training sessions with less muscle groups to train each time.

Nutrition. It's like putting fuel into an engine. If you do not put the right fuel, then you will not 'run' as effectively, or work to the best of your ability. Nutrition is easily half of the equation. If your body does not get enough protein for muscle growth and repair, then you will not gain, let alone maintain weight. Some examples of a clean bulk would be - protein (sources include chicken, turkey, fish, egg whites, beef/steak, protein powders) and carbohydrates (white/brown rice, sweet potatoes, pasta, oats). Eating a high protein diet will be beneficial, also upping your carb intake and keeping your fat levels at a minimal will help.

[scuba steve]

just like the guy above said working out too much will damage your muscles trapping you in what's called the "burnout zone" in which you've working your muscles so much that they don't have time to grow. 4-5 times a week is just right it gives time for growth, if your really dedicated to a schedule working every week without fail you should take the last week of the month, doing less time (3days or so) to work out and with easy less heavy weights. that's how my trainer has taught me to gain muscle anyway, but i suppose your stage in puberty would also play as a factor to growth (to help you determine your body type, noticing your dads build can also be useful.)

and remember nutrition, protein, carbs and all that jazz

[AwesomeAussie]

your diets is also extremly important i take it your a hard gainer (its hard for you to gain muscle mass) if so you have take your goal body weight and eat that many grams of protein double the amount of carbs and only a bit of fats. Protein shakes are the best as well quick and easy to make

[Andredavid]

thanks guys
I have slowd down my work outs
And feeling bigger looking better lol

[tekronhoye]

Muscle enhancer often used by athletes and bodybuilders to increase muscle size and improve the steroids.

[dmeek7]

Do you do the same things over and over?

If you do the same routine everyday, over and over, you won't gain any muscle or mass. also If you do the same reps and sets everytime, all the time that won't help either.

Ever heard of P90X? They use a system called "Muscle Confusion", which is an extremely old form of weightlifting, but they were the first ones to market it. "Muscle Confusion" is when you do a work out with a certain number of sets and reps. (ex. 3 sets of 10 reps is the most common)..and after about 3-6 weeks varieing for everybody, you start to "plateau" or "level off" , to where you don't see anymore improvement and your muscle gets used to what your routine is and it remembers what to do. Then when this happens you change your sets and reps (ex. 4 sets of 8) and work out for another 3-6 months. Your muscles get confused and they work harder, which leads to the tearing of your muscle fiber, in turn they regenerate bigger and badder.

You keep doing this over and over until you don't want to weightlift anymore. (if you DONT already do this and you think it's a good idea contact me and i can give you more details if you'd like).

You also have to remember in weightlifting to increase weight when the previous weight begins to feel a bit too easy to lift. an easy way to tell is that when you are lifting, lets say...3 sets of 10, and you are able to crank out off 10 reps easily in each set, you have to increase weight. How you can tell you have the right weight is when you need help from a spotter to crank out the last one or two reps in each set.

Another thing you can do if you want to get bigger is the "high weight low reps and rest" idea of lifting. What this is, is exactly what it says. You lift heavy weight in a low rep form of workout.....lets say you bench 150 lbs (figuratively) and it's somewhat easy for you to do in a 3 set of 10 workout, you up the weight about 20-25 lbs and you do about 4 sets of 5 reps. This tears the muscle fibers alot better than high reps low weight (which is basically for toning your muscle, not enhancing mass)...then comes the rest part.

It is extremely important to rest in between workouts that include a certain part of the body. when you work on chest one day and you work on chest again the next day, you arent letting your muscle fibers and tissue regenerate and rebuild, which will make it where you dont get bigger and stronger, you have to rest...oh i'd say....about 2 days before you do chest again. (or what i do is i workout really hard with my "high weight low reps and rest" idea. I feel the soreness in my muscles the next day and i dont work out the same muscle group until that soreness is almost all the way gone.) I think it's a great idea to have a three day workout program that works on three parts of the body each week. (ex. legs, core, and upper body) that way it takes 2 days of rest period before you have to work on the same thing again. That way when i work out, lets say, chest. and my chest is sore the next two days, i take that time to work on my aps and back and my legs the next two days, and by the time im dont with those my chest is fine and i work that again. It's like a pyramid, or circle.

I hope you took the time to read all of this because I really think this could help you. I am very motivated in weightlifting, and I take my time to get educated in wellness and nutrition, so that i may apply this knowledge into my weightlifting. I get most of my information off of bodybuilding.com, where they have forums for teens on weightlifting.