testosterone when ur young

[tay1506]

Ive heard from different people that when ur younger u have much more testosterone than when ur older which i know is true some people have told me its like almost taking steroids but then other people say that when ur younger u dont gain muscle as fast im talking age 14 - 18.
Just wondering if anyone can give me info on this or somethin?

 

[Extra_Strong]

well from 14-18 most kids grow a lot of muscle and dont even lift weights, so that is something to think about.

kids lifting before they are 14 witch i think is fine. will have a hard time gaining much muscle..

and if you take a kid that is 18 and does not lift. and compare that amount of mucles to what he has at 35 you will notice less muscle mass. that being said

 

[blut wump]

I think if you can get a kid to lift from about 13 years onwards, he can stop at 18 and always be a 'big guy'. Even if you can only get your kid to do pushups every morning and work a bowflex, you can lay down some solid foundations and an attitude to exercising at this time.

 

[rbtrout]

At 14-18 you're loaded with T. No roids needed. You can put on lots of muscle at that time period. If you're lifting and eating a lot, you can add even more.

 

[suckamc44]

I think if you can get a kid to lift from about 13 years onwards, he can stop at 18 and always be a 'big guy'. Even if you can only get your kid to do pushups every morning and work a bowflex, you can lay down some solid foundations and an attitude to exercising at this time.

I totally agree. I started lifting at about 14 and put on a pretty solid base. Now(i'm 22 now), even when I've had extended periods of poor nutrition and inactivity, I still seem to maintain a lot of the muscle put on in that period. When I was 18 I was about 190lbs LBM and I don't think I've dipped below that since then, even though there have been times when I didn't lift for as long as 5 months.

 

[Extra_Strong]

I got my little brother to start lifting with me at about age 12. I am 14 years older then
HIm but the 1st 2 year he did got little stornger and mostly learned good form. but about the age 14 his nuts kicked in good and he really started growing and is now in love.
I was a fraid at 1st since the strength did not come very fast he would give up. But i think he just liked hangging with the big bro and now it is all paying off. I sure with i would of started that young .....

 

[tay1506]

alright thanks for the replies i was just wondering cuz my bro might be getting into it and i am about to turn 18.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

the reason that younger kids dont gain as much has to do with the super fast metabolism. They just cant eat enough to gain!

I think that genetics has a bigger role on the body compared to working out when you are younger. I worked out when young and was very active, but never got a "solid" muscular base to work with. I have very tight muscles, but when I dont work out they get very small.

Having said that, working out when young will affect the rest of your life style, and how much of your genetic potential is fullfulled. But, there is no reason that a person cant work up to a similar fitness level starting at 25 instead of starting at 14. It will just take much longer to get there.


Interesting thought, if I had been lazy and gotten fat with a slow metabolism from sitting around as a child, would I gain muscle easier than I do now with my fast and active metabolism?

 

[Elana]

I have a question as well.....I am 21 turning 22 in feb and have been a gymnast my entire life. I started lifting like crazy when I was in 9th grade and was always the stongest on my team..however I was completley overtraining and didn't have the diet in check( when I say this I mean not eating 6 times a day and eating fat free, I always ate a crazy amt of protein being a gymnast but also didn't have the macros right). My goals at this point are to build as much as possible and to compete and go as far as it will bring me....when do you think I could/ should incorporate steroids into the process? Do you think I even should?

 

[vin01]

i didnt lift weights seriously until 9th or 10th grade, but ever since 5th grade i used to do upwards of 300 pushups a night, daily. i have always had huge pecs, and i contribute it to these pushups, bc i dont see a genetic link to anybody else in my family having unproportionally huge pecs (but thats not a complaint)

 

[Extra_Strong]

the reason that younger kids dont gain as much has to do with the super fast metabolism. They just cant eat enough to gain!

I think that genetics has a bigger role on the body compared to working out when you are younger. I worked out when young and was very active, but never got a "solid" muscular base to work with. I have very tight muscles, but when I dont work out they get very small.

humm U have seen fat kids right? U are correct to a point. but the link there is testosterone. and that would kinda link us to the reason steroids are used.

 

[seizer]

I started when I was 17. I'm 19 now...when can I expect the test levels and performance to slow down...or has it already begun?

 

[sandman_007]

I started when I was 17. I'm 19 now...when can I expect the test levels and performance to slow down...or has it already begun?

from what i read natty test will begin to slow down between 25-28 years old

 

[seizer]

from what i read natty test will begin to slow down between 25-28 years old

phew! so I still have time...I thought I was a goner there for a second.

 

[TheOak84]

i started when i was 10, with little things like pushup, pullups, and lunges. then in 7th grade i got a pair of 15 pound DB's. and etc etc...

i think resistance training is good at any age

 

[NorgePrecision]

So, at 25 it will be significantly harder to gain muscle than where I'm at now, which is 21?

 

[sandman_007]

So, at 25 it will be significantly harder to gain muscle than where I'm at now, which is 21?

anyone here have any more knowledge on this?

honestly, i think it varies from person to person. Why? because some kids bodies seem to produce more test than others. Look at boys going through puberty. I remmeber when i was in high school, there were freshmen and sophomores who looked like little kids in elementary school. However, there were kids their same age who looked like men- so we know some kids were producing more test than others, naturally speaking. Those who probably started to go through puberty at a younger age will still probably produce it longer than those who did not.......just a thought

 

[tay1506]

I figured that kids who started at a later age would produce it longer since they havent for very long i mean i would just think thats common knowledge but i could be wrong. Also i was wondering is there a way to tell how high your testosterone is? I dident start growing tell about a year ago and ill be 18 on halloween and i was wondering if thats why i have to have virtually no recover time compared to most people? I could probly work the same muscle group every day without over training ive never tried it except for abs which i do 5 days a week and they seem to get bigger as every day goes bye i can litterally tell day to day.

 

[Extra_Strong]

also some respond to test more than others. difference in recepters I would imagine.

so many factors. Some people just look young. I am 29 and when asked my age i always get big eyes cause they think i am 22 is it from a lac of test ? nope just my pretty face