weight lifting as a teenager?

[matto18]

you're fine to lift weights by now. i doubt you'll be lifting anything "heavy" anyway. my little brother started lifting when he was in fourth grade and he's 6'1" now, and that's tall for our family. as long as you train properly everything should be fine.

 

[Yarg!]

<---------16 years old. Loving it.

 

[WalkingBeast]

I started at 14 and have no regrets.

 

[WalkingBeast]

im 16 but im right about in the middle of puberty, im kind of a late bloomer. but still, what im asking is will weight lifting make my muscles grow any faster or larger than they would grow anyway? how would i know if my gains are actually coming from the training or if they would have come naturally?

Youd know cuz people dont become muscular naturally, I think average arm size of non-lifters is like 10-12 inches around.

 

[WalkingBeast]

you're fine to lift weights by now. i doubt you'll be lifting anything "heavy" anyway. my little brother started lifting when he was in fourth grade and he's 6'1" now, and that's tall for our family. as long as you train properly everything should be fine.

Heavy is relative to the individual

 

[Aussie Juga naught]

Best time to start, full stop.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

I think average arm size of non-lifters is like 10-12 inches around.

are you serious? relaxed or flexed?

 

[WalkingBeast]

are you serious? relaxed or flexed?

I think its flexed. I saw some book from the seventies that said average size was 10 inches of non-lifters.