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Well, in all honestly, the only thing that really feels “natural” is sitting on the couch, napping, etc. The weight training stuff is hard and will be painful for awhile, but after you get in the groove, the movements become ‘natural’ as well. But it takes time. It’s worth it though, IMO. Consistency is key. Read up on the Rippetoe program in the ‘training vault’ above.
 
Alright, something like this is what I was talking about, the idea is that you're at a level where you can keep adding weight to the bar on all of your lifts at all of your workouts, so long-term planning and pre-planned poundages will actually inhibit your progress because you're not the same lifter from day to day because you'll be gaining strength at such a rapid rate.

The idea is to work hard with a lot of volume on a few select lifts. Don't train to failure because you want to be able to add weight to the bar each and every time and prolong 'hitting a wall' for as long as possible.

Here it is...this is NOT gospel, it is not magic, I just thought up a way real quick for you to get good at some compound lifts. The key is to NOT MISS any reps, don't have your spotter do any work, you won't progress if you do tag team benching......also, make sure you squat ass to the ground with no touch from the spotter. If you finish all 5 on your last set easily, don't 'bang out more'....stop and add 5 or 10 lbs next time.

Also, you need to eat......not a gay bodybuilding diet of boiled chicken and Splenda.....eat like you want to grow hair on your chest and wrestle polar bears....I recommend a gallon of milk a day, a huge breakfast of eggs, meat, oatmeal, 2 or 3 school lunches, PB and J preworkout, 2-3 servings of whatever Mom makes for dinner, and more PB and J before bed......that is my standard diet I recommend for high school guys trying to get big.

Workout A

Back Squat (5x5 add weight each set, then take a little weight off and do 1x10)

Deadlift (5x5 add weight each set)

Flat Bench (5x5 add weight each set, then take some lbs off and do 3 sets of 10 with a close grip)

Full range situps (3 or 4 sets of however many you can do)

Workout B

Back Squat (5x5, add weight each set, each time you squat try to do 5lbs more on your last set than you did at the previous workout. After the 5x5, do 1x10 and try to add 5 or 10lbs to the last 1x10 from the previou workout)

Standing Barbell Overhead Press (5x5, add weight each set, then take a little off and do 1x10)

Barbell Row (See the sticky for description of Pendlay rows) (5x5, add weight each set, then take a little off and do 1x10)

Barbell Curl (3 sets of 8, add weight each set)

Full Range of motion situps (3 or 4 sets of as many as you can do)

Do workout A on Mon, Workout B on Thurs, then workout A again on Sun, and workout B again on Tues.....so you rest 2 days between workouts, when you get conditioned you can try every other day, when your gains begin to slow, tell us and we can tweak some stuff for you.
 
5X5 means 5 sets of 5 reps, right? I thought you were to do from 8-10 reps, and if you do 10 easily then add more weight? But this works also?
 
That's a nice, solid workout which should keep you happy and growing for quite a while. You've done well, all he gave me were 20-rep squats. ;)

5x5 is a good rep-range to work with. As time passes (lots of time) you'll learn when to vary it up or down. Take especial note about not blasting away to failure just because you get all the sets and still feel as though you have more to go. Adding weight next workout will slowly take up the slack and you'll get steadily stronger. It might happen from time to time that you don't make all of your reps but the idea is that you do make the lifts. Train to success not failure.
 
mlsnet43 said:
5X5 means 5 sets of 5 reps, right? I thought you were to do from 8-10 reps, and if you do 10 easily then add more weight? But this works also?

It works great for 99% of the people who try it 99% of the time, lol....the other 1% fuck it up by doing moronic things like triceps pushdowns with 37 different attachments the day before heavy benching then wonder why they missed their lifts.

The sets/reps aren't magic, there is no voo doo component with a secret set/range for growth.......5's are nice in that they tend to foster more long-term progression than 8s or 10s, and they aren't purely neural like 1-3 reppers, so they stimulate growth.

Just try it as is for 2 months, if you eat enough you'll love the results.
 
mlsnet43 said:
Alright thanks, though, won't eating make me gain more bodyfat? I mean, I DO want a 6-pack :D

Do you want to grow hair on your chest and wrestle Polar bears or do you want a 6 pack??

I am just kidding around......at your age, as long as you train hard and you don't eat too much shit (dorritos, chips, candy, ice cream, sugary drinks like soda and iced tea etc etc) you shouldn't get fat. And if you start to put on too much weight in the mid-section, scale back the eating a little, no harm done.

Start a journal on here too so everyone can follow along with your progress.
 
Also, I took the time to type all that out because you seem to have a legit interest.....any 15 year old kid awake at 9 AM on his Summer vacation trying to get weightlifting info. is most likely pretty serious about it.
 
Alright lol.

I was looking at the workout A and B..add weight each set.. what if I can't add weight after every set? Do the same weight?
 
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