Can you answer rllyconfuzed’s question about Bodybuilding?:

I want to start lifting weights with dumbells (yes I’m new to it) and I was wondering what weight I should use, and how many reps and sets I should do.

I’m 15 and I weigh about 126 pounds

Please don’t say go to the gym because I can’t.

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Can you answer Joey Callejas’s question about Bodybuilding?:

I am 13 (i’ll be14 in june) and i am 5′7, i play fottball so i need to bulk up so my friend suggested me to free weight soi am planning to buy a pair of 5kg dumbbells, can lifting weights stunt growth?

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Can you answer ASKALOT’s question about Bodybuilding?:

Growing up, most of the other kids were not only “big” but were “cut” too. They were also familiar with lifting weights and knew how to lift and how much they could lift.

What percentage would you say had a weight set at their own home? Or do you think their parents just paid for a gym membership? Or do you think there was some nearby activity center for lifting weights like a local church, school, or fitness place?

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Nearly every man wants to improve his stamina, strength and overall muscle tone and one of the surefire techniques to do this is weight training. Contrary to popular myth, lifting weights will not turn you into an Arnold Schwarzenegger clone overnight. It takes a lot of work and a lot of planning to build muscle mass via weight training.

Many bodybuilding guides are written for people who do not have the genetic blessings needed for a mesomorphic muscle building physique, These guidebooks walk you through the physiological changes that go on in muscle building programs. Every time you lift weights and feel soreness, that is because you have damaged the muscles and they heal by adding more muscle mass.

The trick to this is that you need to feed your body in fairly tight window after weight training. Protein eaten within 30 minutes to an hour or so after lifting will be cannibalized by your body and turned into muscle mass. Most of the supplement market for weight training is built around ways to short circuit this by either lengthening the window that your body gloms onto proteins, or by preloading your body with proteins before the weight training regimen.

Nobodys weight training program will ever be an overnight success story. Schwarzenegger trained for seven years before entering his first competition. It will take muscle and sweat and a lot of pain, and a sensible plan for how to structure your lifting times and recuperation times.

Written in clear, concise language, many weight training guides talk about the fundamentals of how to start the sport. This includes how to get the most out of it from figuring out the kind of weight training your body will react to best, to scheduling individual lifting routines to focus on specific body parts, for getting the toned, muscular look you want from weight training.

They also cover everything you need to hone your body, building the thick V neck that you need to show off your shoulder lists, building a deep chest and powerful pectorals, and even doing whole body workouts to cover your thighs, abs and glutes.

Simple, straightforward instructions cover virtually all aspects from nutrition to lifting plans, including what mixtures of proteins and carbohydrates you should be taking at specific body weights to weight lifting goals. Additionally, they cover details on upping the intensity of your workout, the notion that you need to lift to complete exhaustion to get the maximum benefit is a critical part of weight training. It is also one of the most difficult ones to execute well because most people lift to meet certain positive goals and do not habitually lift to the point of failure.



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Competitive bodybuilding is a popular sport in which athletes attempt to develop and maintain a perfect muscular body. Bodybuilding is simply the act of putting on muscle by following very structured workouts and a meticulous diet. Bodybuilding is enjoyed by both men and women and is a sport people can participate in for many years.

Bodybuilders must be extremely committed, consistent and focused on their goals. It is a very demanding sport whether you just practice it to gain a few extra pounds or are training for a professional competition. Size follows strength, therefore bodybuilders must constantly push themselves to lift heavier weights all of the time or else they will plateau and cease to make significant gains in muscle mass.

People may look at bodybuilding and think it is a sport which doesn’t require a great deal of intelligence and that bodybuilders are just a bunch of big dummies lifting weights all day, staring at themselves in the mirror. This could not be further from the truth. In fact, besides being one of the most grueling sports, bodybuilding is also one of the most scientific and detailed sports in the world. It’s definitely not just hard work in the gym. Bodybuilders must possess a wealth of knowledge in all areas of the sport - and there are many.

A bodybuilder’s diet requires a wealth of knowledge about proper nutrition and the precise measurement of calories. Many gym rats who workout religiously experience negligible results primarily because they haven’t learned how to eat properly. If you eat a lot of unhealthy foods, even though you workout often, you will not experience significant results. This is a synergistic sport, therefore all areas of a bodybuilder’s life either directly or indirectly affects his or her success.

If bodybuilding is something you’re interested in, begin learning all you can about this very rewarding and challenging sport. Develop a weight training program and diet plan which fits your level of training and conditioning and get started. You’ll need to set realistic goals and journal your progress meticulously. The bottom line is that bodybuilding is a complete sport that can greatly improve your quality of life.



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