How fit is the .ORG?

[Fragony]

On the bench 70 kg, not my strongest point, but I can do 50 pushups without much effort.

lenghth 1.86
weight 85 kilo

Overall I am in pretty good condition.

[tibilicus]

I weigh about 8 stone can do 100 sit ups per night (most ever was 500) and about 50 pressups. Dont know the rest. Oh ye im 13.

[DemonArchangel]

I actually dropped a weight on my face bench pressing before. I almost fractured my orbit.

[ah_dut]

I weigh about 8 stone can do 100 sit ups per night (most ever was 500) and about 50 pressups. Dont know the rest. Oh ye im 13.

how tall are you? just asking...

I actually dropped a weight on my face bench pressing before. I almost fractured my orbit.

OMG how did you do that? Well I only ever do bench on a smith machine so it ain't going to happen to me any time soon but still...owww

[Orda Khan]

Seriously guys, I don't want to sound all matriarchal but you should not even be considering training with weights at ages of 13 and 14. At your tender ages you should stick to calisthenics and leave the barbells until you are more mature, around 15 - 16 years old.
It is part of the growing up process with young men to want to build strength and the best approach when starting off is through exercises like push ups, chins and sit ups.
As for using isolation exercises, forget them, your body does not work this way. Compound exercises like bench press and squats use multiple muscle groups and are much better at building strength and size. Worth remembering is the fact that arms are used directly in the upper body exercises and so become easily overtrained. When using a good training routine there is no, or at least very little reason to train arms at all since they will be getting all the work they need from the other BIG exercises

......Orda

[DemonArchangel]

Bad Spotter Ah_Dut.
That and I'm afraid of herniating my back the most, not that i'll drop the weight (my legs are already very strong).

[ah_dut]

Bad Spotter Ah_Dut.
That and I'm afraid of herniating my back the most, not that i'll drop the weight (my legs are already very strong).

My bad I guess...just most people I know seem to have real issues with dropping the weight...my mistake.

Herniating your back? I swear you're going to injure yourself just as badly if you muck up on the leg press...well at least on the one at my school :grumblesabout thepatheticgymequipmentatschoolbutknowshe'snotgoingtogetanybetter:

sorry bout that...I squat on a machine personally or get someone to give me the weight on my shoulders as I can;t actually lift my squatting weight :embarrased:

[John86]

Seriously guys, I don't want to sound all matriarchal but you should not even be considering training with weights at ages of 13 and 14. At your tender ages you should stick to calisthenics and leave the barbells until you are more mature, around 15 - 16 years old.
It is part of the growing up process with young men to want to build strength and the best approach when starting off is through exercises like push ups, chins and sit ups.
As for using isolation exercises, forget them, your body does not work this way. Compound exercises like bench press and squats use multiple muscle groups and are much better at building strength and size. Worth remembering is the fact that arms are used directly in the upper body exercises and so become easily overtrained. When using a good training routine there is no, or at least very little reason to train arms at all since they will be getting all the work they need from the other BIG exercises

......Orda

I agree with you to a certain extent. The only problem is the world of American football is really competitive. If I at 14, did not lift free weights before and after the football season, I would never survive my sophmore year.

[ah_dut]

Seriously guys, I don't want to sound all matriarchal but you should not even be considering training with weights at ages of 13 and 14. At your tender ages you should stick to calisthenics and leave the barbells until you are more mature, around 15 - 16 years old.
It is part of the growing up process with young men to want to build strength and the best approach when starting off is through exercises like push ups, chins and sit ups.
As for using isolation exercises, forget them, your body does not work this way. Compound exercises like bench press and squats use multiple muscle groups and are much better at building strength and size. Worth remembering is the fact that arms are used directly in the upper body exercises and so become easily overtrained. When using a good training routine there is no, or at least very little reason to train arms at all since they will be getting all the work they need from the other BIG exercises

......Orda

Put it this way...my school says that and I have to comply...I am only allowed to bench/whatever my maximum at the ''fitness challenge'' where we have bleep, shuttle runs and weights testing...

After school, I am limited to using a 20kg barbell which can get a bit restrictive but I can work within that...If I am caught doing any heavy weights...I am going byebye as my weights teacher will rip me apart

I DO press ups and chin ups...but I do crunches instead of sit ups

[Orda Khan]

If I am caught doing any heavy weights...I am going byebye as my weights teacher will rip me apart

I DO press ups and chin ups...but I do crunches instead of sit ups

I like the sound of that guy It's nice to know that your gymnasium has a competant instructor. Supervision is the key and you are getting sound advice

........Orda

[ah_dut]

I like the sound of that guy It's nice to know that your gymnasium has a competant instructor. Supervision is the key and you are getting sound advice

I know, we have light barbells, truly a miracle

Ichi, you do that in the states as well? I thought that was errr child abuse they heaped on us during rugby training because they're sadists