Posted on 11/20/2012 10:36:15 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Overtraining.
That, and also he might be training wrong. Enormous quads, no hamstrings etc.
Bad enough when an adult does unbalanced exercises, but if a 15-yr old were to do them! Still, no doubt he has expert help.
I started lifting at age 14. I’m 43 now.
20” neck. 52” chest. 20” arms. 28” thighs. 22” calves.
1RM on bench was 485. 505 squat. 640 deadlift.
Somewhere out there is a picture of me on a hip-sled with over 1200lbs of weight on it.
My knees are toast and I’ve torn ligaments in both shoulders. I don’t bench over 315 these days.
I’m also sporting about 30lbs of “extra” weight due to being off schedule the last 5-6 years.
Wouldn’t trade it for anything.
More like hangs out 2 hrs and lifts about 15 min. Seen the profile for decades.
Every time you see a stupid story like this, you should understand this:
They have time for it because they NEVER do stories about the homeless, and that is because the Prez is a LIBERAL BLACK.
Rest assured that for the next four years we’ll hear not a peep about THAT.
I'll bet the juice stat is off - too high
Teenage boys in this modern society need to exercise to build muscle - their bodies expect it and were intended for it at that age, so they would start adulthood more fit.
In long-forgotten times, teenage boys WERE more physically active, because life and “life style” REQUIRED it - they worked, in some capacity or another, and the further back in time you go, the deeper into the long-ago establishment of the genetic pattern you go, the work was more physically demanding in one way or another.
Todays society, to the extent it discourages teenage boys NOT to give their bodies muscle building, muscle toning exercise, is asking the boys to (a)ignore what their bodies expect at their age (their metabolism is primed for it) and (b) forgoe good habits that will serve them well in their teens, good habits they will be more inclined to keep - in some fashion - when they are older, if they are a regular part of life already.
Is it necessary to seek to become a “Charles Atlas”? No. And the survey statistics indicate that only a small percentage are trying to do that.
Have you tried the Euro Workout? ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMUKoQGouuM
I have been doing my own version of the percolating pectorals for years and years (yes, my wife thinks I am juvenile, too bad—it’s her fault for marrying me!).
Feel great but I’m not able to keep the mass on like before.
“For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.”
Now I know some here are going to misunderstand me, but I am no way surprised by this article.
For hundreds of years children were schooled to esteem “worship” character and morality, but with the post-Christian era upon us they are obsessed with physical things instead. Kids today are taught we have two parts - physical and mental - and very little spiritual - if they talk about “spiritual” it is basically being “happy”.
Of course kids are obsessed with their bodies and possessions. What about our current culture leads them to think anything or anyone else might be important?
Nobody has a neck that long.
This habitual training will come in useful later in their lives. One day they will have to chase down and stab their next meal as guns will be illegal and they won’t be able to afford chicken at $1,500/lb.
They should probably start learning to farm too.
Homeless stories were regular features in the MSM under Bush I. They disappeared the day Clinton was elected.
Only way I’m ever going to run again is if someone is chasing me with a chainsaw and I’m out of ammo... ;-)
I heard all the homeless were herded up and sacrificed at the altar of death, by the inner-demonrat party to get obama elected
N’yuck...
My 18-year-old lifts weights. He’s a lifeguard in the summer, and he wants to look good for girls. He uses whey protein as a supplement when he’s doing a lot of running, swimming or weightlifting. Yo, food police ... it’s like MILK.
I know your pain. I had to get both shoulders rebuilt when I was 40 yrs old and couldn't lift my arms to shut off the alarm clock. It was more due to my clavicle scraping my humerus joint, but the surgeon commented on "the extremely active life" I've led. In years past, @ 168 lbs, I was matching Nate Newton, the all-pro, 350lb lineman for the Cowboys, rep-for-rep on the lat pull down (probably 375lbs x 5 reps). Yeah, it kind of hurt my spine too.
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