Overtraining.
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.
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.
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.
“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?
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.
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.
Save your sanity. Ignore all advice from the government.
Future nanny state mandate: Thou shalt only be as pumped up as the skinniest dweeb!
Nanny State PING!
Future nanny state mandate: Thou shalt only be as pumped up as the skinniest dweeb!
Nanny State PING!
The real fear is that these kids are releasing teststerone into the world. This is something leftists cannot abide. They like their men sissified and their women bullish and angry.