Getting into lifting help me

Ok im 14 im 5' 10" and i weigh 125 lbs i have a really fast metabolism so its really hard for me to gain weight and my parents go shopping every saturday but the food always runs out like 3 days into the week so for me to gain weight should I just keep eating peanut butter pasta meat and everything

well we have a weight machine where I can do leg extension benchpress butterfly standing curls pulldowns legg press dead lift and well if i have to I can add pushups and situps and stuff to my workout but should I stretch before I start lifting should I lift alot of weight to less reps or less weight for alot of reps because my dad when he was 25 he could bench close to 850 lbs and he lifted less weight for lots of reps but I see alot of people lifting alot of weight with little reps and I dont know what the max weight on my machine is but there are 8 weights on it that i slide a pin under and my brother says he thinks it about 180 maybe 160 and I can bench it 5 times maybe 1 or 2 more struggling really hard but when I use free weights I can only bench maybe 120 8 times because its harder to stabilize and my right arm is stronger than my left arm because i used to squeeze hand grips alot and it got my forearm on that arm big

well this is the workout plan I have come up with I would like some suggestions and stuff so i could figure out what to do

monday I bench , curl , pullups , butterfly , hit punching bag , play basketball
tuesday I leg extension , leg press , do toe squats where I stand on my tips of my toes put my back slightly against the wall and just squat till i cant do them any more and do jumping exercises where I hop on the tips of my toes till i cant do that any more and hop up on a platform and back down and on wednesday I do the workout for monday and on thursday the workout for tuesday and on friday the work out for monday again then I rest till monday comes back again

ok is this a good workout regemine for me to do if so should I use alot of weight for less reps or less weight for alot of reps and is this enough time between me working out that I dont over train because once I start exercising like this im planning on just eating alot and sleeping alot after I get done exercises or should I have rest days in there on wed and if I am overtraining will I feel it and know im overtraining so I could add restdays in between there or will I not really know and the exercising not do anygood for me and im just wasting my time

and also this is a really really long post in my eyes with no grammar or anything but should I add handstand pushups and learn to handstand walk in here to to build upper body strength because I heard that handstand pushups are really hard to alot of people to do and that it dramatically increases your pushing power and overall over and I can do like 5 handstand pushups with my feet leaning against the wall to keep my balance but I cant walk handstanded

If you can get past reading this whole post can you reply with a good workout plan for me that tells me everything I need to do everyday or if im on the right track and or if I need to experiment more with the workout plan I already have

PS i think i went a little overboard with this post

I am assuming that u dont have access to a gym.

Good having you here. Try to get your parents interested in your goals and maybe mow some lawns or do something to earn some cash for some more food and possibly some supplemental protien powder or weight gain powder..........

When starting out as young as you are you really only need a kmart bench and some plastic weights.lol........you two can cherrish the kmart weights story when you get older.

Focus on lifting to target the big muscle, Flat bench, squats (there are different variations so you dont get hurt), shoulder press, Back rows....etc.

I wish I had the time to get into detail but I gotta work........You need to find a way to get more food even if it means getting a dreaded job.lol

how often should i lift

should I lift like 2 a day or 1 times a day on the muscle im working and should I like 2 or 3 times a week on muscle group or 1 a week in that muscle group like if i bench on monday so i get a week time to rest those muscles or should I bench every monday wednesday and friday to give 1 days rest in between or should I lift monday and friday to give couple days rest in between them how should I do it and should I use more weight less reps or less weight more reps

A general rule is you don't want to lift a muscle that's still real sore from a prior lift. Give yourself enough days between lifts. But just starting out, you should be pretty sore all the time, lol.

When you lift something you want to stay within a rage of 4-12 reps. If you can't hit it 4 times you're risking injury and if you're pumping it more than 12 it's not doing anything for you.

Do 2-3 different excersizes for each group per workout. Try a warmup and 3 work sets for each excersize. Maybe that's too much I dunno...

Remember, always work big to small. Start with the big muscles, finish with the small.

Vaelin said:

my dad when he was 25 he could bench close to 850 lbs

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That's funny

hey buddy, i was in your shoes my freshman year in highschool. at 14 years old i was 5'3'' and 94lbs.LOL i didn't start lifting until i was a senior in high school and i was 5'11'' and 147lbs. it's good to see you here, stick around and ask as many questions as you have. here is what i recommend you do:

first you need to set your goals. how will you know you have accomplished your oals if you have not set them? it looks like you are doing a routine to help with basketball or some other sport like that. i'm guessing that because of all the jumping around until exhaustion. if i guessed wrong say so and we'll figure something else out. so #1 set your goal. #2 you already did by coming here and asking for help to reach your goal. #3 train and eat according to your goals. i am SO happy you mentioned food right off the bat instead of asking about steroids or other stuff (WHICH YOU SHOULD NOT USE!). try this routine and see how you like it.

MONDAY:
-bench press
3 sets of 10 reps
-butterflys
3 sets of 10 reps
close grip bench press
3 sets of 10 reps
-military press (to the front of your head, not behind)
3 sets of 10 reps

WEDNESDAY:
-deadlifts
3 sets of 10 reps
-pullups
3 or 4 sets to failure
-if there is any way you can do some sort of a rowing exercise where you are sitting and pulling a weight in towards your body i would add it in here and do 3 sets of 10 reps.
-curls
3 sets of 10 reps

FRIDAY:
-leg press
3 sets of 10 reps
-leg extensions
3 sets of 10 reps
-calf raises
3 sets of 10+ reps (go to failure)
squats are a very good exercise for your legs but at your age i would not do them yet, wait another year or 2 and do them when you are a little older. they can be very hard on your joints in you do them wrong and i would hate to hear about you hurting your knee or back doing something i recommended.
try to eat just as much as possible. at your age you body is begging for tons of food, so give let it have it. eat anything and everything you can. also, be safe when you are lifting, if you dont know if you can get another rep dont hurt yourself trying. ask your dad and brother to work out with you or at least spot you. maybe one of your friends wants to come work out with you too and you guys can spot eachother. most importantly have fun and enjoy working out and watching your muscles grow!!! also, since you are 14 i assume you are going into high school soon. most high schools have agym at them kids can lift at after school. check out your high school and see if there is someone there who can help you too. plus, they probably have more equipment thn you do at your house. and remember to use some peroids and comma's...jeez!LOL but what am i talking about, i dont think i've ever typed correctly on here....LOL. feel free to ask questions whenever you need. :thumbsup:

not on anything

Im not on any perscriptions or anything the only thing im taking is some Centrum Performance vitamins i bought like a month ago and i still have like 3 weeks left in that bottle and once those run out im gonna start getting some protein powder or bars or something that i can eat and get enough protein to help develope my muscles

and about that thing with my school once school starts back ill be in 10 grade at my high school im moving to and they have alot of weight lifting equipment and ive signed up for both semesters having weightlifting so that will help me alot

but i dont know how that is gonna workout cause im gonna have to form my routine around the exercises i can do at school to and I dont know how long ill be in the class until i have to switch classes so i guess ill just stick to my routine until i get back in school and then just redo my routine if i have to

and about the workout plan you made ill write it down and think about using it if i can or if my routine is not working out for me but the thing with squats my dad used to be like huge and he worked out all the time so he can help me with that so i dont hurt myself but i will prolly have to buy a freeweight bench so i can do that stuff cause the machine i got i cant really squat because you can only extend the weight a certain distance and im to tall to push the weight all the way up with squating and the machine i got isnt really designed for squating but i guess i can do normal squats with no weight because my brother used to do like card squats where you took a deck of cards and squated by picking them up and putting them down to give you motivation by showing you how many more cards you can do every time you exercise well anyway thanks everyone for posting on here and helping me out keep checking up on the forum ill check it like every 1 or 2 days

Sounds like you're on the right track

:thumbsup:

Take a look at our exercise routines forum to get some ideas of different things you can do in the gym to hit all your muscles.