ok some questions..my uncle is 12 (younger than me...lol i know wierd...lol! keep this in mind, hes tryin to get a six pack and is failing....badly!!

1) is 12 too young to be buying wieghts for him? like is he too young to train wit weights this is what i feel and have warned him off them...even tho he would have to save for quite along time to get them any way...so quik would not be part of the picture!??

2)what other exersizes would lead to a quik pac (4 or 6...lol) what and how many to that same effect, a day...?

3)this is totaly different and is bout me....girls here.....how do u cover bruises? what type of conceilerdo u recomend cus i got a hella a bruise from sparrin where i dropped ma left hand...just on ma eye brow!!

1) i would not do weight at such a young(??spelling??) age
due to the fact that he is still growing and the weight lifting could effect this.
(dunno how this is called in english) but when he has to strong muscles the bones cant grow right or something and he might end up with some back problems or thing like that....ehrg some 1 els might explain this in a better way..
2) running, skipping, sit up's, and thing he should not do at his 12th year
(involves a female)
3).......

when i was 12 i was ripped from karate. we did hundreds of situps and i had no bodyfat anywhere. for some reason though i didnt have a 6 pack. i had just a flat hard stomach. as i got older i got fatter but also got a 6pack. im not sure what was wrong but its the truth.

would 14 be 2young 2 start using weights?

Its not good to start weight training at such young ages because the bones are still growing and the weight could limit how tall you are

True that SP,

yeah I wouldn't encourage your little uncle to work on a 6 pack just yet.

Why, cuz I have a good pal, who's very very active, he has a six-pack that looks like it belongs to a mutant ninja turtle, and when he inhales it would temp ya'to ask "is it a boy or a girl?"

He's also short about 5'6" at age 17, which is strange since he say's his folks aren't like that.

I'm not telling you that your uncle should lay off working out completely, just saying that he shouldn't pursue being that while his body is still growing.

Also-
I asked a girl a mine about your bruise prob, she uses ProColorRing concealer.

Next time keep those hands up

The best way to get a 6 pack is from crying, crying contorts your musles down there.

Cry 10 times a day, and eat right, and you'll have a 6 pack in 3 months

Originally Posted by madmaniac

when i was 12 i was ripped from karate. we did hundreds of situps and i had no bodyfat anywhere. for some reason though i didnt have a 6 pack. i had just a flat hard stomach. as i got older i got fatter but also got a 6pack. im not sure what was wrong but its the truth.

Same thing with me, when I was 13 I went to a military school for a couple of months (where I got introduced to boxing) I was ripped when I left, no six pack. I'm 22 now, I wouldn't say I have a six pack, more of a washboard

Originally Posted by dramaking

Originally Posted by madmaniac

when i was 12 i was ripped from karate. we did hundreds of situps and i had no bodyfat anywhere. for some reason though i didnt have a 6 pack. i had just a flat hard stomach. as i got older i got fatter but also got a 6pack. im not sure what was wrong but its the truth.

Same thing with me, when I was 13 I went to a military school for a couple of months (where I got introduced to boxing) I was ripped when I left, no six pack. I'm 22 now, I wouldn't say I have a six pack, more of a washboard

I have an 12 pack, better then Batmans.

Everyone has abdominal muscles, its just the fact their covered in fat etc that you cant see them.

There is no point in a 12 year old doing weights either. He can do push ups etc but it will damage his ligaments and cause him to be short. Tell him to do running and do some boxing training at his local gym or whatever

hes a boxer....

having a 6-pack is mostly about diet, you've got to have low body fat, which he shouldn't aspire for at such a young age. I don't think some bodyweight exercises like push-ups, pullups, squats or leg lifts would hurt him though. if he weight trains to young, he'll look like this kid, lol: http://www.richardsandrak.com/Galleries/12gal5.htm

The whole weight will stop growth thing is a myth. Ive read countless of articles about the weight-height issue and none could provide evidence that weightlifting does indeed stop growth. The only way it could stop growth is if your into powerlifting and somehow damages your bones thus causing the growth plates to shut.

If you go to bodybuilding.com you'll find that lots of people start at 13.

Actually, laughing a lot can work your ab muscles, but only if you laugh very hard, as if you've just met Andre for the 1st time! (Just kidding )

Originally Posted by marvrealdeal

The whole weight will stop growth thing is a myth. Ive read countless of articles about the weight-height issue and none could provide evidence that weightlifting does indeed stop growth. The only way it could stop growth is if your into powerlifting and somehow damages your bones thus causing the growth plates to shut.

If you go to bodybuilding.com you'll find that lots of people start at 13.

yeah could B
but when there is no evidence it don't mean it won't happen.
I for 1 would not encourage him to do so
deu 2 the fact that it could happen
and i'm no doc so i cant tell, but somehow i think it does have negative effect
and would not take the risc

IMO

Proof:

Just look at the people who do gymnastics - they do it from young and they are muscular - but when you look at them they are so short you might think they are around 16 or so but they are mostly in their early/late 20's

Too much weight lifting at a young age causes stunted growth - the muscles grow faster than the bones and constricts your overall height