6 Pack

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 ;D

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 ;)

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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.

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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

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Originally Posted by dramaking

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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.

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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

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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;) )

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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.

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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

okz there is your proof marv

Only the famous gymnests are short, they are the only ones you see because their small structure makes it easier for them to control themselves and spin faster and stuff like that, just like why all the high jumpers you see on tv are like 7'1'' they dont do anything that makes them grow that much, just that frame makes them good for that sport

yeah okz okz some say it dun matter some say it does...
but still would you take the risk and give this little man some weights??

you can't build a real six pack quickly. you can shock diet so you can see your abs and do some push ups to pump them but thats bad for you

A real powerful set of abs take patience and nuturing to get, if he wants real results he'll need real work ;)

Whay on earth is wrong with youth today if they want to pursue a six-pack at the age of 12..... Really, tell me why....

Execpt for esthetic reasons there is need for a six-pack, but if you really want them there are only two ingredients; Sit-ups and dieting.
Loads of sit-ups (and all its varieties) every other day and start starving, remember that bodybuilders(models) almost wont eat anything a week before to obtain those insane low fat percentages, and that is far from healthy.

Just work out and eat healthy and you will get a defined stomach, but a true sixpack like in the magazines are almost impossible to sustain

thanks....all helpful advice...other than the ppl that were arguin bout the wieghts ...lol i'd already sed dont do weights to him...thanks any ways

np

What about if you did it on and off from say 12 - 15. I read somewhere that 15 and 16 is a good age to do weight training.

dont know my dad says he started at 13....and nothing came of that so harrys decided to not take ur advice lol and startin as soon as its his 13th b'day!

I stared working out (Heavy lifting, tons of sit-ups, yadda yadda) for 30min-1 hour a day when I was 12-13. I am 5'11" taller, by alot, than my parents. One thing he shouldn't expect though, as has been said by others, is a six-pack at such a young age. I don't know if it is immpossible but I didn't even have an outline of a six-pack, just REALLY hard abs... I think this has to do with the fact that your body needs to store energy, fat in this case, to make him grow taller. If he tries to get abs at a young age this directly conflict with the fact that humans store growth fat on thier midrif. So the moral: Don't seriously try to get a six-pack till your about 17-up.

On the buying him wieghts, I was lifting 100-150 between ages 12-13 and don't lift as much now so I really couldn't tell you now, but needless to say I am 5' 11" so I really don't think it will affect his height.

well yeah... it's pretty much a diet issue, fat on abs really cover up the abs

like its all bout what u eat....so if its just like 100 sit-ups a night and eatin the RIGHT food (what food is BTW...any ideas?) that will get a 6 pack if ur bout 17? this is what we've learned on this subject?

just run. do push ups, sit ups, whatever. run to lose fat. there will be a certain amount of fat you will be able to lose, though, but still, it's the best you can do.

and for weights, don't overdo it. i was using heavy dumbells for both punching power and increased shooting range in basketball, and it was alright, but i overdid it and i couldn't move too good, even when my muscles didn't hurt.

It's all in genetics, if you weren't genetically built to have a six pack, you won't get once, just a flat tone stomach, but if you're built for a six pack, do lots of situps, upside down situps, and sit in a chair sit o nthe edge, and hold your arms in a cross and bend forward contracting your stomach muscles, do this about 30 times. other than that, eat right, and spend about 50 minutes running on the tredmill, it's good at cutting fat, but if you don't eat right, you won't get any results.

thanks all

There's always steroids...

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Originally Posted by Purist

It's all in genetics, if you weren't genetically built to have a six pack, you won't get once, just a flat tone stomach, but if you're built for a six pack, do lots of situps, upside down situps, and sit in a chair sit o nthe edge, and hold your arms in a cross and bend forward contracting your stomach muscles, do this about 30 times. other than that, eat right, and spend about 50 minutes running on the tredmill, it's good at cutting fat, but if you don't eat right, you won't get any results.

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Running on a treadmill is very hard, and if your gonna be running to burn off fat then run for 30 minutes in your target heart rate zone. 50 minutes is too much and less your a bloody pro.

You need 8% body fat or less for a set of abs to show. I dont know if you know this, but if he is 12 years old, he might look skinny, but his body fat is probably over 20%.

thanks for the help....

u need to just run and skip every day and theyll appear. yea confirms right thrs nuthin wrong with exercising @ this time. in fact its better cos while ur going through puberty ur muscles will develop quicker. jus dnt use steroids, tht will make ur bones stop growin, cos it has adult hormones nt kids. when ur an adult ur bones dont grw

i am 15 and a half now and i am 5" 11.5' now, what age will i stop growing and roughly how tall will i be then?????

nnnnooooobbbboooooddddddyyyyyyy kkkkkkknnnnooooowwwwsssss lol, nah idk

what sort of things should i eat / not eat
(english food as i live in england)

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Originally Posted by james_thomas33

what sort of things should i eat / not eat
(english food as i live in england)

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:coolclick: , it's nice to see some other english people about, where you from???

im in luton were bouts you?

i live in newcastle, i reckon britain is much better than america, i'm probably gonna get loads a shit for sayin' that like ;)