New here.. some pictures, 15 Years Old.

[Ben91]

Good day all, I'd like to introduce myself before I get started. I'm new here so bare with me.

My name's Ben and i'm from that wonderful place called England. I'm 15 years old and about 5ft 9". I'm a keen tennis player and have been for the past 7 years or so and because of this, I have strong forearms. I've been doing weights for around 2 and a half months and first became interested when the new sports centre was built at our school.

However, the weights rooms is quite small and has a limited range of things. Pectorals, shoulder press, pull down, abdominal crunch, and 2 leg workout machines. The thing it's lacking is some free weights, i've tried to appeal, but i've not really got anywhere. The cardio things include treadmills, steppers, arm rower, rowing machine and X-Country trainer.

Anyway, I make the most out of it as I can and here's how my workout goes at the moment:

DAY 1
12 reps pectoral machine - 45kg
12 reps shoulder press - 30kg
12 reps bicep pulldown - 45kg
10 reps tricep pulldown - 20kg
10 reps other pectoral machine - 40kg
(Repeat the above 3 times)

DAY 2
15 minutes rowing,
15 minutes cycling,
5 minutes stepper

Trap pull ups - 15kg - 12 reps
Lat pulldowns - 35kg - 12 reps
Leg workouts - 45kg - 10 reps
Abdominal Crunches - 25kg - 15 reps
(Repeat above 3 times)

I alternate the above 2 days, and then take the weekend as a day off (well 2 days) and then start again the following week.

Now I have some questions, I do situps every night, (different variations) around 100, is this a good idea or should I do this every other day?

Should I split up my 2nd day workout into two days, so maybe cardio on one day, legs on the other?
Any other way I could improve my workout?

I do a paper round, and cycle to and from school everyday which if I can remember correctly is around 2 and half miles each way. Combined with the paper round, this totals around 7 miles each day of cycling, is this such a good idea to do so much? I usually travel at a medium pace.

I'm eating like a monster, fruit, pasta, rice, grilled chicken breasts, whole meal bread, anything else I should be eating? I've just ordered some whey protein as well to give me that extra boost.


Sorry for such a long post, I intend to update my pictures every 4 weeks to give you lot an idea of how everything's going. I'd appreciate some help, and if there's anything else you need to know, feel free to send me a PM or just ask.

Thanks for your time.
Ben

P.S I also forgot to mention I have a set of dumbells at home, but i'm lacking a bench, any ideas on what I could do to still get some benefit out of these? I don't have any leg pictures or back pictures but I can assure you I do have muscle on my legs from tennis. I'll see what I can do to get some more pictures and sorry for the poor quality.

[Krust]

looking really lean man. Keep eating and hit the weights hard! If you don't have a Benchpress you could always do dumbell presses.

P.S. It's refreshing to see a young teenager who actually seems to benefit from English class =)

[Ben91]

Just a quick bump, it'd be greatly appreciated if I could get a few answers.
Thanks guys and girls.

Ben

[hempick]

Aye. Looking good for your age. I agree with what the first reply.

[bladehines]

keep it up man you will get there. If you wanna get big to words to help you out. EAT ALOT!

If you don't wanna get big, still eat alot around 3000 calories a day, you look about like i did when i was your age. You will gain alot of lean muscle mass, if you eat a good 3000 cals a day, no junk food, or real high fat stuff(fat may not hurt you anyway, but i try and stay away from it.) Good protein, carbs, and good fat. that's what you need to be eatin 6 times a day.

Other then that keep it up!

[THE GOAT]

I hope you aren't trying any supps because a fifteen year old boy is still growing. Understand that

Originally Posted by Ben91

Good day all, I'd like to introduce myself before I get started. I'm new here so bare with me.

My name's Ben and i'm from that wonderful place called England. I'm 15 years old and about 5ft 9". I'm a keen tennis player and have been for the past 7 years or so and because of this, I have strong forearms. I've been doing weights for around 2 and a half months and first became interested when the new sports centre was built at our school.

However, the weights rooms is quite small and has a limited range of things. Pectorals, shoulder press, pull down, abdominal crunch, and 2 leg workout machines. The thing it's lacking is some free weights, i've tried to appeal, but i've not really got anywhere. The cardio things include treadmills, steppers, arm rower, rowing machine and X-Country trainer.

Anyway, I make the most out of it as I can and here's how my workout goes at the moment:

DAY 1
12 reps pectoral machine - 45kg
12 reps shoulder press - 30kg
12 reps bicep pulldown - 45kg
10 reps tricep pulldown - 20kg
10 reps other pectoral machine - 40kg
(Repeat the above 3 times)

DAY 2
15 minutes rowing,
15 minutes cycling,
5 minutes stepper

Trap pull ups - 15kg - 12 reps
Lat pulldowns - 35kg - 12 reps
Leg workouts - 45kg - 10 reps
Abdominal Crunches - 25kg - 15 reps
(Repeat above 3 times)

I alternate the above 2 days, and then take the weekend as a day off (well 2 days) and then start again the following week.

Now I have some questions, I do situps every night, (different variations) around 100, is this a good idea or should I do this every other day?

Should I split up my 2nd day workout into two days, so maybe cardio on one day, legs on the other?
Any other way I could improve my workout?

I do a paper round, and cycle to and from school everyday which if I can remember correctly is around 2 and half miles each way. Combined with the paper round, this totals around 7 miles each day of cycling, is this such a good idea to do so much? I usually travel at a medium pace.

I'm eating like a monster, fruit, pasta, rice, grilled chicken breasts, whole meal bread, anything else I should be eating? I've just ordered some whey protein as well to give me that extra boost.


Sorry for such a long post, I intend to update my pictures every 4 weeks to give you lot an idea of how everything's going. I'd appreciate some help, and if there's anything else you need to know, feel free to send me a PM or just ask.

Thanks for your time.
Ben

P.S I also forgot to mention I have a set of dumbells at home, but i'm lacking a bench, any ideas on what I could do to still get some benefit out of these? I don't have any leg pictures or back pictures but I can assure you I do have muscle on my legs from tennis. I'll see what I can do to get some more pictures and sorry for the poor quality.

[Ishbu3116]

Not bad for 15 really. Just keep on lifting and make sure you eat right. I have a hard time having people my age understand that you need to eat right to gain good mass. So at 15 if you get that down just imagine how good you are going to look by the time you graduate from High School.

[New1]

Your on your way bro. Keep at it.