Does this workout look good for an 13 year old?

[Harrattan]

Here are a few details.
Age: 13.5 [ Turning 14 in November ]
Weight: 125 lbs
Height: 5'5 3/4
What I use: 15 lb dumbbells

Other than lifting weights to keep an lean body I play basketball to work with my legs and gain a bit height from the stretching I do before I ball, my goal is to get abs by the end of summer & also have more of an muscular body rather than being really skinny. I've created an workout routine for myself and I want to see if it's good enough. I tried organizing my exercises so I can do each body part every other day. I'm looking for some suggestions to add. Thanks.

Monday - Back/Biceps/Abs
- Sit ups before I sleep
-50 hammer curls
-50 regular curls
- 15 dumbbell side bends on both sides of arms
-DW Rows

Tuesday - Chest/Triceps
- 40 tricep dips
- 30 Flat Chest Presses or more if I feel like it.

Wednesday - Legs/Shoulders/Cardio
- Wall squats for 5 minutes
- Planks
-30 Seated Shoulder Presses
-20 Lateral Raises
-20 Front raises
-20 min running

Thurs - REST

Friday - Biceps/Abs
- Same thing as Monday without back exercise.

Saturday - Chest/Abs
- 30 Flat Chest Presses or more if I feel like it.
-100 sit ups

Sunday - REST

[AnicholasH]

Usually I would say whatever you feel comfortable doing is a good routine, because ultimately you are the one who uses it. Although in this case I would feel comfortable to tell you to maybe lighten up on the triceps, twice a week is pushing it and more may result in over training if your not carefull.

[Harrattan]

Usually I would say whatever you feel comfortable doing is a good routine, because ultimately you are the one who uses it. Although in this case I would feel comfortable to tell you to maybe lighten up on the triceps, twice a week is pushing it and more may result in over training if your not carefull.

Alright, I'll take one of the days off then. Thanks for the advice

[Jaxxed_Fibraz_]

Why are you doing pushups on bi and ab day?

[Harrattan]

Why are you doing pushups on bi and ab day?

oops, put it on the wrong day lol. Hold on I'll change it.

[.Enigma.]

You would see better gains if you upped the weight and lowered to reps to at least below 20.

[Harrattan]

You would see better gains if you upped the weight and lowered to reps to at least below 20.

Would lowering my reps give my muscles more time to develop/rebuild?

[MnLifter21]

Would lowering my reps give my muscles more time to develop/rebuild?

Well with lower reps you can generally do higher weights, which can be more beneficial if you are looking to gain mass, and generally doing a lot of reps gets pointless at a certain point, don't ask me when or quote me on that, just personal experience. Also, abs can really be done everyday so long as you aren't really "lifting" with them. Also, since you play sports, power clean can be really beneficial to almost any aspect of any sport, but it can be a very form dependent lift and also can be dangerous if done poorly, much like dead lift. I also don't know if Power Clean is okay to be doing at 13 years of age, I know the freshman do it at my high school for football, so it's up to you.

[Dm1337]

err no exercises for back?

[Harrattan]

Well with lower reps you can generally do higher weights, which can be more beneficial if you are looking to gain mass, and generally doing a lot of reps gets pointless at a certain point, don't ask me when or quote me on that, just personal experience. Also, abs can really be done everyday so long as you aren't really "lifting" with them. Also, since you play sports, power clean can be really beneficial to almost any aspect of any sport, but it can be a very form dependent lift and also can be dangerous if done poorly, much like dead lift. I also don't know if Power Clean is okay to be doing at 13 years of age, I know the freshman do it at my high school for football, so it's up to you.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll try doing less reps now. About the abs, should I do them everyday to see progress by the end of june? hmmm I might post a picture of myself tomorrow or something to see if anyone can guess my bf%

@ Dm1337 what back exercises would you recommend?

[7upyours]

those seem like a lot of reps to me.

[Harrattan]

those seem like a lot of reps to me.

lol I decreased some of the reps so they're not too much.

[Wardy15]

err no exercises for back?

yeah , you need some back exercises man, might seem pointless to you now but trust me your back plays a big part in most sports, exercise, get some deadlifts put in, if you have access to a barbell ? if its just dumbells maybe some DB rows or something ? and yeah lower the reps.

[Harrattan]

yeah , you need some back exercises man, might seem pointless to you now but trust me your back plays a big part in most sports, exercise, get some deadlifts put in, if you have access to a barbell ? if its just dumbells maybe some DB rows or something ? and yeah lower the reps.

hmm thanks I'll try to see where I can fit in back exercises in my routine.

[Wardy15]

hmm thanks I'll try to see where I can fit in back exercises in my routine.

if your looking at a 4 day a week workout i would do -

monday - back, biceps
tuesday- chest, triceps
wednesday - rest
thursday - legs, biceps
friday - cardio day, 20 min jog ?
saturday - abs, shoulders
sunday - rest

you could do some situps every monday, tuesday, thursday and saturday helping your abs and i also added in a cardio day to give you a break from the weight lifting but work on CV, cardio is important, dont ignore it. hope i helped in any way ? nothing else to do while watching the news anyways.

[Harrattan]

if your looking at a 4 day a week workout i would do -

monday - back, biceps
tuesday- chest, triceps
wednesday - rest
thursday - legs, biceps
friday - cardio day, 20 min jog ?
saturday - abs, shoulders
sunday - rest

you could do some situps every monday, tuesday, thursday and saturday helping your abs and i also added in a cardio day to give you a break from the weight lifting but work on CV, cardio is important, dont ignore it. hope i helped in any way ? nothing else to do while watching the news anyways.

hmm alright. I'll try to switch things up. Also would it work if I do 20 min jog on the day i do legs as a warm up?