Help For a Lost 14 Year Old Looking to Gain Muscle

[GonnaBeStrong1]

Not Sure where i should post this, sorry im new to bodybuilding.com. I turned 14 about three months ago, and for the past 6 months I've started an upper body workout routine. I'm not going to mention my routine as that would be very long, however, I will say that it worked as I used to be only able to do a maximum of 12 pushups and now I can do a maximum of 40. I am 5'5, 118lbs and I've been told I look skinny but not scrawny. I eat a LOT of food as I'm Portuguese (All fellow portuguese people will understand) and I workout very intensely, with my excercises in my workouts being 4 sets of as many reps until failure. I take a minute in between sets and any where from 1 minute to 3 minutes in between excercises. For example, I would do pullups and then wait a minute in between to workout another muscle like pushups. I only do compound bodyweight excercises. I workout 3-5 times a week. My question is, is it possible I am making significant progress (I've been told I need to go deeper into puberty before I can "beast up") or have I been wasting my time. I definitely see improvements, but it seems as if its coming so slowly. Maybe I'm influenced by media, but a lot of YouTube transformation videos seem to have WAY signigicant improvement then i have had.

[Soultrapp]

I turned 14 about three months ago, and for the past 6 months I've started an upper body workout routine.

So, only upper-body?

Do post your routine somewhere. It's okay if it's long. If you don't tell us what you're doing, how can we correct/help you?

[corvade]

honestly bro, if you lost your 14 year old, you're better off going to the police rather than posting on a bodybuilding forum

[christianng5]

Not Sure where i should post this, sorry im new to bodybuilding.com. I turned 14 about three months ago, and for the past 6 months I've started an upper body workout routine. I'm not going to mention my routine as that would be very long, however, I will say that it worked as I used to be only able to do a maximum of 12 pushups and now I can do a maximum of 40. I am 5'5, 118lbs and I've been told I look skinny but not scrawny. I eat a LOT of food as I'm Portuguese (All fellow portuguese people will understand) and I workout very intensely, with my excercises in my workouts being 4 sets of as many reps until failure. I take a minute in between sets and any where from 1 minute to 3 minutes in between excercises. For example, I would do pullups and then wait a minute in between to workout another muscle like pushups. I only do compound bodyweight excercises. I workout 3-5 times a week. My question is, is it possible I am making significant progress (I've been told I need to go deeper into puberty before I can "beast up") or have I been wasting my time. I definitely see improvements, but it seems as if its coming so slowly. Maybe I'm influenced by media, but a lot of YouTube transformation videos seem to have WAY signigicant improvement then i have had.

wait a few years

[GonnaBeStrong1]

So, only upper-body?

Do post your routine somewhere. It's okay if it's long. If you don't tell us what you're doing, how can we correct/help you?

Routine: 4 sets of 30 pushups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 plyometric pushups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 15 tricep extensions (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 15 bicep curls (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 18 assisted dips (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)

I also do a leg workout of running 6-8km consisting of jogging 300m and sprinting 100m (wash, rinse, repeat).

[Soultrapp]

Routine: 4 sets of 30 pushups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 plyometric pushups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 15 tricep extensions (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 15 bicep curls (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 18 assisted dips (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)

I also do a leg workout of running 6-8km consisting of jogging 300m and sprinting 100m (wash, rinse, repeat).

Okay... So, intense upperbody work and cardio.

I am by no means an expert, but this looks like an obviously self-made program. Personally, that is too many reps and sets. It almost seems like you are trying to build muscle endurance, rather than muscle. I mean, 4x18? Damn.

Also, running isn't all legs. It's your entire body working. So, I suggest you to start a beginner routine in the forums (ones that have been tested and proven, of course.) Those are going to guarantee gains, if you follow them correctly.
Do no take offence, but that is not that good of a routine. No lower back, abs and leg exercises? Nah.

If you like to do more reps of a certain exercise, I suggest you check out TheViking's Barebones beginners routine.
Any beginner routine would work, in fact. Just don't make a routine up yourself - and I mean this in the kindest way possible - because frankly, you don't know what you're doing.

Good luck.

[PowerBrito]

Routine: 4 sets of 30 pushups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 plyometric pushups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 15 tricep extensions (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 15 bicep curls (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 18 assisted dips (1 minute rest between sets)
(1 minute rest)
4 sets of 12 assisted pull ups (1 minute rest between sets)

I also do a leg workout of running 6-8km consisting of jogging 300m and sprinting 100m (wash, rinse, repeat).

you need to work your lower body to