Soon to turn 18 years old, don't like my body, want to make a change. Advice? (pics included)

TehJimmyy · 2017-12-12T20:14:23+00:00

What are your REP MAX of squats,deadlift,bench,press

ghostofstevemcqueen · 2017-12-12T21:06:15+00:00

First, you're still 17, your body is still growing. Second, as most people on this journey will tell you, you will never be completely satisfied with how you look. There are always gains to make and goals to reach. The key is to enjoy the process and take personal pride in the fact that you're self improving.

As a skinny hardgainer I can tell you that after the initial newbie gains change takes time. You're still young and ahead if most guys your age in awareness and focus. Stick with it, don't let temporary feelings of discouragement demotivate you. I've been on my lifting journey for 2.5 years and have only missed going to the gym three weeks (vacation, injury and illness).

Don't forget, just important as the physical gains You get from lifting is the mental ones. The self-discipline, confidence, self-respect, and lower stress levels from lifting cannot be underestimated.

Do searches on the internet for what you're trying to accomplish and create a workout plan. Write it down and track your progress. If you're not tracking and measuring what you're doing and able to see what you've accomplished you're more likely to feel discouraged.

MeatySmurfProlapse · 2017-12-12T19:43:23+00:00

You need to bulk.

That means you eat over your TDEE, so you body has enough material to build new muscle. Yes, you will get a belly while bulking. It means you're doing it right.

Bulking and cutting is the only way to remain low bf and continue to grow lean muscle. Bulk in winter, cut in spring to show off those abs.

The next step is to cut. Keep lifting, but drop your calories below your tdee so you drop the extra weight, get vascular as a result of lower bodyfat. Abs come in.

This is your life. Bulk to build muscle, cut to get lean to show off that muscle. Look up macros to get an idea of what your food intake should consist of.

accountfortrp · 2017-12-12T20:49:35+00:00

Best thing I ever did for building muscle mass was starting the 5x5 workout, you can google it and find several variations and detailed guides. The most important part is eating a lot, but eating correctly. If you eat like shit you will gain more fat. Eat good clean food, profit

Whisper · 2017-12-12T21:05:58+00:00

Bulk.

linso28 · 2017-12-12T23:25:58+00:00

Drink water.

juicernoo · 2017-12-12T23:51:13+00:00

if you are worried about bulking/fat look at lean gains which is an IF style cycle with a low-body-fat approach. i might also suggest kettlebell complexes as an efficient way to burn fat and pack on muscular thickness, especially in the arms and shoulders. probably start with 16kg and then move to 24kg -- if they're close by it's easier to do two brief workouts/day. ensure you drink enough water, sleep 9 hours, and you can add supplements (creatine/carnitine) post-workout to maximise the bulk. pre-workout creatine won't help. at your age please don't take any kind of steroids (well, at any age, really!).

SuicidalVirginLoser · 2017-12-13T02:21:59+00:00

Hey dude I'm your age. How do you game girls

I have a lot of trouble with it

AwakenedSovereign · 2017-12-13T01:36:20+00:00

Fat Phobia: you lost it once, you can lose it again. You need to eat a surplus to gain. Period. Go pay for a dexascan to track your bf% and adjust as needed if you start to gain too much fat. Ideal bulk range bf% is 15-25%. You go above 25%, cut back your food or add cardio OR take a break to cut. If you are <25% quit whining.

EAT. LIFT. SLEEP. REPEAT.

Lift heavy at low reps to build strength. You are recruiting neurons through the mind-body connection. All powerlifters train like this, and they tend to be stronger than you would guess at first glance because their muscles stay smaller but are stronger than average.

Lift middle/heavy at middle/high reps to build SIZE. Hypertrophy. Time under tension. Shred the muscle fibers so they grow back bigger. Squeeze at the top of every lift, slowly controlling the return. Each movement should last 3s. No less. Ripped body builders train like this. These guys look amazing but would probably lose in a strength competition against any powerlifter in their own weight class.

Wanna get bigger more aesthetic muscles? Train like a bodybuilder. Fucking duh.

Take your 3x5 max bench weight. Drop it by 10-15lbs. Go do 4x10 bench, using strict form, squeezing at the top, and controlling the return so that a single bench press takes ~3s to complete.

I guaran-fucking-tee you will see size (and strength) by shifting to a hypertrophy based routine. The beauty of it is you keep all of your existing movements, you just change the way you do them.

Me? I never cut and won't until I am at my theoretical max muscle mass. I'm 20-25% bf on any given day and alternate Strength vs. Hypertrophy every 3 months, because they both build you in different ways.

Drop_the_Dead_Donkey · 2017-12-13T04:02:50+00:00

Mate, first off there is nothing to not like about your body. Yeah sure we can all wish we were stronger/leaner etc and that can even be useful ammo as motivation but don't forget to live in the here and now and not wait to do cool shit cos your bodyfat is not 12% or whatever.

Keep lifting weights consistently and look for interesting hobbies and sports to help keep you in shape. Climbing, hiking, surfing, whatever is available where you live.

I've never reached my weight lifting/strength/bulking goals and with age and some aches and pains starting to creep in my objectives are being drawn back towards actually losing weight (100kg-85kg, 1.83m) and being more functional. I don't waste time on bicep curls for the girls for example.

Anyway i'm far from the best person to ask but it's great that at 17 you are already looking to improve. Decide what you want and start setting short, medium and long range goals.

Nomfwic · 2017-12-13T06:07:22+00:00

Consistency is the winning word here. If you gym on off you wont see the gains you want. Second you need enough protein to build ( atleast 1gram per pound of body weight) . Lastly research on how to adjust your technique in the gym ( types of lifting exercises, rep amounts etc) to optimise .

IRideParkCity · 2017-12-13T12:14:26+00:00

OP did you shave your body hair to look like that?

Title	Soon to turn 18 years old, don't like my body, want to make a change. Advice? (pics included)
Author	MeatySmurfProlapse
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Date	December 12, 2017 7:27 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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