I need big muscles!?

Question

I'm a pretty skinny guy. I'm only 16, and weigh around 115-120. I'm trying to get bigger muscles in my upper arms/forearms and my abs, or at least put some healthy weight on so I'm not such a small guy. At least four times a day, I will do 30+ pull ups, 20+ push ups, and lift 16 lb. freewieghts in each hand 50 times all in a row. Then I'll do about 50 sit ups. Since doing this for about a week, there has been no visible change. Anyone know what I can do to get some sort of positive visible change within the next 2 weeks? I'm not sure if any weight gainers or muscle supplements would be healthy for me, and I'm open to trying new excercise routines and eating habits. (Oh this might be important too, because I think I have a really high metabolism becaseu i can eat and eat all sorts of food and I dont put on any weight.) Thanks!

I'm a pretty skinny guy. I'm only 16, 5'5" and weigh around 115-120. I'm trying to get bigger muscles in my upper arms/forearms and my abs, or at least put some healthy weight on so I'm not such a small guy. At least four times a day, I will do 30+ pull ups, 20+ push ups, and lift 16 lb. freewieghts in each hand 50 times all in a row. Then I'll do about 50 sit ups. Since doing this for about a week, there has been no visible change. Anyone know what I can do? I'm not sure if any weight gainers or muscle supplements would be healthy for me, and I'm open to trying new excercise routines and eating habits. (I think I have a really high metabolism because i can eat and eat all sorts of food and I dont put on any weight.) Thanks!

I'm not tryin to get muscles to look cool, just to be stronger, not to beat people up, but just so that if anyone tries messin with me i can take care of it myself. And I don't get bullied, it's just that im a small guy ya know?

Answer 1

It depends on your eating go to gym every morning and jog 2 miles ride a bike 2 miles to burn 100 calories swim every 2 days go on a strong diet and also looks don't matter. And lots more push ups!!!!!

Answer 2

Well here's what I did. When I was about your age I started taking weights seriously and took a weight lifting class in HS. From that point on I started getting pretty beefy. I'm 23 now and weigh around 170. Back from being 140 in HS

heres what I do every night:
70-100 wing lifts
(raising your arms horizontally with weights out to the side)

150-250 crunches

40-50 curls in each arm
35lb weights

that's every night

you don't have to go as crazy as me. Just keep with your regiment. Although if you're a skinny guy, it's going to be really hard to change that body type. You sound like a marathon type anyway. So just keep with the regiment you have going and keep increasing 5 pounds a year

Answer 3

Step OneTrack your calorie intake for a few weeks and average it, then create a diet that will add 300 - 500 calories to your intake as you begin the next step

(18-20)(Bodyweight in pounds) = Daily Caloric Intake

One can't stress enough how important diet is
refer to

Step TwoPrep your muscles
Some sample workouts can be found here

Do this for a bout 2 - 3 weeks (if you are a beginner allow up to 48 hours of rest between workouts)
3Step ThreeNow move into a 3 day split training routine with each muscle group being worked once per week.
Legs - Squats, calf raises
Chest- Bench press
Back - Pull ups
Arms - Bench dips, bicep curls
Shoulders - Military press
Abs - Crunches

Each workout should have a MAXIMUM of one hour. With a max of 5 per week.
Consider doing 7 - 12 reps

4Step FourIncrease the number of reps you do, convince your body that it NEEDS to build more muscle.

Answer 4

Sounds like your doing a good workout for tone. You need a good muscle work out though. To get true build to your muscles. Do heavier, a lot heavier weights with fewer reps. Try different exercises as well. Pull ups, and push ups with added weight such as a weighted back pack, or holding onto a weight when doing sit ups.
As far as weight gainers, you could if you wanted to, but if you eat a lot more protein you should be ok. Don't forget to balance out your meals though. Do not eat nothing but protein such as Atkins, but do eat a lot of protein. Fat free chicken and lean meats.
Protein bars such as Cliffs Mojo would be good for snacks between meals.

Answer 5

If you don't have any weights then try this.

25 pushups

50 sit ups

10 close hand push ups (thumbs almost touching)

25 crunches

15 latter push ups (count 1. 1,2. 1,2,3. 1,2,3,4. 1,2,3,4,5.etc. all the to 15.)

25 Flutter kicks (raise legs 6 inches above ground and swim kick, 1 full movement is both legs moved).

Try that 3 times over every other day. Make sure to take at leaste 2 days rest. Every week add 3 mor reps ex. week 2 do 28 push ups instead of 25.

If you have weights then do 12 reps 5 to 15 times over.
Hope this helps.

Answer 6

I went through the same thing in high school. I wanted to gain weight so bad for football but just couldn't do it. I tried cell tech, weight gainer, anything you can imagine and didn't gain an ounce. So just stay healthy and keep consistent workouts. Eat a lot of food but make sure it's healthy food. Not just pizza and ice cream. Really consistency is the most important thing.

Answer 7

to many reps make ur muscles smaller do 3 sets of 6-12 reps with 1 minute breaks inbetween pick 3 exercises for each body part and do until failure(wen u can no longer maintain posture)and count 8 seconds per rep example bicep curl go up 4 seonds go down 4 seconds this is coming from a 13 year old hope this helps :Þ

Answer 8

Find yourself a regular weight training program. You can find a program in a book. Try the library or the book store. It will take more that two weeks. I'd say you might see some progress in two months. But you will definitely see more in six months. It's just not an overnight kind of thing to build muscles. Just be consistent and don't overdo it.

Answer 9

Don't push it too hard. I got muscles in a while just by doing 10 push ups every day, then I increased. But they have to be slow and complete. That's ALL I did, OH and eat grapes and raisins! They help the muscle building. Good luck!

Answer 10

Building a substantial amount of muscle takes much longer than a couple weeks. But if you keep doing those excercises I'm sure you'll see more bulk over time. My suggestion would be to do more reps of each excercise.

Hope I helped :D

Answer 11

In summary, here are the 7 elements to build big muscle—

1. Choose your bodybuilding workout routine.
2. Warm up first.
3. Build big muscle mass.
4. Do Not CHEAT.
5. Be Strict.
6. Prevent yourself from cheating.
7.Avoid injury.