I have only been doing weights for a short while and nobody i know has any idea about bodybuilding so i REALLY need people to tell me what they think. i know i don't have alot of bulk but i'm a hard gainer and i just can't seem to put on any more muscle. if you have some advice on that too, i would greatly apreciate it.
thanks!
EAT. That should take care of the hard-gainer part.
What kind of weights are you “doing”?
What are you eating?
I see some good potential there sticking out between your skin and bones. Fortunately for you, the authors here know a great deal about bodybuilding. Read the sticky posts at the top of the beginners forum, pick a simple routine and GET STARTED on it, and… whatever you’re eating, double it.
eating burgers every 2 hours with peanut butter
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eating burgers every 2 hours with peanut butter[/quote]
That should do it. You might want to make them cheese burgers and added some mayo.
More seriously…putting on a lot muscle takes a long time. Years. You have already said they you have only been at for a short time, so don’t get discouraged. Just stay with and results will come.
Also, there is no just thing as a hard gainer. You might have a high metabolism and require more food, but if you are not gaining weight then you are not eating enough. Plain and Simple.
Post your diet and training plan and people will comment and offer suggestions.
You’re 15. You’ve just started lifting. You’re not gonna look big.
If you’re not eating you won’t get bigger.
If you aren’t getting STRONGER, you won’t get bigger.
Compound (multi-joint) lifts, wholesome food, adequate rest. There’s no secret to getting bigger and stronger. It’s just a matter of fine tuning how to do that stuff in the most effective manner.
I thought for a long time that I was a hard gainer as well. When I first started lifting at age 15, I had a pretty good gym partner, but I made minimal gains for the next 10 years because I never got the education about nutrition that I needed.
John Berardi, one of the authors here on T-Nation has a great book called “Scrawny to Brawny” which really helped me dial in my nutrition program. I then realized I wasn’t really a hardgainer, just a weak eater. I’ve gained about 15 lbs this year in lean tissue, although initially I jumped up 25 lbs in weight.
I’ve realized that I was actually eating a little too much, so I cut it down to avoid all the excess fat gain. And I did all this at age 25. At 15, you’ve got a great amount of growth potential because of puberty, so I’d use this to your advantage. You don’t necessarily want to eat everything in sight, but you definitely want to eat big.
Good luck.