Trying to Stop Being Scrawny

Hey guys, I am 16 and I started weight lifting (I took up a weight lifting class at school) last September in an effort to get strong for wrestling. Since then I quit wrestling because I really sucked at it and I was skipping half of the practices anyways. It has been a few weeks since I quit and I realised that I need to do more at home if I want to get bigger and stronger.

Right now I would call myself semi-athletic since I can run a mile in under seven minutes, bench 10 reps of my own weight, I have a 1RM of my own weight doing power cleans, and I can back squat twice my own weight doing back squats with my legs parallel to the ground. I am 5’7" and I weight almost 115…

Basically I want to look like the led zeppelin icarus (it was actually apollo, but everyone calls him the icarus) with an eight pack (I am starting to get a six pack), and I want to be able to fill a polo shirt (I go to Catholic school and it is part of the uniform).

You might be too experienced for this program:

But try it for a month and see if your lifts go up.

If not, do this:

All while getting lots of rest and eating loads of good food:

Anything that runs, swims, or flies.

You need to read all the articles stickied at the top of this “Beginner” forum.

[quote]DoubleSidedTape wrote:
You might be too experienced for this program:

But try it for a month and see if your lifts go up.

If not, do this:

All while getting lots of rest and eating loads of good food:

Anything that runs, swims, or flies.[/quote]

Thanks a lot.

Concerning nutrition… when I am conscientiously choosing what I eat (as opposed to just eating what is available) I tend to intake at least 115 grams of protein a day and 345 grams of carbs, and then I load up on dairy, fruits, and vegetables.

Since I am too lazy to carefully plan a diet, I just make sure that I get the carbohydrates and the protein that I should be eating that day and then add on other foods. Sometimes I will get a ton more carbs from just being at home all day and eating stuff like ramen and rice (I have a rice cooker).

However, eating in excess has never and probably won’t hamper me much if at all since I have a natural body fat percentage of 10%, and lower when I am actually exercising. When I am making an effort to eat healthy, my breakfast will usually consist of a cup of oatmeal with two eggs and a cup of frozen fruit. Also plenty of water…

However, that never happens unless I am trying to reach a goal. Usually I will just literally grab what I see first when I am hungry. This has lead to most of my meals consisting of a bag of bread, a bag of bagels, a box of cereal, a box of cookies or crackers, a tub of cottage cheese, a tub of yogurt, a tub of ice cream, a couple cans of tuna, a bag of candy, fruit, a jar of pickles, a case of soda, etc…

Basically, I am terrible at feeding myself unless I have a tangible goal, but when I do make an honest effort I have a general idea of what to do. Right now I have a few goals in mind, but since I haven’t decided my course of action I am being lazy as usual.

This thread was kind of a “Hi, I’m new here!”, and me just throwing my goals out there just in case someone had a magic solution (better odds than playing the lottery). I honestly just registered since I am trying not to look to my mom (who used to be a physical trainer) for advice, which is kind of humiliating.

Right now I am just opening up a window for suggestions while I figure out what I want to do which could take from a couple hours of meditation to a couple months of waiting for divine inspiration. I also don’t have much in the way of gym access since my grades suck (I may be a slacker, but I can at least be a buff slacker) but I do have some dumbbells, a curl bar, whey, and creatine.

Can you use the gym at your school?

One of the best things you can do is learn how to cook.

There are some good suggestions in the “skinny” section of the Starting Strength thread.

The first breakfast you posted is actually not bad.

What you need to concentrate on is getting tons of meaningful calories into your body.

Try to drink a gallon of whole milk per day, and have a good amount of protein, carbs, and fats at each meal.

Hamburger helper = good

rice = useless

You get the idea.

Tons of meat, fish, eggs, etc.

[quote]Ape_Sh1t wrote:
Hey guys, I am 16 and I started weight lifting (I took up a weight lifting class at school) last September in an effort to get strong for wrestling. Since then I quit wrestling because I really sucked at it and I was skipping half of the practices anyways. It has been a few weeks since I quit and I realised that I need to do more at home if I want to get bigger and stronger.

Right now I would call myself semi-athletic since I can run a mile in under seven minutes, bench 10 reps of my own weight, I have a 1RM of my own weight doing power cleans, and I can back squat twice my own weight doing back squats with my legs parallel to the ground. I am 5’7" and I weight almost 115…

Basically I want to look like the led zeppelin icarus (it was actually apollo, but everyone calls him the icarus) with an eight pack (I am starting to get a six pack), and I want to be able to fill a polo shirt (I go to Catholic school and it is part of the uniform).[/quote]

uhm check your squat form over youtube. Eat like 3000 calories a day. Meat is good for you, ect ect

btw good call on your ideal bodytype haha.

note my name.

[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
Ape_Sh1t wrote:
uhm check your squat form over youtube. Eat like 3000 calories a day. Meat is good for you, ect ect
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I second this, but search for Squat Rx (as in doctor).