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dirk101 · 07-12-2005, 06:58 PM

i was directed here by someone over at the men's health forums. i have so many questions going through my mind, i might come off as incoherent. sorry in advance for my grammar.
i'm 15 years old and live in romania by the way.
i am affraid of staying short if i weight train. bones grow untill you are 18 and all. people have told me that lifting weights cannot stunt my growth IF i lift weights right. but i have noone to coach me. there are very few gyms around, and they are very expensive. so if i start lifting weights wrong, i'll keep going wrong.
anyway, this is not my real problem. i am pretty fit right now anyway so i'm not doing it for my health, just for the looks. i'm in no hurry. so i mean to stick to exercises that work without weights. pushups, chinups, dips, that sort. are they better since they do not use a certain group of muscles but more at once, unlike using weights? i don't know so i'm just asking.
so here's my question. what would be a complete list of this kind of exercises? or is there any site where i could find such a list?
which exercises are for strenght, and which for stability? i read i need bowth.
i've also read that if i do a certain exercise for too long my muscles can accomodate to the movement and the small stability muscles can atrophy. that only SOUNDS scarry. how can i keep this from happening? i know i have to vary the exercises, but how? at what intervals?
how should i train? do reps until i feel the burn, or is there any other way, since i'm only working with my own weight?
i'm practically doing full body workouts, so i do it once every 2 days, no work on saturdays.
i've read that if i workout my lower back, i have to give it 48 hours to recuperate. don't most of these exercises use those muscles? does it mean i have to exercise every 3 days?
something more specific. is a situp just a continued crunch, or do they work different muscles?
i'm sorry if any of my questions have been previously answered. i don't have time to do a search, otherwise i would. i am very grateful for any help anyone could give me. if you need more information on my part, just ask.

07-12-2005, 06:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
dirk101 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Romania Posts: 29	i was directed here by someone over at the men's health forums. i have so many questions going through my mind, i might come off as incoherent. sorry in advance for my grammar. i'm 15 years old and live in romania by the way. i am affraid of staying short if i weight train. bones grow untill you are 18 and all. people have told me that lifting weights cannot stunt my growth IF i lift weights right. but i have noone to coach me. there are very few gyms around, and they are very expensive. so if i start lifting weights wrong, i'll keep going wrong. anyway, this is not my real problem. i am pretty fit right now anyway so i'm not doing it for my health, just for the looks. i'm in no hurry. so i mean to stick to exercises that work without weights. pushups, chinups, dips, that sort. are they better since they do not use a certain group of muscles but more at once, unlike using weights? i don't know so i'm just asking. so here's my question. what would be a complete list of this kind of exercises? or is there any site where i could find such a list? which exercises are for strenght, and which for stability? i read i need bowth. i've also read that if i do a certain exercise for too long my muscles can accomodate to the movement and the small stability muscles can atrophy. that only SOUNDS scarry. how can i keep this from happening? i know i have to vary the exercises, but how? at what intervals? how should i train? do reps until i feel the burn, or is there any other way, since i'm only working with my own weight? i'm practically doing full body workouts, so i do it once every 2 days, no work on saturdays. i've read that if i workout my lower back, i have to give it 48 hours to recuperate. don't most of these exercises use those muscles? does it mean i have to exercise every 3 days? something more specific. is a situp just a continued crunch, or do they work different muscles? i'm sorry if any of my questions have been previously answered. i don't have time to do a search, otherwise i would. i am very grateful for any help anyone could give me. if you need more information on my part, just ask.