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Kevin T. · 10-03-2006, 09:06 PM

Start eating good clean foods - a lot of them. Don't worry about over eating. You're young, high school I'm assuming, so you're metabolism is pretty good, consering you're only 140 pounds. 30 lbs in 6 months is pushing it. Freshman year, in March, I was 5'9" 145 pounds. Now, October of junior year, I'm 6' 187 pounds. 42 pounds in just under two years and the goal is 195+ by February, so it'll be a total of 50 pounds, or 12.5 pounds every 6 months. You're growing; you will put on weight; use your training to make sure that most of that is muslce. I've used WS4SB with success in the past, but I'd stay away from the strength shoes. Get an agility ladder and do some drills. Do unilateral lower body work to strengthen the glutes, which are the most important muscle to an athlete. Get a foam roller and roll. Do dynamic work. Eric Cressey is a genius who posts on this site. Check out his Ultimate Offseason Training Manual, Magnificent Mobility, and Inside Out. Also, go to his site, ericcressey.com and read the articles. Check out elitefts.com and the locker rooms at t-nation.com. Read the good stuff that pertains to sports, not bodybuilding. Read Dave Tate's articles on how to box squat. Read Mike Boyle's lastest article. I prefer the box squat at the moment, but I'm going to pick up some straps and do front squats in the near future. Read a lot, but don't let it get in the way of your training. Find a plan, stick with it, but continue to read to absorb more knowledge about what to do in the future. Changes things up. Keep it fun. Do some strongman stuff. Go push a car around a parking lot. Drag a sled - you can make one out of an old tire and some rope. Get eating and get lifting. Get form down first, then add the weight. This means backing off on the weight for the time being. Learn how to bench right (tuck the elbows, push away from the body). Learn how to squat right (PL, oly, front w/e you prefer, but I prefer to mix it up). Find your weaknesses and strengthen them.

That's my very random reply, but there's good stuff in there, I swear :p

10-03-2006, 09:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kevin T. GU '12 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: N.J. Posts: 4,055	Start eating good clean foods - a lot of them. Don't worry about over eating. You're young, high school I'm assuming, so you're metabolism is pretty good, consering you're only 140 pounds. 30 lbs in 6 months is pushing it. Freshman year, in March, I was 5'9" 145 pounds. Now, October of junior year, I'm 6' 187 pounds. 42 pounds in just under two years and the goal is 195+ by February, so it'll be a total of 50 pounds, or 12.5 pounds every 6 months. You're growing; you will put on weight; use your training to make sure that most of that is muslce. I've used WS4SB with success in the past, but I'd stay away from the strength shoes. Get an agility ladder and do some drills. Do unilateral lower body work to strengthen the glutes, which are the most important muscle to an athlete. Get a foam roller and roll. Do dynamic work. Eric Cressey is a genius who posts on this site. Check out his Ultimate Offseason Training Manual, Magnificent Mobility, and Inside Out. Also, go to his site, ericcressey.com and read the articles. Check out elitefts.com and the locker rooms at t-nation.com. Read the good stuff that pertains to sports, not bodybuilding. Read Dave Tate's articles on how to box squat. Read Mike Boyle's lastest article. I prefer the box squat at the moment, but I'm going to pick up some straps and do front squats in the near future. Read a lot, but don't let it get in the way of your training. Find a plan, stick with it, but continue to read to absorb more knowledge about what to do in the future. Changes things up. Keep it fun. Do some strongman stuff. Go push a car around a parking lot. Drag a sled - you can make one out of an old tire and some rope. Get eating and get lifting. Get form down first, then add the weight. This means backing off on the weight for the time being. Learn how to bench right (tuck the elbows, push away from the body). Learn how to squat right (PL, oly, front w/e you prefer, but I prefer to mix it up). Find your weaknesses and strengthen them. That's my very random reply, but there's good stuff in there, I swear :p __________________ "Rust on a nail builds tetanus. Rust on a barbell builds character, strength, and attitude." -EC "Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8 "You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD