Good Bodybuilding forums?

[Sop]

I'm 14, and have been wanting to start going to the gym since I was 12 (influenced by my bodybuilder bro), now that I have a job I was wondering what are some good bodybuilding forums to get the VERY BASIC (and later on more advanced info about dieting etc) info from, I don't want it from here because I don't trust guys on a gaming forum with bodybuilding info.

Notes: Please for the love of god don't say /fit/ or bodybuilding.com as their communities/culture just fucking pisses me off. I just want a forum with friendly, normal people/bodybuilders, not annoying faggy bodybuilders (no anti-gay word intended).

Now I know this isn't the right place to ask, but my brother told me to go to bodybuilding.com, which I hate, and you guys seem pretty knowledgeable and culturally diverse.

EDIT: Also I'm sick of being skinny :/

 

[Alexrose]

Gbatemp.net

Absolutely full of them.

 

[Depravo]

Also I'm sick of being skinny :/

Become fat instead. It requires MUCH less effort than bodybuilding.

 

[FAST6191]

Personally I would speak to someone in real life but it seems I know several people that go in for that sort of thing.

I will say though "I'm 14"... chances are you are going through puberty which makes bodybuilding in any real sense considerably more troublesome than it might be if you returned to it slightly later on; you will gain muscle mass at a fair rate as you go through puberty (probably enough to "stop being skinny") but going to body builder lengths.... not so much. By all means keep fit and you could probably do a fine line in being toned but straight muscle mass would take serious effort at your age (proper body building takes real effort- this would be a cut about that*)... the downsides are probably fewer than some of the more interesting martial arts or high end dancing though. Keeping fit means you can probably do well if you return to it all at 18 or so.

*as ever there are people with interesting genetics out that which you might be tempted to say "look at this- he was 14 and..." and I agree there are those, you say "bro" which I will assume to be brother so you might even luck out here but it is far from any guarantee.

 

[Snailface]

Sop, you'll be 18 in 4 years. When you're at that age and you realize that society (i.e. women and employers) gives an emphatic i don't care about your BMI or bench press, you'll wish you had picked better hobbies as a teen. I remember who succeeded in life from my high school, and it wasn't the jocks.

Try art, music, writing, programming, film -- anything but athletics.

You won't listen to me of course (you're a teenager), but at least I tried.

 

[spotanjo3]

They are right.. You are 14.. Just light up. It is not the answer for you, indeed. We are older than you and its not for everyone.

 

[nryn99]

Just do some push ups and sit ups and eat a lot if you want to stop being skinny. but no need to go all bodybuilder.

 

[Deleted member 318366]

14?? Dude you do not need to be doing this yet! Wait till you get older.

 

[Hells Malice]

Being a vocal narcissistic douchebag asshole is kind of a requirement to even be a body builder.
You also look disgusting so there's that.

Just stay fit, which is pretty easy if you have the right mindset.
If you're getting beat up or bullied, just learn some form of self-defense, like karate or something. Which doesn't require you to be some massive chunk of retard. There's actually no reason to BE a body builder.

 

[Alexrose]

I'm sick of being skinny :/

Just light up.

rofl

 

[Deleted_171835]

You're 14...

if you want to get fit at that age, do some pushups or situps. you don't need to go to a gym while you're still growing.

 

[PolloDiablo]

don't do it... when you turn 40-50, all your hard work will be gone

Spoiler

 

[Engert]

Depends how much you weigh. If you weigh 100 pounds you should lift 200 pounds. That way you gonna look jacked.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

It's not good to start bodybuilding at ur age.
It's recommended to have 17 or 18.
The only thing u could do now is balance ur BMI.
Eat chicken,vegetables and fruits and don't forget to drink milk.
Reduce sweets and play any kind of sport.

 

[Ace]

Just do normal exercise 3-4 times a week, Sop. That means push-ups, sit-ups, and a FEW curls with weights and pull-ups. Take a jog every once in a while.
Maintaining good form this way is more important than body-building at your age. Once you strike through puberty more prominently (16 and up to 21 years) muscle gain practically happens by itself, and lots of regular exercise will make you toned or lean, depending on how you exercise (number of reps).

Furthermore, buying a gym card isn't always a solution to being very fit. At least in my philosophy of exercise, one 'graduates' to a gym after having mastered a full range of motions and modifications in several kinds of interval, endurance, strength and cardio exercises without machines. Having all-access to training machines does not equal a bodybuilder. Unless you're absolutely certain you can go to a gym several times a week, you may be throwing hundreds of dollars down the drain. Unless your parents are paying. Then it's cool.

 

[Gahars]

To add on the people recommending push ups, sit ups, etc. - try to add in pull ups and chin ups. They're great exercises, and when the school physical fitness test rolls around at your school, you'll be ready.

 

[smile72]

I'm 14, and have been wanting to start going to the gym since I was 12 (influenced by my bodybuilder bro), now that I have a job I was wondering what are some good bodybuilding forums to get the VERY BASIC (and later on more advanced info about dieting etc) info from, I don't want it from here because I don't trust guys on a gaming forum with bodybuilding info.

Notes: Please for the love of god don't say /fit/ or bodybuilding.com as their communities/culture just fucking pisses me off. I just want a forum with friendly, normal people/bodybuilders, not annoying faggy bodybuilders (no anti-gay word intended).

Now I know this isn't the right place to ask, but my brother told me to go to bodybuilding.com, which I hate, and you guys seem pretty knowledgeable and culturally diverse.

EDIT: Also I'm sick of being skinny :/

Yet you use a slur....I would advise on first learning other words to use.

 

[retKHAAAN]

don't do it... when you turn 40-50, all your hard work will be gone

Spoiler

He's in his 60's and has had open heart surgery... I do my fair share of laughing at Arnold, but not for being "out of shape".

 

[spotanjo3]

It's not good to start bodybuilding at ur age.
It's recommended to have 17 or 18.
The only thing u could do now is balance ur BMI.
Eat chicken,vegetables and fruits and don't forget to drink milk.
Reduce sweets and play any kind of sport.

I hate to tell you but not all people drink milk.. There are plenty of calcium that make your bone strong.. Not only milk. Thanks god because I hate milk and I eat plenty of calcium such as sweet potato made of calcium.. Swiss Cheese and more. Those rocks!

Not necessarily.. Age doesn't matter. It is just number. If a person is very serious committed to it in lifetime.. PERMANENTLY. Then, go for it. Again, the body building is not for everyone. This kid was 2 years old and he was 5 years ago in 2010.. His body was amazing:

Guiliano Stroe is a 5 year old bodybuilder and as such the youngest body builder ever! This amazing little boy is from Romania and was recently noticed by the whole world via a really viral video on youtube. Giuliano Stroe is even in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The youngest bodybuilder of the world started weight lifting at only 2 years old and right now at 5 years old Giuliano Stroe has a six-pack abs to make you jealous guys. The best of it is that he is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest at the 10m walk with a weight ball between his legs by completing that in 24 seconds.

He is 7 1/2 years old.. Soon to be 8 this June. More about him.. Right now, he is 7 years old.. Look:

http://www.worldmatic.net/giuliano-stroe-worlds-youngest-bodybuilder/

Cheers.

 

[krazykracker1288]

Sop, you'll be 18 in 4 years. When you're at that age and you realize that society (i.e. women and employers) gives an emphatic i don't care about your BMI or bench press, you'll wish you had picked better hobbies as a teen. I remember who succeeded in life from my high school, and it wasn't the jocks.

Try art, music, writing, programming, film -- anything but athletics.

You won't listen to me of course (you're a teenager), but at least I tried.

You make it sound like going above and beyond to take care of ones self is a waste of time, and I completely disagree. Yes, your physical appearance is not meaningful to society as a whole (at least not here in America, where people must think its cool to be obese), but as far as employers go, it can make a big difference. Physically imposing people with bron and brains are going have a much better self image and confidence about them, which in turn, will create opportunities for greater success through ones charisma and leadership qualities. You dont have to be an athlete to benefit from being physically fit, nor does one have to have an athletic build to be a leader, but peoples respect comes quicker to those who are both physically and mentally imposing. You need neither to get a job, but if you want a job that matters monetarily, you better have both.