Cardiovascular good for general health

Teenagers may want to build muscle fast. To do that, they need calories. For some, calories do not come in quick and easy. Some have to eat their ass off to get those CLEAN calories in. Now what does cardio do for you? It burns calories, yes. Burning calories isn't really good for muscle building but it is good for other stuff. You might think that cardio is bad for you, but it really isn't. If you can do 30 minutes of cardio for day, it can be jogging, walking, or anything else, it will help your cadiovascular health.



Now don't get me wrong, when you are lifting weight, you are doing some sort of cardio, which is already helpful. But if you have time, why not add some 30 minute cardio 3-4 days a week. It could be walking to your gym, or even walking back from school.

Stay in school and stay healthy!

Free weights vs Machines.

We all know everybody uses the smith machine once in a while to boost their ego. They might also use different machines to isolate a muscle. Well that’s the positive side of it, a machine will isolate one of your muscle compared to free weights.



Free weights are a lot harder. If you haven’t already noticed. 50lbs on a machine is lighter than 50lbs in free weights. Why is that though? Because when you are using free weights, you need to control the weight. It’s not like a machine where the machine controls the weights for you and you just have to push it. If you didn’t know, yes it is totally different! No, you probably didn’t get stronger over night!
Now what is the point of controlling the weight? How is that a good thing? Well it is a good thing. When you control your weight, you learn to use proper form on your lifts. I would stick to free weights first, and then go to machine to isolate the muscles a bit more. I’m not saying machines aren’t good, they are. Those hammer strength machines make money for a reason, everyone loves them! I do think free weights are better though, because compound lifts are done with free weights.

Milk: Positive or Negative?

Now as some of you might know milk is a very good source of protein. It is good to bulk, and it tastes amazing, but nevermind that. Here are the nutritional facts for 2% milk: for 250ml: 130 cals, 5g of fat, 12g carbs, 9g protein.

Now that is a good carb to protein ratio. That’s good for bulking if you drink a lot of it. The positive side: A solid amount of protein.

Now you must be wondering, what’s the negative side? Well there is one. Let’s get to that now. We went over the nutritional facts. There’s 5g of fat, whatever that’s not too bad. It’s good for a solid bulk. How about the 12g of carbs? That’s not much, but out of those 12g, 11g is pure sugar. Yes it might be natural sugar but it is still sugar. If you’re drinking 1L of milk a day, that’s 44g of pure sugar in your system just from milk. That’s not so good. Some teens on teensbodybuilding don’t really mind the sugar because it’s a good source of energy. You might take advantage of it or not drink it at all. But that’s your choice. I hope the best to all of you!

How to stay motivated for teens

Motivation is KEY to bodybuilding. Without motivation, you won’t feel the need to complete your objectives. How does one stay motivated? It’s simple. There are many ways to stay motivated using your computer.

One way is to watch youtube videos of bodybuilders training, or inspiring videos of them. Arnold always said that to stay motivated “you have to watch these videos over and over again until it’s plugged into your head”. Here on TeensBodybuilding we have many videos that will motivate you, and more will be posted every day.

You can also read magazines to stay motivated. Iron man, natural bodybuilding, DxlMagazine, and a lot more have articles and pictures to motivate you. These can be very useful. In your head, you have to see success, and even if you fail, failure is the next step to success so there’s nothing to worry about. Many teens have failed to complete their objective, but does that stop them from anything? Not at all.

So watch your videos, read your magazines, eat well, lift heavy and you will complete your goal easily.

Inside the life of a natural pro - Layne Norton

Layne Norton, known as one of the best natural pros out there, just unleashed his DVD. Here is a part of his video. This is pure motivation. Layne deadlifted 645, which broke an APA record. Just watch and you'll be motivated, especially if you're a natural bodybuilder.

Your 3 compound exercises

When it comes to weight lifting in general, there's always 3 exercises that you cannot stay away from. These 3 compound exercises are, in my opinion, the most useful hands down.

The 3 exercises are: The deadlift, the squat, and the bench press.

Let's start talking about deadlifting. Deadlifting might not seem useful to some because it mainly works your lower back. Alright fine, for some teens it's not THAT important. That's not all though, deadlifting works other parts of your body when done with proper form. To deadlift, you need to use your legs, because you have to squat down to bring the weight up. It's not by using your arms that you will carry the weight. It should be "DEAD" weight in your hands.

When I started deadlifting, I felt stronger the day after, and as weeks went by, I was already 1.5 times stronger than before I started deadlifting.

Squatting makes a huge difference. Mainly because it works your thighs, hips, and buttocks muscles. It also straighens the ligaments in your entire lower body. Squatting was also proven to raise testosterone levels. You can use different forms of squatting such as the back squat, the safe bar squat, the sissy squat, the hack squat, etc.

Now onto bench pressing. Why does everybody like bench pressing? Yes it does work your chest. It's the best exercises to work your pectoral muscles, but it also works other muscles. Such as your shoulders, even if you are pressing on a flat bench press, you still need to use your shoulders to push the weight up. Bench Pressing also helps you increase your strength in general.

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