Should I be weight training?

[triangle killer]

I am 16 years old, about 5 foot 6 and relatively skinny, I weigh about 130-135 pounds. I want to get much stronger for takedowns and punches etc as I am probably the weakest at my club. My question is at my age is it ok for me to lift heavy weights (deadlifts and squats and stuff like theat) as I have heard it is not a good thing to do at my age?

 

[Eric Brown]

Yes.

Quit listening to morons.

 

[triangle killer]

Thanks for that I wanted to hear I always thought it seemed stupid.

 

[triangle killer]

What lifts should I do?

 

[Captivate]

Workout A: Squat, Bench, Deadlift
Workout B: Squat, Shoulder Press, Power Clean

AKA Starting Strength.

 

[dittohead84]

Normal age to start innit?

 

[ssdd]

There were football players in my gym class benching 300 and squatting 500 when I was 16

 

[contumacious]

Weight lifting has helped almost every aspect of all the various martial arts I've done in my life. Get on it.

 

[SMillard]

Unfortunately most people that dispense information about weight lifting especially at a gym are the people the most in need of an education.

Read the FAQ's and get a copy of Starting Strength. Start out slow and with good form, remember you aren't lifting to impress anyone and the only person you need to worry about out performing is yourself from the week before. If you do all that along with eating enough of the right stuff, The same people that said you shouldn't be lifting will probably be accusing you of using roids or some other PHD

 

[Truebeliever]

I think 16 is the perfect age to start.

 

[TeddyRoosevelt]

The same people that said you shouldn't be lifting will probably be accusing you of using roids or some other PHD

Like a PhD in biochemistry? Or particle physics? Perhaps economics, with a dissertation on the socio-economic impact of PED usage in professional sporting?

TS, do you like being small and weak? Or do you want to be big and strong? Or even small and strong?

If the answer to the first question is negatory, and the answer to one of the latter questions is affirmative, then yes, you should lift weights.

 

[triangle killer]

Thanks for the help. Sorry if this is a dumb question but whats a power clean?

 

[belph]

Thanks for the help. Sorry if this is a dumb question but whats a power clean?

[YT]vXZt4PhdUns[/YT]

a super awesome secret ninja technique passed down to us lowly humans by dragons.


read that out loud in one breath. it's a rule damn it !

 

[Eric Brown]

Thanks for the help. Sorry if this is a dumb question but whats a power clean?

If you ask an HIT, they are the one true sign of evil, and each time you perform a power clean, you become that much closer to bearing the mark of the beast.

If you ask some quasi-trained coaches who learned the power clean from their high-school football coach, they are the greatest thing since vagina.

Possibly the truth lies somewhere in between.

 

[SMillard]

Like a PhD in biochemistry? Or particle physics? Perhaps economics, with a dissertation on the socio-economic impact of PED usage in professional sporting?

exactly, you must have been reading my mind. Actually was on the phone with sister in law talking about her going for her doctorate in biochemistry when I was typing that. Scary how you knew.

 

[belph]

Alright, the power clean may not be the greatest thing since vagina. However, The Power Snatch totally is.

 

[triangle killer]

Alright, the power clean may not be the greatest thing since vagina. However, The Power Snatch totally is.

Lol I'll definitely do that then

 

[KnightTemplar]

Alright, the power clean may not be the greatest thing since vagina. However, The Power Snatch totally is.

"Vagina; sounds like a nice place to visit - and it is!"
- Billy Connolly.:icon_chee

 

[triangle killer]

Protein shakes? Worth the money

 

[TeddyRoosevelt]

exactly, you must have been reading my mind. Actually was on the phone with sister in law talking about her going for her doctorate in biochemistry when I was typing that. Scary how you knew.

My PhD is in telepathy.

I wish your sister the best of luck in her endeavors.