What should my 14 year old do for muscle growth

Huh? There is nothing at all wrong with a 14 year-old wanting to get in-shape and learn both how to supplement and eat properly for whatever sport he's getting into.

My advice would be have him see a Licensed Dietician now and get used to having one, and his Doctor, you as a parent, and whatever Coach all work together as a team to be sure he remains in maximum shape and conditioning. If he's serious about it, and you set the example, he'll do wonderfully.

 

A growing boy who might have ample bodyfat to lose might do well with cutting weight. No one gave any specifics. It's not uncommon to cut weight even as a Junior Varsity High School Wrestler. I remember many a day as a 15 year-old doing my running with garbage bags under my clothes (this was in the early 90's and I admit I didn't know shit back then). And I wasn't even cutting a whole lot, just have bad genes for storing fat.

He could be moving down ONE weight class, or even two and you're talking about what, 14 lbs? If he's got bodyfat or is just a big kid then there'd be nothing wrong with cutting that weight if done properly.

 

How is partaking in a school extra-carricular activity like Wrestling not honing Social skills? He learns to be a team player, the value of sacrifice, and every other social lesson that applies to being part of a team. And I don't know what school system you work in, but the one I went to necessitated you maintain a certain GPA to even be able to play sports. Hence, the question about focusing on schoolwork is a non-factor. What 14 year-old would learn supplementation? A smart one. I have plenty of them that I myself work with on a routine basis through my job.

Just because you work in education does not give you the right to judge this man. I love how so many of you guys in here come to this board and ask for tips and shit, and so many of you don't even understand you have 14-19 year-olds posting right along with you on a routine basis. Yet when a man comes in here and asks how he can help his son get the information to be a better Wrestler, it's almost all discouragement? Kind of sad.

Wrestling on his school Wrestling team is not going to deprive this man's kid of a childhood. His Father actually BEING THERE to be SUPPORTIVE and help get INFORMATION is not going to deprive him of a childhood. NOTHING this gentleman has said has hinted at ANYTHING like getting tunnel-vision and focusing only on Wrestling. You know, some people didn't even have Fathers around to even ask for this kind of information for us. This guy deserves a medal, not discouragement.

What I find even more hilarious looking back over this thread is that the thread-starter never mentioned weight-cutting OR supplementing (and for everyone's information when I say supplementing I'm talking about protein powder and a multi-vitamin at this age, but thanks for asking before assuming shit), so why that shit was even mentioned I don't know. He asked how the kid should eat to grow muscle and training tips. If the kid Wrestles at all or does anything resembling a workout, he's going to grow muscle, if he eats well he'll grow better muscle.

You guys discouraging this man remind me of the parents who come into my store who tell their kids that protein bars are bad for them, but that they'll buy them a Snickers on the way home.

 

It sucked to do, but you gotta remember this was a different decade. I'm older than a lot of you guys who post here routinely. So this was around...hmmm...1994. Back then we didn't have a lot of innovations. Also I was a big kid. I was 180lbs when I was 12 (and have stretch-marks to prove it). So if I didn't cut weight I would be Wrestling with guys both bigger/stronger, and older than myself, and would have done poorly. But the education was lacking, no Internet full of information. We had Wolfenstein. lol

So the methods were more drastic. But I get parents in my store all the time with their kids who are basketball players, football, swimmers, track, Wrestlers. Hell I had a Wrestler come in last week. Got Muscle Milk and something else (I think a Multi perhaps), and he since IM'ed me to tell me he won his most recent match and is improving. His father was with him the night he bought it.

Another good one is the last issue of Flex Magazine (not the one that JUST came out, the one before), if you look in the letters section you'll see a before and after of a kid who is a Football Player from Hollywood, Florida. He's one of my customers. His dad buys all his stuff for him and when his son started out he was 3rd string. This year he's starting and doing really well.

Getting them started young is not wrong if it's just done correctly. If anything I'm honored to help these parents and their kids be stronger and more healthy. Kinda a bit jealous as I didn't get a whole lot of that myself.

 

I was 15, so I got you by two years. Sometimes it hits me like a slap int he face...my God, that was 12 fucking years ago. lol

 

I look at them like battle-scars. I don't really care about it because now that I'm in-shape, it looks like the muscle is what did it.