Call me old school by I am appalled by the amount of ignorance and terrible advice you find on the web these days. There are dozens of so called “experts”, some who don’t even work out, who post videos pretty much daily, with topics that range from exercise routines, diets, and stuff like “how to spot a guy doing steroids”, or “know per sure” someone is juicing.
For these idiots, it’s a given that if someone has large traps and nice, round shoulders but smaller calves it’s a sign of steroid use. They give zero consideration to the genetical predisposition that some individuals have to develop some muscle groups faster than others.
It seems, at least to me, that teenagers are trying to develop the so called “Kino” bodies. They become, from day one, obsessed with calorie counts, and “cutting”, to be beach ready 24/7. They focus on upper body muscles, neglecting legs and calves. No wonder there are sweat pants designed specifically for people with chicken legs on Amazon.
A couple weeks ago we had dinner at our house and my son invited a friend of his, who has become obsessed with neo muscle development theories. We sat together and had a long chat about muscle development, diets, exercise routines etc. He asked me a bunch of question that I tried to answer in an honest but polite way. I asked him why he did weights and what his goals were, questions that made him hesitate a bit. The kid is 17 years old, about 5’4”, and about 155lbs. He looks stocky and has been following some “Kino routines” and diets for a while.
He told me he wanted to get big and to gain muscle, I asked how much muscle and in what period. He said 25lbs but didn’t give me a time frame. I told him the best thing he could do would be to stop counting calories, start going to the gym and doing squats and deadlifts, besides all the Kino stuff and start eating smaller but balanced meals 4 times a day, snacking on nuts and fruit in between.
He asked me about cutting and I told him that he needed to build muscle first in order to cut body fat, so that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to relax and give his body a full year to grow, that he -in my opinion- would look great (and probably wouldn’t need to cut at all….).
I’m not sure if the kid will follow my advice, but he seems to be quite desperate to grow. Two months ago, he convinced his dad to take him to the Dr. to run bloodwork since because he though his test levels were low, which was obviously not the case. I am just hoping he doesn’t try to “fast-track” his development buying crap from a roid school or street dealer in order to put 25lbs of lean muscle on…
For these idiots, it’s a given that if someone has large traps and nice, round shoulders but smaller calves it’s a sign of steroid use. They give zero consideration to the genetical predisposition that some individuals have to develop some muscle groups faster than others.
It seems, at least to me, that teenagers are trying to develop the so called “Kino” bodies. They become, from day one, obsessed with calorie counts, and “cutting”, to be beach ready 24/7. They focus on upper body muscles, neglecting legs and calves. No wonder there are sweat pants designed specifically for people with chicken legs on Amazon.
A couple weeks ago we had dinner at our house and my son invited a friend of his, who has become obsessed with neo muscle development theories. We sat together and had a long chat about muscle development, diets, exercise routines etc. He asked me a bunch of question that I tried to answer in an honest but polite way. I asked him why he did weights and what his goals were, questions that made him hesitate a bit. The kid is 17 years old, about 5’4”, and about 155lbs. He looks stocky and has been following some “Kino routines” and diets for a while.
He told me he wanted to get big and to gain muscle, I asked how much muscle and in what period. He said 25lbs but didn’t give me a time frame. I told him the best thing he could do would be to stop counting calories, start going to the gym and doing squats and deadlifts, besides all the Kino stuff and start eating smaller but balanced meals 4 times a day, snacking on nuts and fruit in between.
He asked me about cutting and I told him that he needed to build muscle first in order to cut body fat, so that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to relax and give his body a full year to grow, that he -in my opinion- would look great (and probably wouldn’t need to cut at all….).
I’m not sure if the kid will follow my advice, but he seems to be quite desperate to grow. Two months ago, he convinced his dad to take him to the Dr. to run bloodwork since because he though his test levels were low, which was obviously not the case. I am just hoping he doesn’t try to “fast-track” his development buying crap from a roid school or street dealer in order to put 25lbs of lean muscle on…
