Thread: Cutting for the frist time.

Hey,

Just out of curiousity would you be able to post your

Height?
Weight?
What you can bench?
How long have you been doing gym?
What did you weigh before you started bulking and the gym?
What are your goals?

I am also 15 years old and I want to know what the standard is and what I should set my goals for...

Thanx man

Originally Posted by Unsivilized

Hey,

Just out of curiousity would you be able to post your

Height?
Weight?
What you can bench?
How long have you been doing gym?
What did you weigh before you started bulking and the gym?
What are your goals?

I am also 15 years old and I want to know what the standard is and what I should set my goals for...

Thanx man

5 feet 11 inches, 149 pounds, 160-165 (acording to max calulaters), going to the gym for 4 years (0 gains)but only eating right for 7 months, 8% bf 127 pounds when I started and the same height 149 pounds now, goals are to be around 215-230 pounds 6% BF.

5 feet 11 inches, 149 pounds??

In my opinion? .. last thing you need is to cut. Eat up.

Originally Posted by SlimShady

5 feet 11 inches, 149 pounds??

In my opinion? .. last thing you need is to cut. Eat up.

I just want to lose about 6 pounds before I go on a cruise.

Originally Posted by ihateschoolmt

I just want to lose about 6 pounds before I go on a cruise.

It's up to you, but you aren't fat. Plus, you got youth on your side. Now is the time to grow and make gains.... forget about cutting.

Originally Posted by SlimShady

It's up to you, but you aren't fat. Plus, you got youth on your side. Now is the time to grow and make gains.... forget about cutting.

I figure one month of cutting wont hurt anything. (alot of that 6 pounds is water). Besides, some of the best gains are made after a cut.

Wow 0 gains in 4 years :/ I have gained 2 kgs in 3 weeks of muscle and actually lost body fat.

I am only 5'5 and weigh in at about 130. I have been doing gym for about 3 weeks but I have been eating very well as I researched before I started my training.

I am also eating supplements (protein powders and multi vitamins)

Looking at your pic you look preety good lol. In a non gayish way. Looks like you have a very low bf%

Laters

Originally Posted by ihateschoolmt

I am 15 years old. I've been bulking for 7 months, and I'm going on a cruise in may. I still have a low BF%, guessing about 9-10%. What is the lowest BF% I should go down to, while still being healthy? Is there anything that would be different for me, because of my age? I know I'm still growing and don't want to harm myself.

IMHO you would be wasting your time cutting. Why? Because you don't need to..!

Anyway, a few things to answer your questions:
1. As you are only planning to cut for 1 month, as long as you maintain a fairly good diet (lots of nutrients) and are getting adequate nutrition (not SEVERE calorie restriction) then any effects on your growth or health should be minimal and reversable. BUT if you were to try to maintain a very low BF % and/or a very restrictive diet for longer than this (say, closer to 3,6 or 12 months) then the risk of long term health complications (negative concequences for your growth, hormones and development) would become an issue.

If you DO cut then, because of your age, make sure you are getting adequate things such as iron, calcium, vitamins, Essential fats, and CARBS for growth.


2. As you are already very LEAN and you are also at a lowish weight for your height you might want to reconsider.... These things mean, in terms of your losses, you will likely drop a higher % of lean mass. eg: instead of a 4:1 ratio of fat:muscle loss it may be closer to 2:1 or even (if you do it badly) 1:1. This would be negative not only for aesthetics (your BF% will only decrease marginally - as your lean mass would decrease as well) but would also have negative metabolic concequences and render the work you did bulking useless.

3. Consider your time in life!!! You are YOUNG and ACTIVE and GROWING. YOU DON'T NEED TO DIET!!! Why cut when, at your age, the advances you can make into LEAN GAINS will FAR, FAR outstrip the possible short term benefits you will have from cutting for a cruise! Just eat healthy, have fun and SET YOUR BODY UP FOR A HEALTHY LIFE!