Hey everyone, my friend and I are 16 years old, and lately we've started lifting weights in a friend's home gym.
Up until this Spring, I've been part of my high school's football program, where in the off season they've tried to get us to weight train. I became familiar with most weight lifting techniques there, but I've never been motivated by that program to get in shape, so I quit after this previous season. I took a break up until now, doing absolutely nothing to stay in shape. My friend asked me recently if I wanted to go lift weights at another friend's home gym. I said I hadn't lifted in forever, but what the hell, I went anyway. It felt nice to get back into the gym, and since then we've gone three times this week, doing random upper body workouts, with a few lower body ones. Yesterday, I told him that if we really wanted to get serious, we needed to construct a program. He seemed up to it, so I searched the internet for ways we could efficiently maximize the time we spent in there. My searches lead me to this site, which I've found a few great guides and resources.
Using a very basic calculator (can't post link because I don't have 5 posts), my approximate Body Fat % is 16%. It told me my Body Fat % by just asking me solely for my weight and waist. I cannot tell how accurate this is, because I'm 16 and am still growing. Another reason I'd say it's inaccurate is that it seems too low. I would say that I'm mildly overweight, certainly not obese, however. I do not know my friends, but he is far better off than me, and he still runs/plays soccer frequently.
I plan on working out with my friend 3 days a week, following a basic full-body weight lifting guide I found on this site, incrementally increasing the weight as the weeks go by. Always followed by 20 minutes of cardio after every work out.
I'd just like to know if there is anything else I need to be aware of, and I'm mainly looking for any good tips on lowering that Body Fat %.
Thanks in advance, I look forward to hearing back from you all.
Up until this Spring, I've been part of my high school's football program, where in the off season they've tried to get us to weight train. I became familiar with most weight lifting techniques there, but I've never been motivated by that program to get in shape, so I quit after this previous season. I took a break up until now, doing absolutely nothing to stay in shape. My friend asked me recently if I wanted to go lift weights at another friend's home gym. I said I hadn't lifted in forever, but what the hell, I went anyway. It felt nice to get back into the gym, and since then we've gone three times this week, doing random upper body workouts, with a few lower body ones. Yesterday, I told him that if we really wanted to get serious, we needed to construct a program. He seemed up to it, so I searched the internet for ways we could efficiently maximize the time we spent in there. My searches lead me to this site, which I've found a few great guides and resources.
Using a very basic calculator (can't post link because I don't have 5 posts), my approximate Body Fat % is 16%. It told me my Body Fat % by just asking me solely for my weight and waist. I cannot tell how accurate this is, because I'm 16 and am still growing. Another reason I'd say it's inaccurate is that it seems too low. I would say that I'm mildly overweight, certainly not obese, however. I do not know my friends, but he is far better off than me, and he still runs/plays soccer frequently.
I plan on working out with my friend 3 days a week, following a basic full-body weight lifting guide I found on this site, incrementally increasing the weight as the weeks go by. Always followed by 20 minutes of cardio after every work out.
I'd just like to know if there is anything else I need to be aware of, and I'm mainly looking for any good tips on lowering that Body Fat %.
Thanks in advance, I look forward to hearing back from you all.
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