Okay so i'm about to turn 14 in a few days. I workout every 2 days ( 2 rest days then workout ) I don't do heavy weights because i dont want to stun my growth. I work on legs and butt, ( 180 fire hydrants 180 donkey kicks half of each with 2.5 kg weights ) and 180 kick backs. Ill do 100 jump squats ( 2 reps ) 120 Bulgarian splits and sometimes 300 bridges with 2.5 kg weights. Today i'm supposed to workout but I don't really feel like it today. What do i do? I don't want to lose muscle! I'm a female btw :)
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You are following an informational myth. Working out does NOT stunt your growth!
"One of the biggest myths about weight lifting is that it stunts your growth. No studies have ever been shown that lifting weights stunts or inhibits growth. But, as with any exercise program, if you do too much too soon, physical problems can occur no matter how old the person doing the exercise is.Feb 20, 2005"
You keep going you likely will wind up with thunder thighs with muscles and Olive Oyl arms. Google Olive.
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Like anything else, you need to learn the business.
Contraction of the skeletal muscles helps limbs and other body parts move. Most sources state that there are over 650 named skeletal muscles in the human body, although some figures go up to as many as 840. The dissension comes from those that count the muscles within a complex muscle.
What is the strongest muscle in the human body? (Everyday Mysteries ...
www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/muscles.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_skeletal_muscles_of_the_human_body
You need to learn the names, positions, and purposes of all the major muscles, and how to control each group. Then there are specific ways to exercise to grow, reduce, or maintain a muscle. For example, to grow a muscle you work it to exhaustion and then let it rest for about two weeks. So you write a schedule that allows you to keep track of each muscle, what exercise you are doing for it, and when to give it more attention.
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