6. Learn Proper Technique First
It is useful to hire a professional trainer in order to learn proper techniques. If you want to do weight lifting for the rest of your life you should spend a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars on a professional fitness trainer. If you lift weights incorrectly you may get injured.
7. Stretch Just As Much As You Lift
It is necessary to perform as much stretching as possible. However you shouldn’t over train while stretching.
If you want to become a great teen bodybuilder you should create the right habit. Most text books recommend to perform methods that include 20-30 seconds per stretch. It is also suggested to do the same amount of stretching as the amount of your lifts. For example, every 1 hour of weight training exercises should be balanced with one hour of stretching. However, if you weight training exercises last 4 hours per week you need to stretch for at least 4 hours in the week. If you are a lazy bone you may perform stretching for nearly half the amount of time that you lift. When you notice the extended strength, faster recovery and have less injuries you can increase the stretching exercises to the 1:1 proportion.
Weight training can shorten and tighten the connective tissue which you work. Stretching is necessary for creating the room for the muscle growth.
8. Focus On Bodyweight Strength
It should be mentioned that most teen bodybuilders can hardly perform set that consists of 40 push ups, 20 chin ups and 30 dips. That’s why it can be useful to provide some standard upper body fitness tests before the beginning (you can spend 3 or 4 months in order to achieve this if you can't do them right now). A famous trainer once said “You have no freaking business using a load if you can't stabilize, control, and move efficiently using your own bodyweight.”
You need to condition your body to weight training exercises and you will be amazed by the fact how quickly you can gain muscle mass.
9. Your Workouts shouldn’t Last More than 1 Hour
Unless you are involved in teen bodybuilding contest. If you perform your exercises more than for 20-30 minutes and they include moderate intensity lifting to fully exhaust a muscle you should doubt your workout intensity. It will be more beneficial to do shorter high intensity workouts than longer not so intense sessions.
The main goal is to perform the workouts faster. It is great for muscle conditioning and helps them adapt to more intense work. It will also improve the muscle density and your body can carry greater workloads.
10. Provide Full Range Of Motion
Teen bodybuilding program should include building strong muscular mass, tendons, ligaments and bones. You need to build from the inside out. Try to develop a full range of motion during each workout in order to involve all muscle fibers and the surrounding tissues.
Don’t forget that partial movements will only develop muscle partially. Full movements will work full muscle. It is very important to use the entire range of motion taking lighter weights. Due to this more musculature will be involved, also it will create the connection between your mind and the muscles faster and strengthen all tissues for a short period of time. Teen bodybuilders don’t have to sacrifice range for load.
Conclusion
If you really want to do teen bodybuilding safely and effectively you should follow these recommendations. They will help you create a long and successful bodybuilding lifestyle.
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