What would you do?

You lay down the cold hard facts... Then... Welcome to DB!.... lol I love it

Well damn, I was gonna say stuff and look smart, but mda covered it all.

I was gonna... But... Yeah... I couldn't answer any of it...

15 yrs. old

I'm 6ft. 238lbs. 245 Bench. 385 squat. 200 Hang Clean.

Impressive!

Protein bars in between classes is a great suggestion: just make sure you read the labels, because a lot of those "protein" bars have twice as many carbs.

My workout partner kills me on squats, and I take him down on presses. People are just genetically different, which may explain your friends strong bench. He also may have been lifting for a lot longer than you if he can bench more than 245lbs at that age. Bench press seems like a pretty easy lift, but technique can make a huge difference as well.

I use creantine and believe it to work and be safe. To play the devils advocate though, people have not been taking it in such large quantities for an extended period of time. Some would argue we won't know if there are any negative side effects until people have been on it for 20-30 years. It is a natural substance found in red meat, but my understanding is one probably could not eat a steak large enough to contain 10 grams of creatine in one sitting.

if you decide to take it, this is what is commonly recommended:

Loading: take 5 grams 4 times a day for 5 days
Maintenance: take 5-10 grams a day for about a month
take a month off, then repeat

dude heres my opinion. if you have school take a lunch with you. in that lunch involve wheat bread sandwhich meat such as ham, pasta, carrots, and a protein drink. eat...eat...eat...then eat some more and trust me you won't plateau. for breakfast eat alot of eggs, oatmeal, bagel, and milk/or juice. then when you come home from school start stuffing your face with rice, pasta, milk, bread, meat, protein. forget all the dumb supplements out there(protein only worth while supplement). i gained 25lbs of MUSCLE in 6months by eating right. you have to have at least 4-6 meals a day, and count your calories and protein. make sure you have at least 1g of protein per pound of bodyweight. drink lots of water(8 cups). heres my diet as follows:
(eating every 3 hours)
breakfast: 4eggs, 1 cup oatmeal, bagel, banana, juice
snack: protein drink, yogurt, bread and peanut butter
lunch: tuna, 1/2 cup rice, apple, 1 quart milk
snack: protein drink, yogurt
workout
dinner: beef, potatoes, spinach(popeye hehe), bread, quart of milk(2% milk).
snack: pasta, milk
bed i eat anywheres between 3500-5000 calories a day. that will put size and strength on ya. most of your calories should be from food and liquids like milk( not crappy weight gainers). hope this helps someone.

OSBB,
I'm new to this forum and don't know much about bodybuilding but I do know a little about strength training for football. First these guys are right about eating, but don't overeat. You stated that you were on the O-line so I figured you're not a ripped 235, extra fat weight won't do you much good. Second, if you want to be more powerful for football forget the bench press. You have no power outside of your torso so I would suggest doing close grip bench, that's where it all starts at. "Get in his wheel house". Also hang clings will not help your explosion as much as a full power cling. I would also suggest really strengthening you abs. You can not transfer that power from your legs to your opponent unless you have a good stable mid section,and a strong midsection will intern increase you leg strength. As for your buddy, I would be willing to bet that if you both lined up that you could push him all over the place, that means that weight room strength does not neccesarily mean football strength. I played football in college with a guy that was unbelievably strong but never saw the field. Technique and foot work will carry you much farther than being able to bench 400 pounds. Lastly, patience, I went from 170lbs. to 210lbs in one year (16-17) and more than doubled my bench, squat, and clings. You WILL get stronger with hard work and GOOD eating. In a year or two your little 190lb buddy will be wondering what happened!
P.S. Pyramiding with heavy weight and low reps works great for overall strength but just remember that about every 4 weeks or so to change over to moderate weight and moderate reps, using a weight that you can't do no more than 10 times and carry every set to failure. This change might help you get over that "plateau".

Ok, I'm back after a couple of weeks.

I went to a wholesale warehouse and got a lot of protein bars. I eat at least one a day, usually midmorning, sometimes also at 2pm.

I got the Twinlab am/pm protein package (pm has caseinate) with a free bottle of glut.

For breakfast it's either whole wheat cereal and shake or eggs and bacon with shake.

Lunch is whole wheat turkey sandwich with lettuce and fruit. Lots of water.

Dinner is good. I get seconds on meat, usually pork, meat loaf, chicken, or salmon.

Pm protein shake before bed.

I'm taking glut and now loading creatine with my protein shakes.

THESE WERE SMALL CHANGES THAT ALREADY HAVE ME FEELING BETTER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITHOUT THE EXTRA CARBS, I'M NOT TIRED AFTER LUNCH AND IT'S GREAT.

I WAVER BETWEEN 235-245 AND I DON'T REALLY NEED MASS.

ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!!

ALSO, VANDAMME, HOW BIG ARE YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EAT WHAT YOU DO.