strength of a teenager

is the strength of a teenager supposed to be the equivilent of some one 20+? Saying if they were same height and everything. Because right now im around 205lbs w/ 16 bf and my strength sucks ****. My leg and back are strong but my arms and chest are soo weak

I think its mainly because my bicep strength is weak. Today at the gym i could barely do 15lbs for 10 reps on a concentration curl and 40lbs - 50lbs for 10 reps on a preacher curl ez bar(free weights) i got 16 inch arms with good quality. Mostly its all my triceps i could be at 17 inches with good biceps. Plus im cutting right now and i know im supposed to lose strength but my biceps were always weak. And i see older people who weigh less than me and have smaller arms curl more than me and bench more than me.

So is it a age thing or am i just a weak.

This Bird You Cannot Change

thats really wierd that u can do 45lb. curls for preacher but only 15 for concentration curls

45lbs of on a ezbarbell

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and 15 lbs on a dumbell

This Bird You Cannot Change

Teenagers normally aren't as strong as adults the same size.

thats true. even though i work out, my dad can easily beat me in arm wrestling-- and he never touched  a weight in his life. adults are naturally strong.

Well I'm 18 and I curl 80llbs with a olympic bar. Though I'm always increasing my strength in my biceps they don't seem to be getting bigger. I think I need to work my tricep more and then go back to my biceps in order to get them bigger. So I think you may need to do the same.

my triceps are bigger than my biceps, my triceps are doing excellent right now. the think is im making good muscle gains but my strength just sucks. i think after i finish cutting im going to do max-ot for 8 weeks for strength and muscle

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ORIGINAL: propud

my triceps are bigger than my biceps, my triceps are doing excellent right now. the think is im making good muscle gains but my strength just sucks. i think after i finish cutting im going to do max-ot for 8 weeks for strength and muscle

Try doing a routine like this for your arms and chest.
 
Chest
Incline Bench Press 4x3
Decline Bench Press 4x3
Flys 4x7
 
Biceps
(not  ezbar)Barbell Curls 4x7
DB Hammer Curls 4x7
 
Naturally the Biceps are a smaller muscle group than the biceps, so like I said earlier you may need to bulk your triceps up more before you can bulk the biceps.

those two bicep excercises are what i started using but on my back day instead of chest and my biceps felt stronger today than before. 

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i am 18 i can curl 50 kgs on a 8 rep set though i mainly do 21's which increaes bicep strentgh and size and you get the pump alot more regular

Your body stops growing and forming at the age of 25, unless your a female and then it's at the age of 21. So your body still has a long way to go before it's at it's full potential for BB yet.

Im 13 and i saw a 25ish year old guy and he was doing like 30kg on a dumbell fly. I have bigger arms than him and i cant do half that. 

Old man strength.

Thats weird cuz im 165lbs 17 yrs old and can curl ligit 45 lb dumbell 6-8 reps and around 100 on preacher curl. Maybe you beating it to much bro lol jk. IDk tho.. As for old man strength I like to think i'm pretty strong, at least i know i am for my size i can beat 240 lb kids on our football team armwrestling and my dad just owns me.

I guess old people just have more dense muscles. maybe after all the years of wear and tear.

Get up off your ass and train!

Well its like you may have big arms etc. but someone anywhere between age of 25-55 will still be able to lift more than you if your 17. Yeh they are gettin on a bit and their muscles have diterierated over time, but they have still had those fully developed muscles and been through their peak age (25-35) and so their muscles are still denser and more developed than yours. Your 17, you havent even reached your prime yet let alone your muscles finished developing for another 8 years. You will see overweight 50 year olds with a beer belly able to life more than you even though theres no definition to their arms or anything, but you just have to remember that you havent finished growing.

ORIGINAL: Spartan

Thats weird cuz im 165lbs 17 yrs old and can curl ligit 45 lb dumbell 6-8 reps and around 100 on preacher curl. Maybe you beating it to much bro lol jk. IDk tho.. As for old man strength I like to think i'm pretty strong, at least i know i am for my size i can beat 240 lb kids on our football team armwrestling and my dad just owns me.

I guess old people just have more dense muscles. maybe after all the years of wear and tear.

lol about arm wrestling im left handed and i havent lost to anyone in 7th grade [my grade] with my right hand.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

"There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs."

dude, its only biceps. in actual strength they dont count for much. worry about your squat, bench, dead, power clean. lifts that really matter.

you get those going in the right direction, you become unstoppable.

There is obviously a difference in being big and being strong, like you said yourself that you got big arms but just because their big doesn't mean their strong. Take a well trained martial arts student (I'm saying this because I have a friend in Judo) and compare yourself to him, he won't be big at all but he'll be strong enough to do 30-50 push-ups on his fingers, etc. you get the point. Try working on your strength because size is not everything although its a big chunk.

Its not what you know, its what you can do that counts!

Age: 18
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 162 lb
Current Status: Strength Training (Max-OT)

I read somewhere (and this might not be true so correct me if I am wrong) that people who do things like push ups, pullups, and squats are generally stronger than those who lift weights (Unless your lifting above your bodywieght) but those who lift weights have bigger muscles. 

ORIGINAL: Red PittBull

I read somewhere (and this might not be true so correct me if I am wrong) that people who do things like push ups, pullups, and squats are generally stronger than those who lift weights (Unless your lifting above your bodywieght) but those who lift weights have bigger muscles. 

Well ye, the people that do push-ups and pull-ups are the ones that push them selves to the limit to get that last push or pull; but you don't see that with body builders (at least the majority), I've seen many people that drop the weights as soon as they think they can't do another rep or so. My weight is just under 150 lb and I can only curl 45 pounds per arm for 6 reps, but I can do 10 push-ups on one hand (both left & right), I don't know how I would compare this with body weight and one's arm strength but thats how it is.

Its not what you know, its what you can do that counts!

Age: 18
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 162 lb
Current Status: Strength Training (Max-OT)

Teenagers seem to be on a faster pace for getting strong because during the late stages of puberty the body produces somthing similar to a natural anabolic steroid you could say. As for peak with biceps when doing curls after your last rep squeez your biceps pretty much til it hurts. Arnold Schwarzzenager(spelling) says that is how you get the most peak and pump in your arms. I've been doing it during my bicep workouts and it has increased my peak a good amount. It hurts but you pain no gain.

ORIGINAL: No Quarter

Old man strength.

every 23+ yr old male ive ever met has told me about this. i dont seem to have it yet. humph.

first day with no buds, 11/17, need a new job. 1 down 13 to go.

im 17. and im ALOT stronger then my dad who is alot bigger then me.

and i dont personaly know anyone that is my size that is nearly as strong as me...

Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.

ORIGINAL: propud

45lbs of on a ezbarbell

that was my 1 rep max for curling lol, mediocre form but i still got it

first day with no buds, 11/17, need a new job. 1 down 13 to go.