In the Forum - Exercise for a 13-Year-Old

well im 12 and one thing i do to exercise is running around the neighbrohood. also sports work too!

am i fat if im 12 and weigh 140 pounds?

I am 13 and I go to swimming classes 3 times a week. You should visit the YMCA and see what she likes.

Heyy i am 13 and i do dance twice a week and rounders and a little bit of running but thats only in pe i am trying to find a sport that has alot of exercise involved but something that i will enjoy at the same time any ideas? .x

try running around your house or jog in place it’s effective…

try tenis. itis reat for u and u can enjoy it too!

Im 13 and I am a boxer.I go to the gym 4 times a week. We are training for the junior olympics and it keeps me in good shape. But I work on stomach muscle a lot and do it every day and i see no improvements. What do I do?

im 13 and i run 30 minutes a day on a treadmill i also play basketball alot
i think all this really helps

I’m thirteen and I weigh 120 Am I Fat? If so what can I do that will get me abs without special equipment is 30 situps a day good? For how long should I do them untill I get abs?

hey im 13 and about 130lbs….i really want abs bc i have been called fat to many times in 1 year

hey im 13 and i do crawl-ups(i think there called that) There when you do 1 push up, stand up, then 2 push ups, stand ups, then 3, stand up, and so on until you get to 10. It really helps with your abs and arm muscles!

hey, I’m 13 and I love pilates to death! I never would have thought that you can get a great workout from exercises that look super duper easy. And it’s also fun too. I think everyone should try it!

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im 13 i weigh about 91 lbs.. i play lacrosse i do alot of running and PE at school…. i go to the gym like 4 times a week…

hi mii name is jeri and im 13 and i play alot of bball and run ever gay i think it is god to play bball

my daugter is 13 and she is very pitte she is “4,10″ and about 80 pounds i know that might seem like tiny!! but she is always concious of her extra meat around her mid section and she wont wear bikinis because she has that baby fat left she has dieted and worked out but never consistant? what should my daughter do?

i am 13 and am very consered about my weight. i am about 5 ft 1 in and weigh aroud 94 lbs. i have huge hips and hae to wear shorts or bathing suits because of that and because i have really musclular. legs i dont like my body

I’m Rachel and 13 years old. I don’t mean this as an offense but most kids my age like different workouts than their moms. But my mom and I do exercise together sometimes. I live in Florida and with the hot weather year round, I like the gym a lot. Most gyms offer discounts to teens. Take some classes with her like a dance work-out and yoga! But if you’d rather not spend money, a nice morning jog around the neighborhood can get your heart rate up and gives you more energy for the rest of the day. And if you don’t have a pool, go to the local one and bring some of her friends along! That’s a great way to stay cool, have fun, and swim (great form of exercise!). Also, does she have an iPod or MP3 player? If so, give her about $25 to spend on music for it. I love listening to the current songs on the radio (4 minutes, pocket full of sunshine, apologize, i kissed a girl) while I work out. It actually motivates me! Good luck!

I am 13…and i play volleyball,track,and softball.When do tons of conditioning and I rarley see any results in my stomach area

my name is katie i am 115 pounds and 13 is that fat cause i hate my legs

I am 13 i think ive lost weight. what exercises should i do? i used to weigh 185 when i was 12.

im 13, 92 pounds and i do swimming 4-5 times a week. i also do track in the fall and spring, tennis in the summer, and skiing in the winter. have your daughter do a sport she enjoys, and find a coach. i realized its hard to force myself to excersize, and i work better with my coach, since i listen when they tell me to do something, even when its hard!

I’m 13 and i workout 6 times a day from 4:30 pm-6pm on week days after school and from 2pm-5pm. I’m a swimmer; i swim 1,775 yards [1 mile/1.6 kilometers] on weekdays and i swim about 2,500 yards [1.42 miles] on weekends. If the pool is closed or i don’t feel like swimming, i go to the gym and i begin gym weight room. I start out with stretching, then i go on the cycling bike for 30 mins; my daily cycling goal is to cycle at 3 mins per mile and 10 miles in 30 mins or less,[a great leg workout!]. Then i do around 50 crunches and then 5 pull ups. then i work on back and ab muscles. i dont 30 leg lifts and build on my quads. then i do 50 pushups with a 30 sec break between a set of 10. i then do 10 more pullups and 30 squats. i finish my workout by running a mile.

Ok so im 13 n i weigh about 176 i think i’m really over weight but my parents don’t let me go on diets so i am trying to get some suggestions on what i could do around the house i try to try out for things at my school but my asthma messes that up for me sometimes So could anyone help me with this =.]

im 13 and weigh 165 im not relly fat. well i lift weight. i do like 110-165 pounds and i run im not sure how much i should do tho but i almost hav an abs lol

For #9 or Chickie,

No you are not fat and it depends how tall you are too. If you think your fat and you wanna get some abs, your gonna have to do about 150 sit ups a day, but take a break in between when you need to. If you can keep it up for a long time every day you might get some visible abs around 6 months or 1 year tops.

mostly when probloms like this occur its best not to force her to do these things but what you should do is tell her just to get up and run to the end of the block or even just get up get dressed for work and just go to the mailbox just to get her used to this.then she will probably start running on her own i had problams with this with my kid

i am 13 and have been taking pilates since i was 10 it is fun!

im 13 years old. i play soccer year round and 5 or 6 days a week i do my own little program… alls you need is 2 5lb weights…
20 supermans(with weights)x3
reverse crunches x3
20 bench presses (with weights) x3
20 squats x3
20 side arm lifts (with weights)x3
20 crunches x3
20 push ups x3
crawl ups until i reach 10
20 lunges x3
20 leg lifts x3
then i run a mile and lift weights

for # 24 or Kayla,
gurl i know wut yur going thruogh. iv been overwieht since i could remeber and im 16 and way 160. im still somewut overwiehgt but u dont have to go on a diet. wut helped me was cutting back (or smaller proportion) on wut i ate but still eating th same things. you can also take maybe a 1/2 and hour to an hour walk around your neighborhood with a friend or a family member. i dont have asma but ive moved so much thruogh out my life that one time i went to school for only a week so i can never sighn up fur a sport cuz i never know if im gonna be able to do it.=)=)

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I am 12 years old and I way 151. I need help with my weight. I know that it’s over weight. Please help. Thats all I ask for! I play basketball and softball, I have 3 brothers so I am always running around with them. I am SUPER active but I just need help with my eating and extra excersize!

hiaaa am 13 a hardly do exercise am eating to much sweets and a need help to keep fit and eat healthy:)

hey u shold try out vollyball or soccer or other sports and i am 13 years old and i weigh 150 and i like to jump rope to

I am 13 and I own a total gym and a weightset, so its a little different for me. starting off i do crunches, situps, crunches, dips, pushups, and pullups, I do around 150 each, then i work on legs, shoulders, biceps, triceps, and petty much anything in the book i am interested in. then i finish with some curls but remember, when it comes to weights, always go at your own pace. I curl 20 pounds, but i have prior training I started at 5 pounds and worked my way up so never try and lift too much

m 13 years old, I’ve looked in magazines, how to get a flat stomach i wanna start the exersises but i can’t i forget, i am not so fat , but i really need a flat stomach i know i am just too small to think about these things, but i just want to be like the women in the magazines their bodies are amazing. i mean who doesn’t wish to have a flat stomach !
that’s my dream !

I agree with this material. Good tips. I just want to add some tips from me, very basic. I think that the biggest problem with getting flat stomach is that people often do not continue doing exercises or keeping diet. It is very much in our brain. We would like to have it flat but it is hard to sacrifice for it. And even if one get it then often do not maintain it so after couple of months everything is as before.