From: SSDC2@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (J Green)
Newsgroups: misc.fitness
Subject: Re: More Fitness Thoughts by Original Author
Date: 1 Sep 92 12:59:36 GMT

>From: whare@ac.dal.ca
>First: What's the recommended daily fat intake for a 14 - year
>old boy?
maybe someone else can give the exact recommendation, i only have
a few thoughts...

what types of foods do you eat? mom's cooking? what does she make?
if you eat a typical american diet, i'm sure you get plenty of fat
in your food. do you drink milk? skim? 1%? 2%? whole milk? eat meat?
if you eat meat or drink milk (skim not included), you probably get
plenty fat. if you eat any of the following items you get fat:

whole milk
2% milk
1% milk
cheese
butter
cream
sour cream
whipped cream
half & half
ice cream
beef
pork
lamb
veal
duck
chicken
fish
hot dogs
lunch meats
sausage
chocolate
coconut
coconut oil
palm oil
palm kernal oil
corn oil
cottonseed oil
sunflower oil
safflower oil
sesame oil
soybean oil
soft margarine
salad dressing
mayonnaise    (except for new fat-free types)
walnuts
walnut oil
wheat germ
tuna
salmon
bluefish
mackerel
sablefish
herring
whitefish
rainbow trout
almonds
olive oil
canola oil (rapeseed oil)
cashews
filberts (hazelnuts)
macadamia nuts
pignolia (pine nuts)
pistachio nuts
soybean oil margarine
sesame oil
soybean oil
peanut oil
peanuts
peanut butter
chicken fat
olives
shortening made from vegetable oil
avocados
cookies
muffins (except for new fat-free muffins, mmm!)
pies
sweet rolls
sweet bread
cakes
granola-type cereals (except for the new low-fat types)
all nuts and seeds, including coconut and peanuts, have alot of fat

soybeans have a little more than other beans

you can judge how much fat is in a cookie by how soft it is, the softer
the cookie, the more fat it has.

you can judge a croissant, muffin, or danish by placing it on a napkin;
if a grease ring forms, its high in fat.

while animal foods like meat, milk, cheese, eggs, poultry and fish
are good protein foods, they also contain fat.  an ounce of lean
meat has the same amount of calories from fat as from protein.

ok, so i didn't exactly answer the question, but maybe i told you
just one thing you didn't already know??! ;-)

>        Is weight training bad for kids under the age of 16?
>I've heard it causes the long bones to stop growing prematurely.

well, i guess it depends, would you rather be strong or tall?! ;-)

but seriously, i think that it's ok for kids (under 16) to lift
if they want, but i would suggest against lifting heavy weights.
in other words, lift, but don't go all out on the weight!

i also know that, personally, i like to lift heavy weights. i've
wanted to lift weights since i was about 10 or 12, and mom always
said "no, you can't have weights, girls shouldn't lift weights".
(she always wanted me to do "girl" things, blech, boring! ;-)
so you see, i didn't really have to worry about heavy/light weights,
since i didn't get to lift at your age! ;-)

so anyway, i think it would be tough for some people to hold back and
not lift heavy weights. but that's what i'd recommend... lift weights,
but keep the weights light enuf to do say 20 reps. then in a couple
years your bones will be stronger and your muscles will be "started"
and already toned, and you'll be better prepared for heavier weights! :-)
(i'm not a doctor or anything, this is just my personal recommendation! :-)

>        This may sound ridiculous but do all people eventually
>stop gaining? What I mean is say someone barbell curl 200 pounds
>one week could he increase the weight in each workout by one
>more pound?

>        Finally I've heard that women have as much as 30% less
>muscle cells than men so would that mean that if you compared
>track and field results would it mean that women pushed their
>limitations farther then men?

>        This subject on whether fat is being burned when you're
>going all out should be answered by saying that if you took a
>fat person to run around a track as fast or as long as they could
>they might go around two or three times, collapse and think they
>got a great workout even though it would be much more beneficial
>if they walked around the track for an hour.

you sound brilliant for a 14 year old.

>        Tonight's the night, 100 pushups! I'll post tomorrow
>the results.

good luck! hope you make it! :-)

Janice

ps. 100 pushups is similar to 100 reps of low-weight bench press! sounds
pretty much like what i'd recommend for under-16-ers, low-weight high-rep
workouts! :-)

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