To encourage younger guys to build muscle and get in shape. It pays to start early with proper supervision.

No adult rated material or posting allowed. The homepage pic is a little more built than most of you will want, but he does give an idea of what you could look like. His name is Jorge Betancourt from Miami- Possibly taken in 1992.

Exercising or being active in nearly teens has the benefit of causing undifferentiated cells in your body to become muscle rather than fat cells. Once they are set in their ways, so to speak, you are working on controlling the size of the cells you have ended up with. Muscle growth is actually larger cells, not more of them.

There was a question elsewhere re bodybuilding not being a sport. Well using weights is essential for most sports - look at sprinters, divers, swimmers and gymnasts and Ballet dancers too! It just happens to make you look and feel good too!