Age for beginning weight training kids

[ExtraMile]

i dont know the answer to that. if all of your statements are acurate then i doubt it unless you where training hard to early and caused some sort of issues. regardless i think you should not be suffering serous injuries so early and you should look into doing something about that.

my worst ones have been a twisted spinal erector twice and a damaged rotator cuff but neither got a scan or anything so I cant give a more accurate name to them. I used to have very bad elbows for a while too but they are healed now.

Do you think these are too serious to ignore? All have healed fine except a erector twist which I have currently and am waiting for it to heal now...

 

[joe d]

my worst ones have been a twisted spinal erector twice and a damaged rotator cuff but neither got a scan or anything so I cant give a more accurate name to them. I used to have very bad elbows for a while too but they are healed now.

Do you think these are too serious to ignore? All have healed fine except a erector twist which I have currently and am waiting for it to heal now...

any spinal injury is bad. as time goes by they get worst and come easier.

 

[moya]

i started my daughter on bodyweight squats last year after soccer practice... she is 7 and has beautiful form... atg, straight back...

 

[artificialaspirations]

my worst ones have been a twisted spinal erector twice and a damaged rotator cuff but neither got a scan or anything so I cant give a more accurate name to them. I used to have very bad elbows for a while too but they are healed now.

Do you think these are too serious to ignore? All have healed fine except a erector twist which I have currently and am waiting for it to heal now...

I can tell you this...the shoulder was from bad form benching. You need to arch the back and keep elbows tight. Look up elitefts bench form video on youtube. But I know you know this now. Also dips are hard on shoulders. They are a big part of what brought on my tendenitis and eventual tear from their weakened state.

Dips, OHP and Bench can be alot of stress on shoulder girdle. If you must do them all, rotate 2 of the 3 into each program. Then lay off one for a while, as you start up another...Use dips sparingly IMO.

 

[Jocques Straap]

i started my daughter on bodyweight squats last year after soccer practice... she is 7 and has beautiful form... atg, straight back...

Fuck Yes!!

Humans are lazy. We cradle our babies and wrap them in soft things. Our children grow up sitting in a chair, rather then running, jumping, and climbing.

There are risks to everything, and physical exercise/condition in a controlled setting is a very low risk activity. Proper training begins the day of birth.

The most critical time for development is the earliest years of your life.

 

[Jocques Straap]

http://stronglifts.com/wp-content/uploads/squat-heels-baby.jpg

The squat is a natural movement. It's awkward and difficult to learn as a teen or adult because we are pussies, and have terrible body function, due to sitting on our ass too much. No Lie.

 

[the_alcatraz]

15 would be a good age to start if you're supervised and people are constantly watching to see how / what you're doing.

 

[artificialaspirations]

http://stronglifts.com/wp-content/uploads/squat-heels-baby.jpg

The squat is a natural movement. It's awkward and difficult to learn as a teen or adult because we are pussies, and have terrible body function, due to sitting on our ass too much. No Lie.

little kids do it effortlessly

 

[InGreatShape]

13-15 is what i think. I dont see the need for kids under 13 to be doing weight training.

 

[shibs]

I think i started at 13... No more than forty minutes every other day though, and it was under the supervision of our lifting coach. I hardly gained any muscle mass, but by 14 (8th grade) my bench 1RM was 180 lol. I really think kids that young need a coach though because looking back on it even i had no idea what i was doing, i was just caught up in trying to put as many plates on as possible like bblazer says.