ex-runner wrote:
coach wrote:
Weight lifting is one of the few sports where short limbs and a long torso is advantageous. I dont doubt some of those guys might have stunted their own growth but it's more often the case that they chose an activity they could be successful at doing.
That and they take up weightlifting because they are short and improves their self-esteem.
Totally not like distance runners at all...........
Despite the fact that some research has been done, it has showed no evidence that weightlifting at a young age has any impact on muscle growth (link down below). So it's basically a myth, a possible explanation to the origin of this myth being that short people probably self select themselvestl be weightlifters. So that shouldn't be the worry of any reasonable person.
As for possible future damage for her health, it's basically like a host of other activities, in which if your perform them with bad form or without proper guidance you're setting yourself for trouble.
So the real question shouldn't be if weightlifting at such an young age is good or bad for her healthy, but if she's being properly and responsible guided by her trainer and not lifting very heavy weights regularly. Remember that not even weightlifters lift at their max regularly.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17119361/
Note: And for the guys roasting me about the title of the thread, I've already correct myself in the first page.
joedirt wrote:
Kids that haven't hit puberty shouldn't be lifting weights. I coach my daughters' competitive soccer team. We are in the third of four tiers (silver) and at our club there is a premier team that travels out of state and plays year round and plays about 4 tournaments a year that I feed kids into (because they tend to lose about 2 kids a year, at this point about half their roster is my former players). My team plays spring and fall and I have them do general conditioning and fundamentals work 1-2 times per week during the spring and summer. I haven't released my daughters to the premier team (in spite of the fact that they are better than any of the kids at their positions and have been asking for them for years) because I don't want them burning out. My daughters also have started running track and cross country in the past year and are gifted at that (even more so than soccer). It is better to have kids playing multiple sports, as they develop strength in multiple muscle groups and do not develop the overuse injuries that come from doing the same repetitive motions year round (kids that compete in the same sport year round are about three times as likely to get injured as kids that do multiple sports). As bad as soccer can get, gymnastics is far worse. Gymnasts have insane levels of stress fractures and chronic pain issues later in life. One of my teammates from college's wife was a cheerleader at our university and she has dealt with a myriad of injuries later in life.
You are part of the problem......you wont let them "burn out" your kid but you "releases" other players to them.? THats nice, here burn out these kids but not mine.
I always say I think kids shouldn’t start seriously training for running until 9th grade, and I think the same goes for weightlifting.
Juice Springsteen wrote:
I always say I think kids shouldn’t start seriously training for running until 9th grade, and I think the same goes for weightlifting.
Ok, if that's what you think, then case closed.
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In my personal point of view it is always wrong to put kids to very highly demanding exercise regimens, any kind of sport. Doctors do not recommend this crazy amount of exercise in a growing kid.
These parents are usually frustrated athletes that suck at their sports and try to make their kids super athletes at very young age. Close to 100% of these kids will be surpassed eventually for other kids that were not forced to exercise at this intensity from extremely early age.
Hope this kid doesn’t get hurt.
True but countries start Olympic weight lifting at this age all the time. A lot of times their legs bow a little bit as an adult and it actually helps them lift the weight.
probably 3 of those 4 plates are fake
Kids who are exceptional at an early age may end up being pros, but in most cases, other kids will catch up to them and surpass them. In any given year, in fact, young kids may well improve a great deal. And while proper coaching is absolutely key, the kids really have to love it and be driven to do what it takes. Most kids simply do not have that drive in any given activity. Those who do will go after it every day and you don't need to try to force them to do it. Those like my brother and his elder son just love their sport and won't ever miss a day. A lot of kids will come to practice every day but then never run on the weekend or during the summer. One kid was far better than the rest on my son's soccer team last year. This year in the shortened season, my son was on par with him. So, things change rapidly and if you fast forward 7-8 years with a youth all-star team, they're going to get toasted by the team of kids chosen when they're all 16 or 17.
Juice Springsteen wrote:
I always say I think kids shouldn’t start seriously training for running until 9th grade, and I think the same goes for weightlifting.
Girls can start a little earlier than boys simply because they are done growing sooner.
It's been shown time and time again that weightlifting at a young age doesn't stunt growth. As long as her form isn't bad, what's the big deal?
joedirt wrote:
Kids that haven't hit puberty shouldn't be lifting weights. I coach my daughters' competitive soccer team. We are in the third of four tiers (silver) and at our club there is a premier team that travels out of state and plays year round and plays about 4 tournaments a year that I feed kids into (because they tend to lose about 2 kids a year, at this point about half their roster is my former players). My team plays spring and fall and I have them do general conditioning and fundamentals work 1-2 times per week during the spring and summer. I haven't released my daughters to the premier team (in spite of the fact that they are better than any of the kids at their positions and have been asking for them for years) because I don't want them burning out. My daughters also have started running track and cross country in the past year and are gifted at that (even more so than soccer). It is better to have kids playing multiple sports, as they develop strength in multiple muscle groups and do not develop the overuse injuries that come from doing the same repetitive motions year round (kids that compete in the same sport year round are about three times as likely to get injured as kids that do multiple sports). As bad as soccer can get, gymnastics is far worse. Gymnasts have insane levels of stress fractures and chronic pain issues later in life. One of my teammates from college's wife was a cheerleader at our university and she has dealt with a myriad of injuries later in life.
They peak at like 14 inch gymnastics. Shouldn’t be allowed to compete in the Olympics at that age...
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