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The woman that runs the gym that I work at has camps and programs for kidsstill in elementry school. Today there was this woman who came in askingabout a family membership toting her 7yr old son who was hiding behind astuffed dog.She goes on to tell me that Arnold is his hero, and wants to be abodybuilder when he grows up. She tells me that he has a kiddy workoutbench at the house, and his last ...

That's an interesting subject. I see three doctors on a yearly basis. I betI'd get three differnet answers from each of them. But I'd be willing tobet that if there were long term double blind studies, they would showresistance exercise to be benificial as early as the child can lift. Ifevery other form of exercise is beneficial, why not resistance?I'd never tell a child to diet though, in a ...

I started with a machine that my uncle gave us when I was 11. I don't thinkit hurts, but what lifts do you have a child of 7 do? Bench, squat, rldl,sldl, goodmornings, clean...Even if they can master the mechanics of certain lifts, it just seems weirdto have 76lbs of kid doing one legged squats. Is there anything that theyshould shy away from?

My son is about to be 6 and he used to watch me workout and he alwayswanted to try ...I started making him do pushups and lunges and jumpingjacks...lol wore his big ass out...He wants to be just like me but in theback of my mind he just dont got what it takes...Me and his mom split upand her new men go visit and this is what she said he said "My daddysbigger than you" and " I bet my daddy could ...

IMo, kids under 14 or so should be focused on running, jumping, tumbling,and playing. Maybe 15 or so, really start getting focused on weighttraining.That doesn't mean an 11 year old CAN'T lift, but not really programmed oranything.

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It depends on the amount of weight being lifted and the frequency oftrainng. I don't have my books in front of me to quote ages, but I remember12 as being about the time that the bone's epiphysial (sp) growth platesfirm up. Younger than that, you stunt growth. We were tought in ExercisePhys MS prgram, not to heavy weight train anyone under 14. I used to seeparents in military gyms (especially Ft ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Paul IMo, kids under 14 or so should be focused on running, jumping, tumbling, and playing. Maybe 15 or so, really start getting focused on weight training.That doesn't mean an 11 year old CAN'T lift, but not really programmed or anything.That's nuts, the uncle that gave me the weight machine (only uncle) isUncle Paul. The thing that she does that pisses me off ...

Quote: Originally Posted by SpankyDXM Me and his mom split up and her new men go visit and this is what she said he said "My daddys bigger than you" and " I bet my daddy could beat you up" LOLthis is entirely priceless!My ex will be hearing that from our daughter hopefully the rest of her life!

i started lifting when i was 10-11 in middle school for wrestling/football.the program was bench, leg press, military press, curls every mondaywednesday friday. id say for a child pushups, pullups, dips, chins andcurls and running would be good. as long as they are using body weightresistance i dont think it could cause any problems at all. we used to domonkey bars until we fell off all day. i ...