I’m not talking about 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds. But many parents wonder if it’s good or safe or worthwhile for kids ages 9 to 13, let’s say, to work out with weights.
It is actually safer for 12 year olds to use their own strength training devices. education, what it is like to shovel it and make up a heavy foot wet from the snow from driving.
Parents think nothing of having their children lugging around heavy, big, silly garbage bags. I saw children pulling these carriages, their bodies twisting and twisting along the way. I once saw a 6-year-old boy struggling with grocery bags.
These household activities are far more likely to injure the growing body than the weight control machine and lifting a moderate load. /a> and tempo.
I could also add sports like soccer, baseball, youth football, basketball, and the king of all injuries – – kids gymnastics—they are much less “safe” than working with weights.
In fact, gymnastics involves almost-continuous weight lifting: the child must maneuver his body in all manner of foreign parts. and roads. Think for a moment.
In baseball or softball, the boy swings the weight as hard as he can (hit the baseball bat).
Kids lift weights when lifting and carrying toddlers and preschoolers, plus dogs.
In climbing the wall he would pull his own weight. And what about bowling? Geez, I see kids all the time at bowling centers, one side of their body is torn off. weight of the ball. Then they drove into the alley. This, folks, is weight lifting.
Therefore, before you assume that “lifting weights” is dangerous for the growing body, notice that all by itself, your child is actively lifting weights. Think about how to play outdoors a>. Children lift weights when they give each other a piggyback back riding. When they wrestle on the ground, they are constantly resisting the weight of the toy.
On playgrounds, they lift weights by twisting their bodies on monkey bars and other climbing equipment. When the kids do pushups, this is a reverse bench press! But many parents think it’s dangerous for a child to bench press a bar that weighs only a third of their own weight!
Do you allow a preteen or teenager to work on gym equipment? Yes. it is physiologically safe to use preteen/adolescent weights. It will not be a growth stunt. If something has grown, it smokes. A child who is encouraged to strengthen his body through regular weight training is far less likely to take up smoking than a child who is discouraged from working out!
Poor kids also stunt growth. Be more concerned about what your child is eating or not eating. Because, with the right instruction and adult supervision, kids will get stronger bodies and stronger frames from gravity routines. This in turn will put you at risk of injury when your child is playing tennis or playing tennis!
The weights are not heavy. And the kids are not mass. They don’t have enough testosterone and don’t muscle mass grow in minimal form to send Mr. America or the Olympics.
