Ok Yesterday at the gym a friend of mine had his boy (i think hes 12) in the gym and was teaching him to lift.He has done this a few times and its posted in the gym that u must be 14yrs old or older to lift.The owner sent one of his workers back to tell him that his son can not be back there.The guy got fired up & quit the gym.I dont think he should of done that cause he knows the rules but he got torqued off man! It doesnt bother me that hes teaching his son to lift at all.I think its great that he is spending time with his kid & teaching him how to lift.I have a boy too and hes wanting to lift weights!So what do you guys think is a good age to start him out?Is there any actual articles out there that states if it will hurt him at all to lift heavy or light weight?I know at the USAPL lifting meet they can be 13 (i think Not sure though).Let me hear your feed back on this.Thanks MR SKULL
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04-06-2005, 11:01 AM #1
What Age should you Start Lifting Weights?
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04-06-2005, 11:07 AM #2
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well i started lifting about a month after i turned 14 and im still 14 i the 8 months lifting ive felt better slept better and had more energy. i dont see why there would be anything wrong with it just start him out light and make sure he gets the form down.
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04-06-2005, 11:20 AM #3
My son started lifting around 12 too. Mostly messing around but he was doing the big 3 from day 1. Keep it short and simple to help keep him interested. 12 year olds get bored fast so endless workouts with a million sets of a hundred exercises is going to turn him off. Stick to compound movements- squat, deadlift, bench/military press, chin/row, let him throw some curls in to work the gunz, don't neglect abs. Stress form over weight used and keep the reps higher to allow his tendons to adapt for the 1st few months. Let him keep a log so he can look back on his progress, that was a cool thing for my son and gave him motivation to try and do better. It still does as a matter of fact.
The myths about stunting growth and all that have long been disproven, and evidence even shows that weight training will increase bone mass in growing kids. I had some good discussions with Mel Siff when my son was starting out and his logic convinced me that not only was lifting not bad, it was good for him. He went as far to tell me that lifting heavy isn't bad as long as the form used is correct. Plus the other attributes that will result- mental toughness, discipline, etc.
Good luck, it's a lot of fun to have your boylifting with you. We're at the point now where he can pretty much work in with me and it makes it a lot of fun to have little contests with who can do the most reps or something like that.
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04-06-2005, 11:24 AM #4Originally Posted by Danimal
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04-06-2005, 11:38 AM #5
It can be said though that using steroids at an early age will stunt growth, as the muscle will develop too fast, but anyone over 13 should'nt worry. Lee Priest would have been small even if he never looked at a weight. Personally I'd start them at 4-5 years old with cardio and stretching. Gymnasts have superb strength, speed, flexibility and fitness with most starting before they are 8 years. And with martial arts you can never start too early.
The science on stunted growth has never been proven or disproven to any conclusive extent, but I started at 11 and it did'nt stunt my growth, but I technically can't prove that it did'nt. Poor diet will hamper your growth though.BP-29/07/05 -305 -3/3/06 - 325 - 340
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04-06-2005, 11:42 AM #6Originally Posted by MrSkullCrusher
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04-06-2005, 11:48 AM #7Originally Posted by Memnoch
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04-06-2005, 11:51 AM #8Originally Posted by lucubration.
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04-06-2005, 11:59 AM #9Originally Posted by MrSkullCrusherBP-29/07/05 -305 -3/3/06 - 325 - 340
SQ- 365 - 3/3//06 - 400 - 420
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5' 10"
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Moronic debaters list -Too many *sigh*
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04-06-2005, 12:04 PM #10Originally Posted by MrSkullCrusher
He's still wrestling for another couple weeks at some regional tourneys and throwing shot and discus for his track team. When he's done wrestling I figure he'll be hitting the weights again, hopefully working for a meet together in August. He hasn't really trained his squat or deadlift hard since his surgery due to the wrestling schedule.
As far as growth stunting- he's 6'1 and 210lbs. He was 265 last summer while wrestling heavyweight and lo carbed his way down to where he is now while rehabbing his knee. That alone was a pretty significant accomplishment.
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04-06-2005, 01:34 PM #11Originally Posted by MrSkullCrusher
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04-06-2005, 01:38 PM #12Originally Posted by Memnoch
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04-06-2005, 01:54 PM #13
Hi, I wanted to lift since I was 12, my parents held me back untill I was 16, what a shame.
Anyway I read Siff's vue on the issue, but my oly lifting coach keeps telling me that kids never should do strength training, he says they can't do any kind of pressing, squatting, pulling etc. But he says they can do the olympic lifts, rope climbing, walking on the hands etc, because they are intramuscular or something like that, please clarify this.
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04-06-2005, 02:06 PM #14Originally Posted by kliplemet
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04-06-2005, 02:11 PM #15Originally Posted by kliplemet
Rope climbing- explain how a 250lb HS lineman can do rope climbing? Not many can. Most have a hard time with chinups too. As a kid, my son had a hard time with pushups because he was 200lbs in 9th grade but hadn't started to grow yet. Benching helped him get stronger to push his bodyweight up. Now he can crank out 1 arm pushups. Same with rows and lat pulls. Last summer he was 265lbs and couldn't do one chinup. As he kept practicing- negatives, partial reps, and lost weight, he was able to do 2-3 sets of 10 at 220lbs. Sometimes you have to look at who is doing the lifting and decide which is better. Bodyweight exercises can be harder for heavier kids vs doing lighter barbell movements.
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04-06-2005, 02:28 PM #16
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04-06-2005, 02:37 PM #17
I think the gym kicked your friends son out because of insurance issues. Most companies won't cover kids under a certain age. So if something went wrong the gym owner could have been sued. So he was doing the right thing in covering his butt.
As for when should kids start? I think ASAP. My sister started when she was 13. She's a shot and discus thrower and is now 16 and loves nothing more than challenging herself in the gym. I'm introducing her to power cleans now and she loves it. Not to mention the benefit she gets from seeing how having a goal, making a plan and carrying it out with discipline. She KNOWS she's stronger and feels better so she's knows her hard work pays off. It's a real good teaching tool for this kids.
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04-06-2005, 05:07 PM #18Originally Posted by Couldbebigga
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04-06-2005, 10:49 PM #19
I am going to start my kids out with weighted rattles in their cribs. The body will handle anything, within reason, that you can throw at it. In fact, it is very important to get kids to be active so that their bodies will react naturally and stimulate bone growth and density. Think about how much force the body takes when a kid jumps out of a tree. That same kid is not going to be able to lift that much weight in the gym so if the jump doesn't break anything then the weights won't either.
Plus, the coordination that weightlifting teaches them will stay with them forever, and it's a lot easier to learn at a young age than it is when you're 30. That's why gymnasts are considered "old" in thier mid twenties.
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04-07-2005, 02:01 AM #20
I started at 12.
My uncles were in the backyard doing bench sets with 85lbs with on of those concrete filled plastic contraptions.
I had been hanging around waching, and helping them load/unload. One of them made a crack about me trying to do the "man weight". I jumped down, and unracked it before they could stop me. They wouldn't let me on it before that, so I took my chance. I ripped out 5 that day. They let me work-out with them after that, and the next year I graduated to the high-school gym. I can't get either of them to come with me to workout now.
Weight-bearing exercises are good from 5-95 if you ask me. Less people would have degenerative tissue problems if they do a little more than sit on the couch all the time.6' 260lbs
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04-07-2005, 05:41 AM #21Originally Posted by Couldbebigga
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04-07-2005, 06:10 AM #22Originally Posted by NewBlackDak
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04-07-2005, 06:16 AM #23
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I have always heard that children should do stretching and own body weight exercises until they are atl east 10. After that they can start doing additional weight exercises. Of course, all children are different...
The internet is equalled only by public education and network news in its ability to spread disinformation at an alarming rate...
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04-07-2005, 10:40 AM #24
A friend of mine started lifting heavy at age 12/13, when he was quite short and skinny. He's now 6'2" 240 lbs and a friggin' behemoth - the word 'stunted' isn't the first that comes to mind.
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04-07-2005, 01:03 PM #25Originally Posted by MrSkullCrusher
Think about it. Competition was the cause of his action, not legal concerns.
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04-07-2005, 02:24 PM #26Originally Posted by lucubration.
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10-09-2014, 03:37 PM #27
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i do MMA (focus mainly on BJJ) i started when i was 6 years old, i personally think this is the best way to get fit under the age of 14, im 14 now and i was very mature for my age so i started lifting early. BUT this does not mean that any of you should start early, a lot of my early wait lifting was supervised (instructed by a physio) because of my developed body/muscle at that age i do not instruct that anyone does start early unless you are told otherwise by any doctor or physio
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10-10-2014, 05:31 AM #28
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I would say this thread is old enough to start lifting.
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