‘Watching my six year old deadlift 35kg was pretty cool’: meet the children who work out
3mon 19d ago by feddit.uk/u/NomNom in fitness from www.theguardian.com
This is bad for kids, it fucks their bones.
Let kids run around and climb trees and kick balls and wrestle with each other.
This is factually incorrect.
Perhaps reading TFA would be helpful.
Prior to the onset of puberty, weights should be fairly light (as the capacity for the body to put on muscle is limited) and the focus should be on technique. 35kg is pretty reasonable. More (as in pretty much everyone) people should lift weights, and that kind of knee jerk reaction is harmful.
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5532191/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18461111/
- https://examine.com/articles/is-weight-lifting-bad-for-kids/
- https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=strength-training-no-longer-off-limits-to-kids-1-1187
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/tween-and-teen-health/in-depth/strength-training/art-20047758
Yes, they should climb trees and wrestle each other too. Both those activities have a higher incidence of bone injury though.
Is it? This seems to say otherwise - I'd be interested to read studies to the contrary, though.