My dad be telling me that because I lifted a 20 lb dumbell once in middle school that I stunted my growth. Like bruh you and me and the same height smh...
Plus bodyweight exercises force kids to move a lot of weight, such as a push up....and kids sprint and jump, dance, etc. Crazy how people can't let the fear of weights go. It's even safer because you can vary the resistance perfectly.
where? no where do I see anyone pushing 235 nor doing reps other than the clip of them front squatting. literally all other lifts are singles and no where near 235lbs...
The one girl in the middle of the video looked to be pulling at least 240 in that rack... She's got two 45lbs steel/iron wheels and a either 5s or 10s on each side... Plus there's the weight of those bumper plates, and Olympic bars are 45lbs... I'll go ahead and call it 255lb... Either way, she's ridiculously strong in the deadlift... When I saw those three wheels I instantly thought 315lbs plus change cuz you recognize weight ranges by the wheels on the bar due to experience over the years.
@Bolang no it's not, it doesn't stretches your "bones" (that's like saying it can stretch metal) it stretches your ligaments and joints, and then once you land it'll shrink back to its usual size because your joints are literally like sponge 🧽
"Great weight lifters aren't very tall" Could easily be explained by mechanical lifting factors that favor lifters with a more compact frame vs lifters with longer frames.
Early on the post and the comment section has an avg IQ of 80 as of now, with people demonizing weightlifting for kids and promoting bodyweight exercises, which is funny because it assures you they think there is difference between using barbells/dumbells and using your own body to create resistance. Yes, lifting young probably won't bring about a lot of hypertrophy gains, but it definitely will bring strenght gains and it's a great way to ensure they develop a balanced body, keep their ormones and metabolism healthy and it will help with posture. Also really usefull on the mental health side of things
Honestly I feel like the best part is forming a good habit. A lot people have a hard time consistently weight training as an adult, but if you build the habit young, it tends to stick.
Body weight exercise is strength lifting lmao just safer and better for kids, they should learn first how to do proper push ups, then pull ups, not jump straight away to swinging heavy dumbbells for shitty curls or ego deadlift, which some of y’all obnoxious dbags are preaching 🤣
i have another theory, as a short torso long legs gal. The most athletic people i have seen are usually long torso short leg people (not in endurance but lifting, calisthenics, gymnastics). I can’t unsee it anymore but might have a confirmation bias. My theory is that the weight distribution and center of mass is just ideal for this sort of body type and therefore performance is optimised. Don’t quote me tho
@@thegreat9481 Kind of, yes lol. Unless your child has degenerative bone diseases or some congenital issue.. I’ve lifted since I was 12, now I’m 6’2” and I’m only 18. The only impact it had was now I’m crazy strong 6 years ahead of most people
Dude I swear everytime I think of a genuine fitness question or concern you put out a video about within 2 days. One time it happened literally seconds after I finished my thought, it was kinda freaky ngl..
This comment section is a case study into people sticking to their unsubstantiated, preconceived notions when in the face of overwhelming evidence and counterexample. It's like trying to tell your grandma that eating fat doesn't make you fat -- they grew up with that idea and feel like they are betraying themselves if they change opinion.
Also bones grow due to pressure and release of pressure. Like astronauts lose bone density because in zero g the body breaks down bone cells because it's not needed
Is it OK for kids to get brain washed by having their eyes glued to a screen and then end up weird vegetables? Or is it best to have them push their limits? I know what I'd rather my kids do!
There is a middle ground between sedentary life and deadlifting four times your weight at 9. Just get 'em to run around a bit. Take them to a damn park.
Been lifting in the adult gym since age 10. It defintiely did not stunt my growth at 6'3. Although maybe I could have grown to 9 ft tall. Hard to say tho.
Yea right. And even if that was true, it depends what u were doing there, body weight? Light controlled compound movements? Either way ur low back and hip problems probably because u were dumb enough to lift at 10. But most likely this is fake cus no commercial gym out there allows kids lol
Powerlifters are different from bodybuilders. It’s true that a lot of top bodybuilders are short, because their proportions make their muscles seem huge.
I can see why tho. Doesn’t you bone density get stronger. I can see that effecting the growth. Idk and idc I’m probably not gonna have my kids training heavy or at all anyways.
You should try to get them into bodyweight fitness at least if you are scared of them weight training, I think everyone agrees it's good for kids to be active
I'm 33 and I really remember hearing that from most or all of the boomer adults I knew when I picked up those old crappy sand filled plastic weights for the first time as a kid.
I started early and I'm 5'9. My dad is 6'3. It could be just bad luck though. You could say my moms genes could be the culprit because she was 5'6 but I got nothing else from her. I look exactly like my dad, just a lot shorter. I look so much like him that if he went to court to contest that I'm his, the judge would have locked him up for wasting the courts time.
I look like my dad but am shorter than him as well and I did not lift weights at a young age. I'm also taller than most guys on my moms side so I like to think of it like I got the middle of both genes since I'm in between both sides height wise lol
5'6" for a woman is average. There's a possibility you inadvertently damaged your growth plates. Or it could be genetics. My guess would be since your dad is 6"3 and you are his spitting image that you probably damaged your growth plates.
@@tylerdurden4080 5’6 is actually above average. Average, at least in the US, is 5’4. But genetics are more complicated than that. It’s entirely possible that he had shorter grandparents, great grandparents, etc. Your height isn’t only determined by your mother and father’s heights. 5’9 is the average height for a man in the US. You shouldn’t worry about anything to do with injuring your growth plates.
You might look exactly like your father, but you are still your mothers son. I look a lot like my mother, but I’m double-jointed like my father and have a good degree of muscle even without training, similar to him as well.
@@tylerdurden4080 I might have messed something up but being 5'9 isn't the end of the world. There are a lot of bigger problems someone could have. Back in the 90s I could dunk if you gave me enough attempts so I always thought if I was 6'3 like the old man I could dunk in games easy. I probably just needed to work harder on it. I was about 220 rocked up so it wasn't easy. These guys today are monsters though. I see people flying at 5'9.
All the guys that I know who weight lifted as kids are around 5'6. The average height is like 5'10 so I dunno if it was the weight lifting, but something happened. Maybe the little kid bodies don't get enough calories to build muscle and also grow taller, just a guess.
That would be a problem in their nutrition, even then I doubt it. Were they extremely malnourished and emaciated? If not, it's probably just genetics. Most of the guys at my gym are 6ft+ despite some starting at 14, 15 years old.
Yea, same. All the boys in high-school that would do weight training are barely taller than me or they're the same height as me. I'm a women that's 5'6. 5'5 is average for a women.
@@speedinturtle00Performance of a barbell squat is *_powerlifting,_* no matter who preforms it. If you want to exercise, then exercise. This isn't it.
"Are you gonna _train_ a kid? Not unless you're a criminal mastermind... Kids need to _exercise_ and that exercise needs to be _play_ ". -Mark Rippetoe
I mean, you can turn (safe, obviously) training into a game, it will help kids associate exercising with games, so it'll be easier to keep them active as they become adults
Lack of exercising kids is criminal. Obese children... That's CRIMINAL. Encouraging a love for lifelong physical fitness, including weight lifting, is a blessing!
It has nothing to do with how tall you end up being. Until you are in your late teens your bones are still growing at the ends and heavy weight training can damage the ends of the bones.
The bone can also slip at the growth plate. Running lands with 2-3x the bodyweight. Jumping from a height offers great loads too, so while injuries are possible, they are probably not going to stunt height. Using steroids young could stunt height.
I think it’s fine as long as they don’t lift super heavy, like going for 1 rep max for squats or deadlift. You know how most amateurs deadlift with the cat back trying to max out, you really want those people teaching their kids to do the same?
That article talks about height specifically and not the health/development of bones. I'd like to see if there are any other issues with bones that aren't related to height or with joints or tendons
Kids don’t need to lift weights before the age of 12. Have them do sled pulls, running, jumps and bodyweight workouts. I dunno, like a playground maybe
This is actually accurate because my grandpa is 6 foot four, but he was really into sports from a young age and he grew up on a farm, but he had a football injury that injured his growth plate. The doctors thought he was gonna be at least 67, but he’s only 64 now Basically growth plate injuries can happen in any sport
Most of the tall weightlifters didn't start until post puberty. Injuries are common especially in powerlifting, a vulnerable spot should be taken seriously and it's better for children to lift light if at all
@@tomashorst9544 I think equating training to visiting the mechanic may not be accurate. Secondly, training can and will cause wear and tear a) because that's the way the body works the net positive far outweighs it bit saying their is none is not being realistic b) no body least of all kids will have perfect form everytime all the time there will be damage and damage under heavier weight will be more significant so let that begin when they are further along their growth.
@@9snaga you know lifting weight doesnt mean going nuts with heavy weights and doing 6 exercises for every body part You can just adjust your training for your needs, and also you can teach your kids good form with only the bar/dumbell then increase the weight slowly and of course watch them There are ways to prevent things
@@9snaga This is not taking into account the fact that wear and tear is far more likely to happen in untrained individuals, or the body's capability to heal and adapt to its situation. Not to mention the fact that children are in general more resilient than adults. Yes it is true that an injury early on by sports can be life changing, but why are we not having this argument about other sports that are practiced far more amongst children and have a much higher injury risk like most contact sports?
my idea on stronger lifters being shorter is that if they are shorter, it's not as hard to make the weight cut cause the bones aren't as long and such, and can therefore have a little more muscle
The issue is that kids are reckless. You'd need to be on their arse all day for them to keep proper form and not give in to the weights. Children are just more prone to injury due to their lack of self-awareness, so better safe than sorry.
Consider for a moment that organisms in micro gravity (space) grow bones that are longer, but less dense. Consider also that lifting, especially compound lifting, could be thought of as being somewhat similar to being in a sort of "higher gravity" stimulus, which could potentially cause bones to develop shorter, but more dense. All I'm saying is that there may be mechanisms at play that are as yet unclear given the current scientific understanding. Still, height isn't everything.
I call Bullshit on this. I started lifting weights at 12, I've only grown 1" since then. I literally stopped growing overnight. I'm now the short arse of my family at 6'2"... Even my sisters are 6'4" - 6'5". My father was 6'1" at 12, then 6'5" by 15 and settled on 6'7" fully grown. I'm the only one who started weights in my childhood and as soon as I started lifting heavy- looking for bulk- I stopped growing really, really quickly
For me, the problems started when I loaded my body up beyond what my powerlifter step father warned me not to go past, weight wise. I was so painfully skinny, all I wanted was to bulk up... It definitely was not normal to stop growing at 12 in my family
Dude, that doesn't proves shit. It could just be your genetics and that's how tall you could really grow, plus growth plates injuries usually happens to only one of your bones, it's extremely rare for you to injure all of your growth plates or even injure all of your growth plates from your lowerbody. people who have growth plates injuries usually have longer femur than the other for example.
@@icaroalbuquerque8363 It's the very sudden bride to a halt at 12 that I find interesting... That's highly unusual for a male to stop growing at 12 when I was so healthy and growing at the same rate as everyone else in my family- then within 6 months of me starting gym, my growth plates hardened
Resistance training can technically indirectly stunt growth somewhat because the resources for growing taller can be sorta drained into muscle recovery and hypertrophy. However, it shouldn’t be a problem if you just make your child eats in an adequate surplus to remedy any supposed height “theft,” plus lifting weights causes the release of growth hormones, so we just have to keep the different factors in mind.
I've been told they stunt your growth because they put more stress on how fast you're growing, and not growth plate injuries. It sounds reasonable, but as a 14 year old, I don't really care about my height anymore even if I'm like 5'3.
I dont mind kids weightlifting. I do mind parents leaving their children unsupervised like the gym is a daycare while they go workout. Had some kids nearly hurt themselves and others the other day dropping barbells all over the place.
I'm dead-on 6ft in the morning and like 1cm less in the afternoon which is just a short-term difference. People also shrink with age but I don't think there's enough studies to prove whether or not weight lifting stunts a childs growth, there's just so many variables.
I see no problem with my kid getting into lifting. He's almost 10. One thing I would not let him do is take supplements, even legal stuff. Just healthy foods with plenty of protein, and Flintstones vitamins!
Let's put it this way. Most people can't even dominate the bodyweight realm, so why think you or your kid really needs barbells and dumbbells or Strongman equipment to be strong? If they act like monkeys and kangaroos all day, they're gonna be jacked for a kid. There's no need for a 8 year old to go all conjugate, Westside programming, when they can't even do a dozen push-ups, pull-ups, pistol squats, etc. If they play on playground equipment as their exercise, they'll be just fine. Wait until they're adolescents to make decisions like that.
Would it be better for you if instead of a 10kg barbell we used a 10kg backpack that they use to go to school? Teaching discipline and work ethic from a young age is good,if you don't they gonna grow up like gen X america
@@VicColomeet Kids don't need periodization blocks to be disciplined. That's where a lot of parents go wrong. They need to be disciplined with their dental hygiene, sleep hygiene, diet, exercise, and emotional and intellectual development. That's way more important than meso cycles and learning what a drop set is. Like I said, doing bodyweight stuff for kids is plenty and teaches them to be disciplined enough in that regard. They can learn how to utilize bands and chains in their workout when they get older and that may actually mean something to them.
@@reilysmith5187 no it isn't. This is how champions are made. Look at Lu Xiaojun and how Chinese Weightlifters are formed. From a small child's age and healthy af as an old dude
“Proper supervision and technique” is the key term. Now… go into any gym around the mid day rush, and tell me how many of those people have proper form. And then you understand the problem XD Those are the same people that will teach their kids bad form
Which is why there are choachs in most gyms, is not that hard to go and ask you know Fuck you can even learn proper form by just watching videos and practicing
@@justduro1527 Those coaches are not necessarily any better. They do still fall into my categorization of people. Same with a lot of videos on the internet. They are not always correct or safe to follow. But that isn't the point. A child will always look to their parent for guidance before a stranger, so if you have a parent teaching bad form on a squat, deadlift or benchpress, then that child will more likely injure themselves or develop form that will encourage future injury. That's why unless you have a marginal understanding of physiology, I would highly recommend spending money on a good coach for your kid and vetting that coach intensely.
Most of the people that are doing squats deadifts and other *dangerous* exercises in my gym have mostly perfect form idk if u actually go to gym or talk about social media
@@AlpnzAMV If you genuinely think the majority of those people have mostly perfect form you either are going to a powerlifting gym, or you yourself do not know what "mostly perfect" form is. pick one.
I remember folks in my family saying that weightlifting before you're done growing will limit growth. I doubt there's empirical evidence for that but the truth of the matter is, kids need to RUN AROUND and PLAY, not sit around and watch TV or play on an Ipad. Get those kids outside even if it's "cold", let them be kids and let them relax after they've worn themselves out.
My bro deformed his hip bone lifting something stupid when he was very young. Not sure if bones are at more risk or not at that young age. As long as they are not going for 1 rep PRs, probably fine.
I still don't like kids below high school age lifting because any injury they sustain will be stuck with them for the rest of their lives. It's also very difficult to get little kids to focus on just about anything, which I'm sure is true for focussing on squat form while hundreds of pounds are on their back. There's also no reason a 6 year old needs to be "pushing their limits" or "training hard", just keeping them active and eating healthy food is the best way to promote childrens' health imo.
can be fixed by 1- if you dont like it then just dont squat, there is other leg exercises 2- use light-moderate weights. Lifting weight isnt just lifting as much as you can 3- With proper form and not ego lifting the kid wont get injured. Yes you could say they wont focus bla bla, well you get them to focus, start with little things like curls then build up to more complex things (be aware we are here talking about 8yr-10yr old above not 5yr olds) Funny enough sports like football, soccer, basketball, or even running and jumping has a higher injury ratio than weight lifting 4- Then just dont push them to their limit, the point here is to make it an habit and get them to be more active and healthy overrall lifting weights isnt just about putting the most weight and doing super complex movements you adjust your training for your needs and goals.
@@justduro15271. I am aware there are other leg exercises, squats were just an example. 2. Injuries are still very possible even with a moderate load. Just think of how many times people have hurt their backs moving furniture in their house. 3. Yes with proper form you won't get injured, but even professional powerlifters get injured sometimes when lifting. Also lifting injuries are often things like strained or torn muscles/tendons, which are quite severe, arguably moreso than some of the common injuries from other sports like rolled/sprained ankles/wrists or even dislocations. For the record I also don't think young kids should be playing American Football either. 4. Habits can still be built up easily until much later in life so there's no reason to start weightlifting so soon. Encouraging kids to play team sports is a much better way to get them to enjoy exercising because it's fun to work out with friends, and it will still build healthy habits.
Yep. Tallest nations have the most access to clean animal protein. Except South Sudan, where in the hell do they get their miracle grow? Everybody's extraordinarily tall there. 2 NBA players from South Sudan, Manute Bol, and his son, Bol Bol, are 7'2" and 7'6" respectively. There are tribes filled with SLENDERMAN type people.
There's no such thing as "animal protein" Its the same as any type of protein just a different source. But that doesn't change what it is and what it will do.
The pediatrician says not to train under 10. Moreover, as someone who lifts 5 times a week , I can say with absolute certainty, there isn’t a reason for a child to body build. General exercise is more than enough. There is no point to get into the minutiae of *if* it will hurt them.
Weights just offer resistance. Your body adapts by getting stronger. Body builders use similar techniques but modify their diet. Similar but not the same
@@therealDannyVasquez a few things: -1 study doesn’t “prove” anything, especially this one, given the sample size. -As I already stated, there isnt a reason to at that age, general exercise is more than enough to build strength (which is not what the kid in the video is doing) -Moreover, when you have children, you’ll find there are MANY THINGS they “want” to do. That doesn’t mean you let them. -Finally, even adult lifters must weigh the risk/reward of their lifts. Lifting like that at a you g age has very high risk and very little reward.
From an adaptation standpoint 5’8” to 6’ is the optimal range for lifting weights. People in this height range tend to have perfect anthropometry for lifting, so it’s actually possible the body would limit height to adapt to the stress. It depends on when you start and how you lift. I don’t think it’s a one size fits all answer though.
@@Shvabicu im not about to argue with you. My original point still stands very tall and clear on it’s own. The injury part is what is going to change their gait for the rest of their lives No one said anything about other sports. I said the injury part. Go ahead and finish your day. You have my permission
@@DominicChrisitianMom He has a good point, If you think like this you would be better off discouraging your kids from playing sports since the likelihood of them getting injured is 3 fold that of weight lifting.
@@lol._.1450 he doesnt have a relevant point. You can say sports have a higher incidence of injury and still say the injury received from weightlifting (it does occur frequently) will effect gait. . And you know what if a child plays sports and get injured it also effects gait. Tell me how what i said was wrong? The internet loves to gaslight people. Prove my statement wrong. Injury from Weightlifting doesn’t change gait? You can create imbalances with weightlifting, you can hurt yourself from too much load, heck you can even drop a plate on your foot. Im not even negating what he said but he doesnt like that i can write stuff too so he replies with an irrelevant fact🤣🤣 . Yall just like to argue. He may as well just said the sky is blue. And that would be true but not negate what i said. Please go away with him. You have my permission 🤣🤣🤣 gotta get back to power washing the floors of my home gym Also, I’d discourage my kids from playing American Football, bodybuilding with steroids or boxing… im sure there are more. Some sports ARE NOT safe for longevity. So those are the sports I WOULD encourage them to stay away from . So what is YOUR point again? Everything that glitters ain’t gold.
Weightlifters aren't short, they're the same height as the rest of the population, and since only 15% of men are 6 foot and up yet people think that's average height, weightlifters are seen as short Sincerely, a 6'0" weightlifter
There are always going to be exceptions and if you looked closely at the clips in this video you will have seen one of the best at the time....Niam Suleymanoglu.....the Pocket Hercules. There's no hard and fast rules that says you have to fit a criteria to be a weightlifter but your right, people's perceptions are skewed at best, especially with this unhealthy obsession about height, or lack of it.
Up until age 13 the child should be practicing GPP (general physical preparedness) and perfect technique with a broomstick. Heavy exercises should include sled work which doesn’t have spinal compression. Look up Louie Simmons and Westside Barbell.
Where is the scientific evidence that shows that putting kids bones and muscles under super high stress at a young age is beneficial long term? Let kids be kids, and stop trying to make them into mini adults.
There is none, because no ethics committee would approve of that study. It's good to remind everyone that lack of evidence does not prove the opposite. One could get that idea from this video.
I do not believe anyone is trying to force, or even encourage, kids to lift weights. If anything, you are the aggressor because you are trying to get people to NOT do something.
It's a pretty good comparison. Lots of people think basketball will make their kids taller as the "body is forced to adapt". Basketball is 99% endurance running and 1% jumping though. Ultimately, there are a lot of motivated and promising athletes who end up shorter than they'd like to. If height was correlated to any exercise, they would just do that and not end up short.
Weight training has advanced so much from the time of your grandma. Science and technology has given the average person more to learn from before picking up a dumbbell
Man, I don't know. I have three siblings, two brothers. I'm 6'4", my younger brother is 6"5" and my middle brother is 6". He is one of the shortest guys on my father's side of the family. He also religiously lifted weights in our garage gym when he was a kid all the way through his high school years. Our father passed when we were all kids; it was his personal therapy. As adults, we all contribute his shorter height to the weights
I know I probably fcked up my growth during puberty lmao. Low sleep + avoiding milk and other foods... (I wasn't meeting my nutritional needs at the time)
My dad be telling me that because I lifted a 20 lb dumbell once in middle school that I stunted my growth. Like bruh you and me and the same height smh...
Plus bodyweight exercises force kids to move a lot of weight, such as a push up....and kids sprint and jump, dance, etc.
Crazy how people can't let the fear of weights go. It's even safer because you can vary the resistance perfectly.
Im dead 😂. So what stunted your dads growth then 🤔
sandbells can also be an even safer option since they don't do much when dropped
Did he also lift a 20 lb dumbell?
@@joskevermeulen3271Are you sure he is also not a late bloomer or just got another growth spurt?
we not gonna mention the 12 year old reppin 235
Right!? Lmao
where? no where do I see anyone pushing 235 nor doing reps other than the clip of them front squatting. literally all other lifts are singles and no where near 235lbs...
we dont know the weight of the plates
Son I guarantee you those are 10lbs bumper plates
The one girl in the middle of the video looked to be pulling at least 240 in that rack... She's got two 45lbs steel/iron wheels and a either 5s or 10s on each side... Plus there's the weight of those bumper plates, and Olympic bars are 45lbs... I'll go ahead and call it 255lb... Either way, she's ridiculously strong in the deadlift... When I saw those three wheels I instantly thought 315lbs plus change cuz you recognize weight ranges by the wheels on the bar due to experience over the years.
Having kids sit in a chair 8 hours a day then be glued to their ipad the rest of the time is okay with these people
These are also the same people who think deadhang can stretch your bones and increase your height lmao
All that shit is irrelevant retard, both can be bad
@Bolang no it's not, it doesn't stretches your "bones" (that's like saying it can stretch metal) it stretches your ligaments and joints, and then once you land it'll shrink back to its usual size because your joints are literally like sponge 🧽
@@berserker706Yeah lol, but deadhang does decompress your spine so I guess some people consider that as “stretching your bones”
You can do that and weighlifting.
At the same time.
"Great weight lifters aren't very tall" Could easily be explained by mechanical lifting factors that favor lifters with a more compact frame vs lifters with longer frames.
That’s what I was thinking! Yeah they’re going to be great if point A and B are closer together 😂
It's also because there isn't a lot of sports that short people can compete in.
@@JuggoJuggo us short kings and queens excel in strength 😎 I dig it
Eddie Hall 6'2"
Brian Shaw 6'8"
Hafthor Bjornson 9'12"
Early on the post and the comment section has an avg IQ of 80 as of now, with people demonizing weightlifting for kids and promoting bodyweight exercises, which is funny because it assures you they think there is difference between using barbells/dumbells and using your own body to create resistance.
Yes, lifting young probably won't bring about a lot of hypertrophy gains, but it definitely will bring strenght gains and it's a great way to ensure they develop a balanced body, keep their ormones and metabolism healthy and it will help with posture.
Also really usefull on the mental health side of things
Honestly I feel like the best part is forming a good habit. A lot people have a hard time consistently weight training as an adult, but if you build the habit young, it tends to stick.
And we need it now more than ever with our sedentary lifestyles! Kids need to move and stay active and their parents should be doing the same
Body weight exercise is strength lifting lmao just safer and better for kids, they should learn first how to do proper push ups, then pull ups, not jump straight away to swinging heavy dumbbells for shitty curls or ego deadlift, which some of y’all obnoxious dbags are preaching 🤣
I believe many great power lifters are short because they have an easier time moving the weight bc they need to move it less, right?
It’s basically the swimmers illusion.Professional lifters are short because it helps them be more successful
easier to put on muscle
i have another theory, as a short torso long legs gal. The most athletic people i have seen are usually long torso short leg people (not in endurance but lifting, calisthenics, gymnastics). I can’t unsee it anymore but might have a confirmation bias. My theory is that the weight distribution and center of mass is just ideal for this sort of body type and therefore performance is optimised. Don’t quote me tho
A lot of misinformation about this topic. My son lifted weights with me for years with no negative impacts.
Yeah because your son speaks for everyone lmfao
Thanks for sharing. Did he grow up to a normal height in your family ?
@@thegreat9481 Kind of, yes lol. Unless your child has degenerative bone diseases or some congenital issue.. I’ve lifted since I was 12, now I’m 6’2” and I’m only 18. The only impact it had was now I’m crazy strong 6 years ahead of most people
@@3xotic4mbition Im not arguing in favor of anything I just find it funny he thinks his son is all encompassing 😂
@@thegreat9481 I mean it is all encompassing besides few exceptions which parents already should be aware of
Dude I swear everytime I think of a genuine fitness question or concern you put out a video about within 2 days. One time it happened literally seconds after I finished my thought, it was kinda freaky ngl..
literally same
Nutrition is also probably important. If they get enough calcium and protein to sustain both the normal and the adaptive growth, that might help maybe
This comment section is a case study into people sticking to their unsubstantiated, preconceived notions when in the face of overwhelming evidence and counterexample. It's like trying to tell your grandma that eating fat doesn't make you fat -- they grew up with that idea and feel like they are betraying themselves if they change opinion.
Wow you were not kidding
True. Most RUclips comments are made by morons.
"overwhelming evidence"
@@noellundstrom7447 well yeah, there is a ton of studies debunking the stunning your growth myth
It literally say there is no evidence that doesn't mean there are evidence of the opposite
Also bones grow due to pressure and release of pressure. Like astronauts lose bone density because in zero g the body breaks down bone cells because it's not needed
Is it OK for kids to get brain washed by having their eyes glued to a screen and then end up weird vegetables? Or is it best to have them push their limits? I know what I'd rather my kids do!
There is a middle ground between sedentary life and deadlifting four times your weight at 9. Just get 'em to run around a bit. Take them to a damn park.
@@IncredibleMD Nah my kids gonna be jacked (not shredded it's not healthy) at a young age.
@@lol._.1450 if you yourself are not shredded, you have no place trying to get your kid to be.
@@stevenwynn646 I'm not shredded because I value my libido and testosterone levels and don't want to use PEDS to get lean.
@@stevenwynn646 Also I said jacked not shredded.
Been lifting in the adult gym since age 10. It defintiely did not stunt my growth at 6'3. Although maybe I could have grown to 9 ft tall. Hard to say tho.
6'3 is tall enough lol
Yea right. And even if that was true, it depends what u were doing there, body weight? Light controlled compound movements? Either way ur low back and hip problems probably because u were dumb enough to lift at 10. But most likely this is fake cus no commercial gym out there allows kids lol
@@rog69 my parents worked there so they let me in
@@rog69 how do you know he has lower back and hip problems he said nothing about that lol
@@Danheron2 damn bastard edited his comment, curseeeee himmmm 😠
"Heavy weight lifters are tiny"
Aren't like all the top strongman's living giants? Like 190+?
Powerlifters are different from bodybuilders. It’s true that a lot of top bodybuilders are short, because their proportions make their muscles seem huge.
I can see why tho. Doesn’t you bone density get stronger. I can see that effecting the growth. Idk and idc I’m probably not gonna have my kids training heavy or at all anyways.
You should try to get them into bodyweight fitness at least if you are scared of them weight training, I think everyone agrees it's good for kids to be active
Man, thanks for shedding a light on this topic! Myself I believed this during my youth and I'm finally seeing that this belief is wrong
I saw that girl lift 6 plates at the start and took that personally
Who else thought that little girl was back squatting 4 plates?
"Enter KevDog" 💀
The taller weight lifter started lifting later in his life & not at a young age
I'm 33 and I really remember hearing that from most or all of the boomer adults I knew when I picked up those old crappy sand filled plastic weights for the first time as a kid.
Woahhhhh!That first little girl is strong!! Jaw dropping
I started early and I'm 5'9. My dad is 6'3. It could be just bad luck though. You could say my moms genes could be the culprit because she was 5'6 but I got nothing else from her. I look exactly like my dad, just a lot shorter. I look so much like him that if he went to court to contest that I'm his, the judge would have locked him up for wasting the courts time.
I look like my dad but am shorter than him as well and I did not lift weights at a young age. I'm also taller than most guys on my moms side so I like to think of it like I got the middle of both genes since I'm in between both sides height wise lol
5'6" for a woman is average. There's a possibility you inadvertently damaged your growth plates. Or it could be genetics. My guess would be since your dad is 6"3 and you are his spitting image that you probably damaged your growth plates.
@@tylerdurden4080 5’6 is actually above average. Average, at least in the US, is 5’4. But genetics are more complicated than that. It’s entirely possible that he had shorter grandparents, great grandparents, etc. Your height isn’t only determined by your mother and father’s heights.
5’9 is the average height for a man in the US. You shouldn’t worry about anything to do with injuring your growth plates.
You might look exactly like your father, but you are still your mothers son. I look a lot like my mother, but I’m double-jointed like my father and have a good degree of muscle even without training, similar to him as well.
@@tylerdurden4080 I might have messed something up but being 5'9 isn't the end of the world. There are a lot of bigger problems someone could have. Back in the 90s I could dunk if you gave me enough attempts so I always thought if I was 6'3 like the old man I could dunk in games easy. I probably just needed to work harder on it. I was about 220 rocked up so it wasn't easy. These guys today are monsters though. I see people flying at 5'9.
All the guys that I know who weight lifted as kids are around 5'6. The average height is like 5'10 so I dunno if it was the weight lifting, but something happened. Maybe the little kid bodies don't get enough calories to build muscle and also grow taller, just a guess.
That would be a problem in their nutrition, even then I doubt it. Were they extremely malnourished and emaciated? If not, it's probably just genetics. Most of the guys at my gym are 6ft+ despite some starting at 14, 15 years old.
@@acoverdc9272 fitness and weightlifting are two different things
@@Donut.Pon4ik Two different but very related things.
Maybe they didn’t eat enough compared to the calories they were burning ? Or just coincidence
Yea, same. All the boys in high-school that would do weight training are barely taller than me or they're the same height as me. I'm a women that's 5'6. 5'5 is average for a women.
People let little kids play sports where injuries are much more common than lifting injuries but don't have a problem with that smh
What you pictured isn't resistance-training. It's powerlifting. Not the same thing. Adults subjecting children to this constitutes child abuse.
Bro what
There isn’t a single power lifter in this video 😂
@@speedinturtle00Performance of a barbell squat is *_powerlifting,_* no matter who preforms it. If you want to exercise, then exercise. This isn't it.
@@aliendroneservices6621 praying for you 🙏🧎♂️🙏
that little lass put me to shame .
This is the one argument from SU I disagree with. You can't compare basketball to the heavy compressive force that powerlifting puts on spine.
"Are you gonna _train_ a kid? Not unless you're a criminal mastermind... Kids need to _exercise_ and that exercise needs to be _play_ ". -Mark Rippetoe
You can do both. We start teching kids math and writing at a young age too. Why wait for physical education only?
@@JohnSmith-om6tf physical education is good. "Training" in this message meant having five year old kids do programmed barbell training.
Who says lifting can't be fun
I mean, you can turn (safe, obviously) training into a game, it will help kids associate exercising with games, so it'll be easier to keep them active as they become adults
Lack of exercising kids is criminal. Obese children... That's CRIMINAL. Encouraging a love for lifelong physical fitness, including weight lifting, is a blessing!
But being fat brings all the problems to those who don't take care of themselves.....
It has nothing to do with how tall you end up being. Until you are in your late teens your bones are still growing at the ends and heavy weight training can damage the ends of the bones.
Someone didn't bother listening to the video or read the mentioned study.
The bone can also slip at the growth plate. Running lands with 2-3x the bodyweight. Jumping from a height offers great loads too, so while injuries are possible, they are probably not going to stunt height. Using steroids young could stunt height.
I think it’s fine as long as they don’t lift super heavy, like going for 1 rep max for squats or deadlift. You know how most amateurs deadlift with the cat back trying to max out, you really want those people teaching their kids to do the same?
Great to know the science on it 🔬. This is a concept I grew up with as well.
That article talks about height specifically and not the health/development of bones. I'd like to see if there are any other issues with bones that aren't related to height or with joints or tendons
Kids don’t need to lift weights before the age of 12.
Have them do sled pulls, running, jumps and bodyweight workouts. I dunno, like a playground maybe
Somewhat true, mostly because they are more likely to get injured handling weights improperly
This is actually accurate because my grandpa is 6 foot four, but he was really into sports from a young age and he grew up on a farm, but he had a football injury that injured his growth plate. The doctors thought he was gonna be at least 67, but he’s only 64 now
Basically growth plate injuries can happen in any sport
Most of the tall weightlifters didn't start until post puberty. Injuries are common especially in powerlifting, a vulnerable spot should be taken seriously and it's better for children to lift light if at all
My thing is wear and tear so early. Body weight, mastery of whatever skill and endurance above all.
Training does not cause wear and tear, it prevents it. This is like saying bringing your car to the mechanic will make it break down faster
@@tomashorst9544 I think equating training to visiting the mechanic may not be accurate. Secondly, training can and will cause wear and tear a) because that's the way the body works the net positive far outweighs it bit saying their is none is not being realistic b) no body least of all kids will have perfect form everytime all the time there will be damage and damage under heavier weight will be more significant so let that begin when they are further along their growth.
@@9snaga that’s why kids shouldn’t train to failure and only under direct supervision and after they are mature enough to control weights
@@9snaga you know lifting weight doesnt mean going nuts with heavy weights and doing 6 exercises for every body part
You can just adjust your training for your needs, and also you can teach your kids good form with only the bar/dumbell then increase the weight slowly and of course watch them
There are ways to prevent things
@@9snaga This is not taking into account the fact that wear and tear is far more likely to happen in untrained individuals, or the body's capability to heal and adapt to its situation. Not to mention the fact that children are in general more resilient than adults. Yes it is true that an injury early on by sports can be life changing, but why are we not having this argument about other sports that are practiced far more amongst children and have a much higher injury risk like most contact sports?
my idea on stronger lifters being shorter is that if they are shorter, it's not as hard to make the weight cut cause the bones aren't as long and such, and can therefore have a little more muscle
But was the study using heavy weight?
can kids lift heavy weight?no
Take myself as example. Startet lifting 3 years ago. Now I am 16. And I have grown a lot since then. I am 192cm btw
@@fabioooh heavy relative to BW, like the small girl squatting 80 kg
@@ExecutionSommaire that girl is an exeption ,most 10yo cant squat past their bodyweight
@@fabioooh yeah but that girl's case is precisely why people raise concerns. I don't think anyone would be afraid to have their kid squat 30 kg.
I think its more that your muscles get so dense and tight that it restricts growth. Vertical growth. Their bones become much denser which is awesome
The issue is that kids are reckless. You'd need to be on their arse all day for them to keep proper form and not give in to the weights. Children are just more prone to injury due to their lack of self-awareness, so better safe than sorry.
Only decent argument I've seen against
Consider for a moment that organisms in micro gravity (space) grow bones that are longer, but less dense. Consider also that lifting, especially compound lifting, could be thought of as being somewhat similar to being in a sort of "higher gravity" stimulus, which could potentially cause bones to develop shorter, but more dense. All I'm saying is that there may be mechanisms at play that are as yet unclear given the current scientific understanding. Still, height isn't everything.
Kids should just stick to being kids and enjoy life the metabolism is already stupidly high
I call Bullshit on this. I started lifting weights at 12, I've only grown 1" since then. I literally stopped growing overnight. I'm now the short arse of my family at 6'2"... Even my sisters are 6'4" - 6'5". My father was 6'1" at 12, then 6'5" by 15 and settled on 6'7" fully grown. I'm the only one who started weights in my childhood and as soon as I started lifting heavy- looking for bulk- I stopped growing really, really quickly
For me, the problems started when I loaded my body up beyond what my powerlifter step father warned me not to go past, weight wise. I was so painfully skinny, all I wanted was to bulk up... It definitely was not normal to stop growing at 12 in my family
you could also have just taken the shorter end of the genetic toothpick
Dude, that doesn't proves shit. It could just be your genetics and that's how tall you could really grow, plus growth plates injuries usually happens to only one of your bones, it's extremely rare for you to injure all of your growth plates or even injure all of your growth plates from your lowerbody. people who have growth plates injuries usually have longer femur than the other for example.
@@icaroalbuquerque8363 It's the very sudden bride to a halt at 12 that I find interesting... That's highly unusual for a male to stop growing at 12 when I was so healthy and growing at the same rate as everyone else in my family- then within 6 months of me starting gym, my growth plates hardened
@@danielbrealey2924 I agree that it's unusual, but it doesn't prove that it was really the catalyst for anything, coincidences exist
No evidence can also mean it's never been formally studied.
The knee injury is a straw man as is confusion of correlation with causation.
Resistance training can technically indirectly stunt growth somewhat because the resources for growing taller can be sorta drained into muscle recovery and hypertrophy. However, it shouldn’t be a problem if you just make your child eats in an adequate surplus to remedy any supposed height “theft,” plus lifting weights causes the release of growth hormones, so we just have to keep the different factors in mind.
I've been told they stunt your growth because they put more stress on how fast you're growing, and not growth plate injuries. It sounds reasonable, but as a 14 year old, I don't really care about my height anymore even if I'm like 5'3.
Those little ones look like ants: all limb but pulling heavy!
I injured my growth plate at 14 playing basketball. Weight training is probably safer than high velocity/impact sports for kids.
Dang that sucks
What stunts growth is not enough sleep and enough food/supplements. Also don’t sleep with lights on or electronics to close around you
I dont mind kids weightlifting.
I do mind parents leaving their children unsupervised like the gym is a daycare while they go workout.
Had some kids nearly hurt themselves and others the other day dropping barbells all over the place.
I'm dead-on 6ft in the morning and like 1cm less in the afternoon which is just a short-term difference. People also shrink with age but I don't think there's enough studies to prove whether or not weight lifting stunts a childs growth, there's just so many variables.
Was it a systematic review?
I see no problem with my kid getting into lifting. He's almost 10. One thing I would not let him do is take supplements, even legal stuff. Just healthy foods with plenty of protein, and Flintstones vitamins!
make sure he do his exercises with proper form
Lmao Flintstones vitamins are supplements. Dumbest thing I've read in a long time
@@Shvabicu supplements consist many different things except vitamins too. That's whathe meant obviously
@@jouunoo9365 no, he didn't know what he was talking about
No whey protein?
Let's put it this way. Most people can't even dominate the bodyweight realm, so why think you or your kid really needs barbells and dumbbells or Strongman equipment to be strong? If they act like monkeys and kangaroos all day, they're gonna be jacked for a kid. There's no need for a 8 year old to go all conjugate, Westside programming, when they can't even do a dozen push-ups, pull-ups, pistol squats, etc. If they play on playground equipment as their exercise, they'll be just fine. Wait until they're adolescents to make decisions like that.
Would it be better for you if instead of a 10kg barbell we used a 10kg backpack that they use to go to school?
Teaching discipline and work ethic from a young age is good,if you don't they gonna grow up like gen X america
@@VicColomeet Kids don't need periodization blocks to be disciplined. That's where a lot of parents go wrong. They need to be disciplined with their dental hygiene, sleep hygiene, diet, exercise, and emotional and intellectual development. That's way more important than meso cycles and learning what a drop set is. Like I said, doing bodyweight stuff for kids is plenty and teaches them to be disciplined enough in that regard. They can learn how to utilize bands and chains in their workout when they get older and that may actually mean something to them.
@@a-a-rondavis9438 so what if your kid aspires to become a weightlifting champion? All you just said goes out the window.
@@Shvabicu what if he wants to be a serial killer? Sometimes what the kid wants is irrelevant.
@@reilysmith5187 no it isn't. This is how champions are made. Look at Lu Xiaojun and how Chinese Weightlifters are formed. From a small child's age and healthy af as an old dude
The number of people that believe that you stunt your growth by weight lifting is ridiculous.
Look, let your kids enjoy their sports when they’re kids. Once they get to high school if they want to be competitive let them.
Why is that little girl dressed in such little clothing, this is not fine
The stronger the kids, the more chores they could do at home.
Midgets fill out their frame much faster that's why they look super jacked
“Proper supervision and technique” is the key term. Now… go into any gym around the mid day rush, and tell me how many of those people have proper form. And then you understand the problem XD
Those are the same people that will teach their kids bad form
Which is why there are choachs in most gyms, is not that hard to go and ask you know
Fuck you can even learn proper form by just watching videos and practicing
@@justduro1527 Those coaches are not necessarily any better. They do still fall into my categorization of people. Same with a lot of videos on the internet. They are not always correct or safe to follow. But that isn't the point. A child will always look to their parent for guidance before a stranger, so if you have a parent teaching bad form on a squat, deadlift or benchpress, then that child will more likely injure themselves or develop form that will encourage future injury. That's why unless you have a marginal understanding of physiology, I would highly recommend spending money on a good coach for your kid and vetting that coach intensely.
Most of the people that are doing squats deadifts and other *dangerous* exercises in my gym have mostly perfect form idk if u actually go to gym or talk about social media
@@AlpnzAMV If you genuinely think the majority of those people have mostly perfect form you either are going to a powerlifting gym, or you yourself do not know what "mostly perfect" form is. pick one.
@@stevenwynn646 perfect form might be an overestimation but most of them have good form
That little girl is adorable 💖💖💖💖💖
When i was 11 i grabbed a barbell to feel the weight. Now i am 1 meter tall.
I simply worry that squats and deadlifts can compress your spine (thus making you shorter)
I remember folks in my family saying that weightlifting before you're done growing will limit growth. I doubt there's empirical evidence for that but the truth of the matter is, kids need to RUN AROUND and PLAY, not sit around and watch TV or play on an Ipad. Get those kids outside even if it's "cold", let them be kids and let them relax after they've worn themselves out.
My bro deformed his hip bone lifting something stupid when he was very young. Not sure if bones are at more risk or not at that young age. As long as they are not going for 1 rep PRs, probably fine.
I still don't like kids below high school age lifting because any injury they sustain will be stuck with them for the rest of their lives. It's also very difficult to get little kids to focus on just about anything, which I'm sure is true for focussing on squat form while hundreds of pounds are on their back. There's also no reason a 6 year old needs to be "pushing their limits" or "training hard", just keeping them active and eating healthy food is the best way to promote childrens' health imo.
can be fixed by
1- if you dont like it then just dont squat, there is other leg exercises
2- use light-moderate weights. Lifting weight isnt just lifting as much as you can
3- With proper form and not ego lifting the kid wont get injured. Yes you could say they wont focus bla bla, well you get them to focus, start with little things like curls then build up to more complex things (be aware we are here talking about 8yr-10yr old above not 5yr olds)
Funny enough sports like football, soccer, basketball, or even running and jumping has a higher injury ratio than weight lifting
4- Then just dont push them to their limit, the point here is to make it an habit and get them to be more active and healthy overrall
lifting weights isnt just about putting the most weight and doing super complex movements
you adjust your training for your needs and goals.
@@justduro15271. I am aware there are other leg exercises, squats were just an example.
2. Injuries are still very possible even with a moderate load. Just think of how many times people have hurt their backs moving furniture in their house.
3. Yes with proper form you won't get injured, but even professional powerlifters get injured sometimes when lifting. Also lifting injuries are often things like strained or torn muscles/tendons, which are quite severe, arguably moreso than some of the common injuries from other sports like rolled/sprained ankles/wrists or even dislocations. For the record I also don't think young kids should be playing American Football either.
4. Habits can still be built up easily until much later in life so there's no reason to start weightlifting so soon. Encouraging kids to play team sports is a much better way to get them to enjoy exercising because it's fun to work out with friends, and it will still build healthy habits.
Lifting heavy weight early spikes androgens and estrogen levels which then close the growth plates sooner.
Exactly
Seems like my kids will be getting pushed into the gym asap lol
it stuns growth period. sauce?? trust me bro
ive seen it time and time again
I started weight training at 7. I'm the tallest in my family.
The main thing that can stunt a kids growth is lack of animal protein. Make sure you feed your kids lots of meat
Yep. Tallest nations have the most access to clean animal protein. Except South Sudan, where in the hell do they get their miracle grow? Everybody's extraordinarily tall there. 2 NBA players from South Sudan, Manute Bol, and his son, Bol Bol, are 7'2" and 7'6" respectively. There are tribes filled with SLENDERMAN type people.
@@a-a-rondavis9438 Aren't they from the Dinka tribe? And aren't the Dinka known for being pastoralists?
That’s also not true
There's no such thing as "animal protein"
There's no such thing as "animal protein" Its the same as any type of protein just a different source. But that doesn't change what it is and what it will do.
Who is this little blonde girl?? My goodness she is crazy strong
The pediatrician says not to train under 10.
Moreover, as someone who lifts 5 times a week , I can say with absolute certainty, there isn’t a reason for a child to body build.
General exercise is more than enough.
There is no point to get into the minutiae of *if* it will hurt them.
I don't think he's talking about body building, just weight training in general.
Weights just offer resistance. Your body adapts by getting stronger. Body builders use similar techniques but modify their diet. Similar but not the same
It's proven to be safe so if they want to lift, then why not? Them wanting to lift is a good reason
@@therealDannyVasquez a few things:
-1 study doesn’t “prove” anything, especially this one, given the sample size.
-As I already stated, there isnt a reason to at that age, general exercise is more than enough to build strength (which is not what the kid in the video is doing)
-Moreover, when you have children, you’ll find there are MANY THINGS they “want” to do. That doesn’t mean you let them.
-Finally, even adult lifters must weigh the risk/reward of their lifts. Lifting like that at a you g age has very high risk and very little reward.
Sure a 10 year old shouldn’t be lifting weights that are beyond their control. But they make plastic barbels and dumbbells for children.
It does stunt groth if you dont eat enough because it takes energy for growing into muscles.
From an adaptation standpoint 5’8” to 6’ is the optimal range for lifting weights. People in this height range tend to have perfect anthropometry for lifting, so it’s actually possible the body would limit height to adapt to the stress. It depends on when you start and how you lift. I don’t think it’s a one size fits all answer though.
Nice to see the greatest weightlifter of all time in your shorts
Is ur kid being weak safe? Nah right? Kids should be allowed to work out
The injury part is what is going to change their gait for the rest of their lives if they are not supervised.
Injury risk in team sports is massively higher
@@DominicChrisitianMom again you're mistaken. Nearly ANY sport has higher injury risks than weightlifting
@@Shvabicu im not about to argue with you.
My original point still stands very tall and clear on it’s own.
The injury part is what is going to change their gait for the rest of their lives
No one said anything about other sports. I said the injury part. Go ahead and finish your day. You have my permission
@@DominicChrisitianMom He has a good point, If you think like this you would be better off discouraging your kids from playing sports since the likelihood of them getting injured is 3 fold that of weight lifting.
@@lol._.1450 he doesnt have a relevant point.
You can say sports have a higher incidence of injury and still say the injury received from weightlifting (it does occur frequently) will effect gait. . And you know what if a child plays sports and get injured it also effects gait.
Tell me how what i said was wrong? The internet loves to gaslight people.
Prove my statement wrong. Injury from Weightlifting doesn’t change gait? You can create imbalances with weightlifting, you can hurt yourself from too much load, heck you can even drop a plate on your foot. Im not even negating what he said but he doesnt like that i can write stuff too so he replies with an irrelevant fact🤣🤣 . Yall just like to argue.
He may as well just said the sky is blue. And that would be true but not negate what i said. Please go away with him. You have my permission 🤣🤣🤣 gotta get back to power washing the floors of my home gym
Also, I’d discourage my kids from playing American Football, bodybuilding with steroids or boxing… im sure there are more. Some sports ARE NOT safe for longevity. So those are the sports I WOULD encourage them to stay away from . So what is YOUR point again? Everything that glitters ain’t gold.
"There's no evidence that it stunts growth" is not evidence that it doesn't 😐 it just means its unknown
It IS absolutely evidence that it doesn't
Weightlifters aren't short, they're the same height as the rest of the population, and since only 15% of men are 6 foot and up yet people think that's average height, weightlifters are seen as short
Sincerely, a 6'0" weightlifter
There are always going to be exceptions and if you looked closely at the clips in this video you will have seen one of the best at the time....Niam Suleymanoglu.....the Pocket Hercules.
There's no hard and fast rules that says you have to fit a criteria to be a weightlifter but your right, people's perceptions are skewed at best, especially with this unhealthy obsession about height, or lack of it.
Up until age 13 the child should be practicing GPP (general physical preparedness) and perfect technique with a broomstick. Heavy exercises should include sled work which doesn’t have spinal compression. Look up Louie Simmons and Westside Barbell.
If I’m not mistaken. The common belief is that, lifting is okay, but no weight on the shoulders/over-head pressing.
Ok but why is a child wearing that. Gross
Where is the scientific evidence that shows that putting kids bones and muscles under super high stress at a young age is beneficial long term?
Let kids be kids, and stop trying to make them into mini adults.
There is none, because no ethics committee would approve of that study. It's good to remind everyone that lack of evidence does not prove the opposite. One could get that idea from this video.
So true man, something just feels wrong about kids lifting weights
I do not believe anyone is trying to force, or even encourage, kids to lift weights. If anything, you are the aggressor because you are trying to get people to NOT do something.
Let kids lift weights and stop imposing bro science on them
No one is forcing them, they want to lift
“Anybody who raises their children differently from how I raise mine is endangering their children and needs to be stopped”
That little girl is strong af holy crap
That’s a bad comparison to basketball you were doing good 😂
It's a pretty good comparison. Lots of people think basketball will make their kids taller as the "body is forced to adapt". Basketball is 99% endurance running and 1% jumping though.
Ultimately, there are a lot of motivated and promising athletes who end up shorter than they'd like to. If height was correlated to any exercise, they would just do that and not end up short.
Weight training has advanced so much from the time of your grandma. Science and technology has given the average person more to learn from before picking up a dumbbell
5 year olds in ancient times were Shepards.
The real question is exactly how common is the sort of instruction necessary to uphold that data in practice?
Man, I don't know. I have three siblings, two brothers. I'm 6'4", my younger brother is 6"5" and my middle brother is 6". He is one of the shortest guys on my father's side of the family. He also religiously lifted weights in our garage gym when he was a kid all the way through his high school years. Our father passed when we were all kids; it was his personal therapy. As adults, we all contribute his shorter height to the weights
I’m the tallest in my family and the only one that lifted weights when I was a kid 🤷
@@speedinturtle00 Yea, lifting might not have any effect; I really don't know. Just sharing my personal experience
wait. you mean that’s the reason the wives tail of stunting growth is a thing, because the olympians are short? we’re doomed.
doesnt weightlifting also strengthen the bones i remember once watching a video bout something like that
Can you recommend some written material for programming for kids?
Oh God, that poor little girl. Her mom has her doing CrossShit already. She won’t be able to walk by the time she’s 12
Lol
So all those kids that grow up on farms doing farm work are short right?
I know I probably fcked up my growth during puberty lmao. Low sleep + avoiding milk and other foods... (I wasn't meeting my nutritional needs at the time)
I wasn’t meeting my nutritional needs and I hit 6 foot. I regret my bad sleep, zero exercise, and idiotic self malnutrition still though.
How many kids are gonna use correct form, exactly 💀
you cant sustain weiglifting without correct form . Everyone learns to use correct form at some point
@@AlpnzAMV even if its too late and theyve destroyed their body 💀💀
That's why you should be actively teaching them