Kids Weightlifting Is NOT Dangerous #SHORTS

Lifting weights at a young age is NOT dangerous like many think! Featured today is D'Andre of Strong Weightlifting Club. If you want to read what SCIENCE really says - read below! #SHORTS

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When you look at the science, there is actually a very LOW risk of injury to children who participate in weight training & strength sports like weightlifting/powerlifting. This is often attributed to good coaching and qualified supervision. It may surprise you that the injury rates for young athletes participating in the sports of weightlifting and powerlifting are considerably LOWER than those of rugby, soccer and football.

One research study followed a group of competitive weightlifters (11-14 years old) over an entire year of training and competing. After a full year, there was not a single injury found that limited training or required professional medical attention! The force an athlete sustains when performing a maximal strength test is actually less than what they would be exposed to on a daily basis in most other sports.

Don’t believe me? Here’s some science for you to check out:

-Faigenbaum AD, & Myer GD. Resistance training among young athletes: safety, efficacy and injury prevention effects. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Jan;44(1):56-63.
- Byrd R, Pierce K, Reilly L, Brady J. Young weightlifters’ performance across time. Sports Biomechanics. 2003;2:133-140
- Pierce K, Brewer C, Ramsey M, et al. Youth resistance training. Profess Strength Cond. 2008;10:9-23
-Hetzler R, DeRenne C, Buxton B, et al. Effects of 12 weeks of strength training on anaerobic power in prepubescent male athletes. J Strenght Cond Res 1997;11:174-81
-Sadres E, Eliakim A, Constantini N, et al. The effect of long term resistance training on anthropometric measures, muscle strength and self-concept in pre-pubertal boys. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2001;13:357-72.
-Faigenbaum AD, Milliken LA, Westcott WL. Maximal strength testing in healthy children. J Strength Cond Res. 2003;17:162-6.
-Conroy BP, Kraemer WJ, Maresh CM, et al. Bone mineral density in elite junior olympic weightlifters. Medicine and Science In Sports and Exercise. 1993:1103-1109
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[ApoteosisGuitar]

What an absolute Chad controlling it on the way down. He's gonna have shoulders of steel some day when he does it with 170kg

[JT-]

Not dangerous with proper form. Provides confidence, helps develop work ethic, supports other sports when they become interested. Very nice!!!

[russellsmith]

Interesting that weightlifting is viewed so negatively for children yet sports like gymnastics are readily accepted. Gymnastics puts the body through a lot of strain and injuries occur.
All sports are great for children if done properly.

[bratton-zw]

Proper form can still lead to injury. Programming can be another thing. Sometimes your limbs and joints are just disadvantageous. Sometimes folks are just unlucky. I hope even with good form these kids aren't being pushed too hard.

[gi-ant]

Great technique and control young lion.
Beast in Training!!!

[shemaralakin]

Strength and resistance training....NOT Olympic or power lifting which is still unsafe and literally reduces lifespan 😂😮

[TENNSUMITSUMA]

So kids can lift heavy while still growing?! It's not going to f==k up their growth?!

[harmonykrieg]

tfw a 9 year old beats your combined weightlifting and powerlifting totals in his first snatch warmup.

[DekuStickGamer]

For a second I though little dude was OHP-ing 70KG 💀

[DMTEntity]

Bros gonna stay the same height forever…😮‍💨

[Progamer-kqmv]

Help me i have 2 shoulders that are messed up, left one is in constant pain and cracks with any movement and can get locked up and i have to undo the movement that locked the arm to fix it, and my right shoulder has a point where it will physically jump a section in my muscles where its idk but i can't make a full rotation with it and when i hit that jump in my mobility its painful as hell, and because of the left shoulder being out of place its effecting my neck now and is pinching nerves on the top of my spine and because of the pinching in my spine the bottom of my spine is being pinched and my hips are being effected by the lower spine and making them have serious pressure all the time so i have to crack my back but by cracking my back its hurting my spine which made the middle of my spine extremely weak i can't lift a empty plate without feeling seriously crushing in the middle of my spine and it hurts so much, i am 17 years old this shouldn't be happening to me yet this is a cry for help doctors don't know what is wrong with me a chiropractor made everything worse and all i hear from everyone is we can't help you, someone who has any possible idea or know anyone who might please help me im in so much pain always..

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What type of workout regiment is good? My 14 year old step son is interested in lifting weights

[salj.]

If he continues this into puberty he will have high testosterone and greater bone density. I wish I would had done weightlifting as a kid instead of getting into anime and video games...

[tacobread]

Little man out here doing what grown men can’t: not slamming weights like a fucking fool.

[saurabhkandharkarvlogs]

We don't have gym where one can train for weight lifting 🙄 That to big cities like Mumbai Indian and the ones which have such weightlifting areas charge more than 60k 😶 If anyone knows gym or Weightlifting academy from Mumbai which a bigginer student can afford please help me

[zerflexer]

Chill people. Its not that unsafe. Remember spartans left their kids in the woods to make it on their own. And guess what? Some even survived it. Human body and the mind is what the individual makes out of it. Limitless in all directions.

[kevinsutubep]

Stupid title. All sports can be dangerous. Especially weight lifting for 9 year olds. Not all of em will get world class coaches and training. And it seems like a very dumb thing to train unless you want to be a pro weightlifter. They’ll permanently change the collagen of their spine if they go down this route. Say goodbye to flexibility