Absolute earliest age for weight training

[endpoint]

i would say 7-10 years old is a good age to have them start.

thats when champions are made...some times even younger

 

[SAGAT]

i would say around 12-13. i started at 13 y/o, i was 5'10" then, 6'2" now, so no problems with growth. well, for me atleast.

 

[hittman]

lee priest.

 

[michaelcoutts]

lee priest.

lol, roflmao... lee priest started early but he ended up being a shrimp so he would never beat the taller guys. Good example mate


I believe that people should wait until their mid teens (14,15,16)before starting heavy programs (i emphasis the word heavy). You can always catch up with muscle later on but u can NEVER catch up with height and i know stupid guys at school who are a testimony to this.


Im pretty sure Arnie didnt start until his mid teens so he retained his height which won him all of his bodybuilding titles.

Unless you are allow yourself to reach close to your maximum height u are selling yourself short. Alll the greatest bodybuilders had some height to them, and all the greatest strong men are well over 6 foot so i really disagree with this hardcore young age stuff.
Not to mention most sports these days require height.

i would say 7-10 years old is a good age to have them start.

Are you joking ? I seriously hope so.

 

[Lee]

i talk to someone today at my club about this, and he said that when the growth plates are starting to grow, then its ok to start lifting, cuz muscle wont slow down height growth once its started.

 

[jeremys]

i started at 11. probably should have started earler than that

i have had no problems with height, even after squatting and deadlifting maximal loads. im at least 2 inches taller than most people on both sides of my family so that shoots that theory to shit

i've reaped the benefits of training while having raging hormones, and i still get to do that for another few years

its just like teaching a 30 y/o how to train. show them proper form, example workouts, nutrition, and the right, positive, helping attitude that keeps all of us going

 

[jeremys]

and as for stunting growth..you better not let your kids run or play basketball, since that is a hell of a lot worse than lifting is on growth.

the only way to screw yourself up and 'sell yourself short' while lifting is maybe loading up 1000 pounds on the squat bar and jumping up and down with it....or using the smith machine

 

[JOKER47]

My 7 month old son joins me in the my garage regularly.

In just the last 2 months, he has gone from 4oz lifts to 8oz lifts, with no AAS.
I expect high rep spoon and bowl compund lifts here shortly.


Joker

 

[spatts]

Don't forget 'mandarin orange slices on a tray' speed work.

 

[JOKER47]

Don't forget 'mandarin orange slices on a tray' speed work.

Of course. For training variety, use alternate between pineapple and orange slice work.