Something cool at the gym today...

[Sebass67]

I was working out doing my thing...
I got up and was doign incline dB with the 110s for a set of 5 and these "two kids are like whoa that's a lot of weight", anyhow, i talked to them and it turns out one of them plays football as well and is only 14...later they so me do some 400pd squats and their jaws dropped...Anyhow i left them my number and said i would help them out if they needed anything. I am going to get into personal training in the next few years so i figure i might as well get some experience with working with people. I know their young but heck it was really cool how they were in awe with my lifts and seemed so honoured when i offered them my number. I am actually really looking forward to helping them out as i never got any hands on training like that let alone for free.

Anyhow, as an aside, can anyone tell me what exercises are proper for kids that age i mean...when should i integrate compound and olympic lifts for teenagers?

 

[Arnold'sApprentice]

Good shit but bro be careful their parents don't think you're a kiddie fiddler

 

[Sebass67]

Ha! I was thinking the same thing...If i ever get to that situation where i meet them..i better look tidy just for that first impression.

 

[IJ26]

I started doing compound and olympic movements as a freshman in high school when I was 14. Olympic lifts will help them with body control and awareness but you have to teach them slow bc they have no idea what they are doing. try teaching hang cleans and other olympic lifts in phases. Such as Push press, front squat, and power shrugs for hang clenas. this will allow them to get the 3 phases of the lift down and then after a month or so combine the 3 movement into the hang clean with light weight until form is solid. Same with snatches, overhead squats will help them with flexibility and teach them where the bar should end up if proper technique is used.

 

[protobe]

if they play football don't worry about what lifts not to do i'm 15 and do pretty much everything every body else does.
protobe

 

[Toozee]

if they play football don't worry about what lifts not to do i'm 15 and do pretty much everything every body else does.
protobe

When I was in high school ( and jr high even) they had us squating and benching mostly. some lat pull down stuff and some shoulder presses as well. Luckily, I had some really cool coaches that emphasized strict form.

 

[Sebass67]

Would the intensity of the lifts determine the possible effect of stunting growth or is this really more of a myth?

 

[IJ26]

I believe its a myth. stunted growth normally comes from messed up growth plates, maybe someone with more medical knowledge could chime in here. if not using strict form I could see injuring a growth plate but otherwise I wouldnt think it was an issue. I went to school with alot of guys that lifted at 14 and some of them are over 6'3 now

 

[Bacchus]

I'd say it's a definate myth. A guy that works at my gym was telling me about how he started training his nephew when his nephew was just two years old (I probably should have asked how, though .. haha). By the time he went to college he was 6'3 (taller than eitehr parent) and got a scholarship to VT. All the reliable sources also say that weight lifting doesn't stunt growth.

Congrats, btw

 

[it stars sAddam]

I turn 16 in like half a month and Ive been liftin for about 11 months now. Ive made great gains in that period of time. I stand 5 7 and weight 150 with 14" arms. Im no Olympian just yet. Everybody at my school thinks Im huge tho and I used to be a skinny ass biotch so I am happy with my results so far and I plan to keep lifting as long as possible.