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This is an article from Hugo Rivera about a topic that came up recently here.
As I stated in my article Bodybuilding Training and Overweight Children I feel that the proper bodybuilding training for kids is extremely beneficial for controlling weight and for health in general. As you will see in this article, even the American Academy of Pediatrics changed their policy (PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 6 June 2001, pp. 1470-1472) regarding this topic by stating that "strength training programs do not seem to adversely affect linear growth and do not seem to have any long-term detrimental effect on cardiovascular health" as evidenced in recent studies.
The evidence that bodybuilding exercise for kids in the form of weight training or even body weight exercises is not a bad idea at all keeps on mounting. In a great article from the NY Times called The Benefits of Weight Training for Children, the author Gretchen Reynolds does a fantastic job at covering the origins of the "weight training will stunt growth" myth and how this is nothing more than a myth, as growing evidence continues to show. She also covers some very interesting studies and opinions of leading doctors in the field that show how weight training can be a great exercise to help kids develop better (as the proper supervised exercise will develop muscle, tendon, and joint strength) and remain injury free in sports.
So my advice to all of you is to get kids involved in the proper bodybuilding exercise plan. My article on Bodybuilding Training and Overweight Children has recommendations on how to implement a plan. Do it as a family activity where in that manner, you can supervise and coach your child while at the same time you get your workout in and some family time also. This is a practice that I have followed with great success as well as some of my good friends who practice bodybuilding and have kids.
As I stated in my article Bodybuilding Training and Overweight Children I feel that the proper bodybuilding training for kids is extremely beneficial for controlling weight and for health in general. As you will see in this article, even the American Academy of Pediatrics changed their policy (PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 6 June 2001, pp. 1470-1472) regarding this topic by stating that "strength training programs do not seem to adversely affect linear growth and do not seem to have any long-term detrimental effect on cardiovascular health" as evidenced in recent studies.
The evidence that bodybuilding exercise for kids in the form of weight training or even body weight exercises is not a bad idea at all keeps on mounting. In a great article from the NY Times called The Benefits of Weight Training for Children, the author Gretchen Reynolds does a fantastic job at covering the origins of the "weight training will stunt growth" myth and how this is nothing more than a myth, as growing evidence continues to show. She also covers some very interesting studies and opinions of leading doctors in the field that show how weight training can be a great exercise to help kids develop better (as the proper supervised exercise will develop muscle, tendon, and joint strength) and remain injury free in sports.
So my advice to all of you is to get kids involved in the proper bodybuilding exercise plan. My article on Bodybuilding Training and Overweight Children has recommendations on how to implement a plan. Do it as a family activity where in that manner, you can supervise and coach your child while at the same time you get your workout in and some family time also. This is a practice that I have followed with great success as well as some of my good friends who practice bodybuilding and have kids.
