It is often heard that strength training is dangerous for young children. One can even hear that anyone under the age of 18 should not be anywhere near dumbbells or a squat rack. Strength training is simply not for growing children; they can get seriously injured and it will hinder their growth! These arguments are simply inconsistent with scientific research. Numerous studies have found strength training to be beneficial for children and absolutely no adverse effects of properly executed strength training on healthy children. While risk of injury always exists, it should be noted that researchers found that vast majority of strength training related injuries are product of improperly executed movements (poor form). Strict supervision can …show more content…
Bone growth and shape is determined by the Growth or epiphyseal plate. It is the soft tissue at the end of a bone in a pre-adult that determines the length and shape of the bone. At some point in adolescence, this tissue will solidify and turn into a bone matter, ultimately determining the extent of body growth. While it is feared that strength training will cause damage or hardening of the growth plate, according to an article by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the cause of most growth plate injuries is acute trauma such as a bad fall (gymnastics), a strong blow to a limb (football), or overuse (long-distance runners). Therefore, youth strength training conducted safely and methodically cannot negatively affect a healthy child’s body in any way. And 15 to 20 minute workout twice a week is far from overuse danger that would, for example, appear in young gymnast’s training lasting several hours a day. STRENGTH TRAINING DOES NOT EQUAL BODYBUILDING! According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, strength training with progressive weights for pre-adolescent children causes increase in strength but without the associated muscular hypertrophy (big muscles). Sure, your 16 year old kid might surprise you with their well-defined abs, biceps or gluts, but fears of unnatural look due to strength training are unfounded for your 9 year old. You should also keep in mind that strength training for children, conducted in a safe manner and …show more content…
Easily. Either locate a youth trainer in your area, or even better, take your kids to the gym. With the assistance of the trainer, you can teach them and yourself the proper form to execute the motion and gain a workout partner. How about that! Family fitness team! And the best thing is IT ONLY TAKES 15-20 MINUTES TWICE A WEEK!!! The key is in slow movement exercise. Have your kid take at least 10 seconds to perform one repetition (ideally 1 inch per second with three seconds for the first inch of the movement), for a total of 60 to 90 seconds of muscle work per exercise. This might seem very slow for you, but according to Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D., youth fitness researcher, explosive repetitions are not only counterproductive in strength training as they reduce the time that the muscles are under stress, but are also the leading cause of exercise related injuries worldwide. Even if you are not particularly fond of exercise, 40 minutes per week is doable and the benefits for your health and appearance will actually be visible because, due to the slow execution, you get the same exercise as you would get in an hour of workout doing explosive reps. Just think about it. How much actual muscle work does it take you to perform a rep on the bench press (excluding locked joint pause at the apex, if you do it that way). You would probably find that it would take considerably more reps to reach 60 seconds of actual high-level muscle
It doesn’t mean any competitive sports activity should be physically harmful for children,
For instance, long days of strength training is important to keep them in shape.
Over the years, workouts have become shorter and shorter. Thi is not good. In my perfect world, people would do at least 30 minutes per workout, including warm-up and cool down, 4 times a week. Or 20-minute workouts, but then I would ask for 5-6 times a
“The Power of Strength Training” is an article written by Mandy Oaklander published in the Times magazine. Through this article Oaklander reveals the benefits of strength training especially for women. According to Oaklander women tend to stay away from strength training because of the misconception of becoming too muscular. A few of the benefit of strength training, she mentions is that it reduces the risk of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Oaklander gives examples of exercises that can be done anywhere without a gym membership or weights.
Let your child know if you or other adults in the family had a similar growth pattern. Adolescents doing weight training should use lower weights to avoid stress on growing bones. Follow up with your child 's health care provider regularly to check the height, weight, and stage of sexual development. SEEK MEDICAL CARE IF:
“This may be because heavier players exert more force on themselves and each other in the case of a collision.” http://www.livestrong.com/article/358827-percentage-of-kids-who-are-injured-in-football/#sthash.ZiqvdVRt.dpuf So there’s one bright side for your child. The sport can be a real scare for you to watch as your child play but it can be a real good way for your child to learn how to compete and, also a way for your child to learn from the mistake they made like if they lose or maybe been acting up around the house and they run for it.
In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete.” Jessica statsky brought forward a pressing issue of competitive sports that has now become a part of our lives. Statsky claims that these competitive sports have a harmful effect on a child’s mind. The extreme physical pressure is quite damaging as well. The injuries children face can sometimes take forever to heal itself.
Athletic participation at all ages has increased tremendously over the years. Student-athletes are working harder to become bigger, stronger and faster. As the number of athletes rise in schools, so does the chance of athletic related injuries. This is leading to the increase number of athletic trainers at the high school level across the country. Athletic trainer is defined as a “health care professional who collaborates with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation” (AMA 19).
With more and more young people playing football, the risk of players becoming disabled is becoming greater and greater. Depression, behavior that is erratic, headaches, and Alzheimer's disease (which does lead to death) are just some of the long-term effects of football. As a result, children should not play football due to its deadly effects. Another reason is you are probably thinking, "My child is safe; they always have a helmet on when playing football." Guess again, because no particular type of helmet
Many children around the world love to play football as a competitive sport or just as a fun way to entertain themselves. While football can be a great way to exercise, many troublesome injuries can occur. 30 million kids in the United States play sports, and more 3.5 million of them have an injury each year. In 2009, 215,000 kids ages 5-14 went to the hospital with serious injuries from sports. (Stanford, n.d.)
After hours of attempted treatments, the boy sadly dies. To prevent this common scenario from happening, tackling in youth football should be banned until kids reach early teenage years because it can cause detrimental head injuries, and many other future and emotional effects. Being less developed creates a higher risk for injury. The younger kids are, the less developed they are (Smith). Their heads and necks are weaker so when they are hit, it causes them to have more severe injuries (Smith).
Kids are being burned out and it 's affecting their health. While many researchers focus their attention towards contact sports Injuries from contact sports are becoming more normal for kids, Dr. William Speight ,a
Dr. Frank L. Smoll states, “All children and youth need vigorous physical activity as part of their daily lives, and sports provide the benefits of exercise and the potential for acquiring a sense of accomplishment.” (Smoll 1/2).
What is Strength & Conditioning Firstly we should define strength & conditioning. Generally speaking strength & conditioning refers to physical training to assist a particular activity, primarily a sport but could be an occupation, as opposed to training for general fitness. Certainly combat sport falls into this category, as strength & conditioning will assist your combat sport performance and training. Strength & conditioning can consist of weight training, other forms of resistance training, speed and agility, lactic threshold conditioning and required aerobic
Children who participate in competitive sports at a young age experience more serious negative impacts than positives, including a risk of severe injury, losing