Resistance Training

Article on: Resistance Training - Myth vs. Modern Day Science & Common Sense

For more than a quarter century, strength and resistance training for kids, pre-teens and adolescents has been predicated on a myth based on an abstract theory conjured up in the mid sixties.

The myth went something like this: Strength and resistance training damages the growth plates of kids and pre teens which can stunt growth. The myth is bunk and science proves it. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t even establish a minimum age for strength and resistance training; just guidelines on safety, proper technique and supervision.

Old myths die hard so, for the skeptics, we’ve made the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement for strength training by children and adolescents available here.

http://www.sectiononewrestling.com/strength_training_for_kids.pdf