At what age would/should you start your son lifting weights?

[jadillac]

I started on my own in the summer after I graduated high school....by the time I got to college a few months later, I was getting compliments on my physique. What's funny is, I really dont even remember why I started....

But growing up early on, I was always kinda small, I wore glasses, and people picked on me sometimes as a result.

I think if you start a kid on some sort of regimen(nothing too major) at around 12-13 or so, it will put him ahead of most other kids physically and give him a little more confidence as well.

And I honestly can't recall a time in college or since, that anyone has ever stepped to me or tested me physically. Not that I'm some big badass, but I just think it gives you a slight edge.

 

[Lewis Black]

Not weight lifting, try body weight exercises first. Don't wanna lift heavy ass weights n stunt his growth.

 

[yo moms]

Being big and muscular has no correlation on your ability to fight. Lets stop that shyt right there.

 

[jadillac]

Not weight lifting, try body weight exercises first. Don't wanna lift heavy ass weights n stunt his growth.

True. I was really referring to just lightweight activity.

Being big and muscular has no correlation on your ability to fight. Lets stop that shyt right there.

This is no different from animals in the wild bruh.

The bigger the animal, the less he gets picked on. That's not to say he could kick every other animals ass

Just the perception alone does everything it needs to do.

 

[yo moms]

True. I was really referring to just lightweight activity.



This is no different from animals in the wild bruh.

The bigger the animal, the less he gets picked on. That's not to say he could kick every other animals ass

Just the perception alone does everything it needs to do.

Every man has a jaw. And I have a right hand. Put the two together and you have DYNOMITE.

 

[Oroko Saki]

Resistance training has benefits for all ages

 

[zacharie101]

Start off with body weight at age 13

 

[NSSVO]

Bodyweight, then advise him to wait until 18 for weights. I think I stunted my growth lifting at like 14.

 

[its_normal]

You can start bodyweight strength stuff at any age. Fitness is more important than strength in fighting though, get your kid into boxing or martial arts as young as the shcool will take them and theres no problems with anyone bullying them.

 

[Dank Hill]

I thought that growth stunting was a myth. I've been lifting on and off since middle school (football) and I'm 6 even.

 

[unit321]

I thought that growth stunting was a myth. I've been lifting on and off since middle school (football) and I'm 6 even.

How tall are your relatives? Father, uncles, grand-fathers? Mother? Aunts? Grand-mother? If any of them were taller, then you might have screwed up. Who knows, you could have been 6'1" or 6'2". There's no hard scientic evidence of how tall you could have become.
If you are the same height or the tallest, then no harm, no foul.

 

[patscorpio]

Being big and muscular has no correlation on your ability to fight. Lets stop that shyt right there.

exactly.....I was tall and lanky in my teens and made a lot of nikkas bigger than me quit in a fight with me when they decided to judge a book by its cover and take it there not knowing the whole story

bodyweight exercises all the way..i wouldn't start my son on weights until like 15-16..i got on weights myself when I was 18

 

[im12whatisthis]

The height thing is a myth although young kids should avoid some exercises. People worry about growth plates closing but have no problem putting children in high contact sports like football or wrestling, or impact sports like gymnastics, basketball, soccer, etc. You get a lot more repetitive stress on joints/growth plate areas playing and practicing those sports than lifting dumbbells. The Gronks all started lifting at ridiculously young ages and are all 6'3''+ 6'6''+.

Although I'd keep them away from exercises that put a lot stress on a the spine since most children grow into their spines so no leg press, dead lifts, back squats, shrugs, overhead press etc.

I wouldn't have a young kid training much more than plyo, strongman event lifts, sprint, jump and flexibility work till high school age (mid puberty age) then I'd introduce weights and more advanced lifts if they are athletes. Just don't go full potato with their training and have them on routines that would make Arnold, Zyzz and NFL players burn out.

 

[puppetmaster]

Mid to late teens for "serious" type of weight training i'd say.


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[wise prophet]

I thought that growth stunting was a myth. I've been lifting on and off since middle school (football) and I'm 6 even.

It is a myth.