Noticing a lot of teens in the gym ..I’m talking 12 13 year olds trying to lift

[BmoreGorilla]

The earlier the better. Love to see it

Not the way they doing it. At that age you need to be on a strict program with guidance from adults. These fools be needing spots on smith machines and be trying to curl weights so heavy that their elbows flare all the way out

 

[Biscayne]

Can’t cause they in the way

No little kids in the way, these users just lazy and looking for an excuse to shorten their workouts. As if it wouldn’t be some suburban millennial mom hogging those machines on her phone if those kids weren’t there.

 

[MicIsGod]

Not the way they doing it. At that age you need to be on a strict program with guidance from adults. These fools be needing spots on smith machines and be trying to curl weights so heavy that their elbows flare all the way out

Rather make those mistakes at 14 than 38

 

[Koapa]

So what, as long as they not being disrespectful. Let's these teens cook.

 

[Jean toomer]

All these young boys are taking creatine, without understanding the full consequences. There will be a significant number of young adults in 10 years with kidney and electrolyte disorders as well as the body dysmorphia somebody stated earlier.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Rather make those mistakes at 14 than 38

Those mistakes aren’t ok at ANY age

 

[MicIsGod]

Those mistakes aren’t ok at ANY age

How do you not make mistakes if no one is teaching you? These nikkas fathers are fat and lazy. You help them bmoregorilla

 

[BmoreGorilla]

How do you not make mistakes if no one is teaching you? These nikkas fathers are fat and lazy. You help them bmoregorilla

I actually have

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Tik tok got a lot of them into it. They either want to be future gym influencers are want to make memes. But whatever gets them in there lifting weight around works for me

The other major thing imo is that the digital age and social media mixed with pandemic eliminated the ability for teens to naturally find “Third Places” (places to hang outside of school or work or home). You gotta think malls are closed too. The gym is one of the only feasible please to socialize really

 

[Mass]

So are we all in agreement that lifting at a young age is not good unless supervised in some way?

 

[TheGreatMTB]

I don't think this is too crazy. I wanted to work out in the gym, but my parents would only let me do cardio equipment until high school. Every time I mentioned weights my dad would say i had to do some random number of push-ups before I could...and the number would magically increase the more I could do...but the fact that they desire to be in the gym isn't new.

I'm no doctor and won't pretend to be...but if people under 16 are in the gym, they should be supervised. At the very least they can mess themselves up with bad form. It'd be difficult for some districts, but ideally there would be some program at their schools where a coach can help them develop correctly.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Hitting the gym and body autonomy is toxic now?

According to today’s society it damn near is.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

I started lifting at 13 . Had my own weights and bench though. I started off with 100 pushups and sit-ups a day before graduating to weights.

 

[Diondon]

I've also heard you shouldn't start too young
but fukk it
These lil nikkas need some discipline
Show them the ropes as an OG

 

[Batsute]

Just give them some ozempic and calf implants.