Article: A strong start: strength and resistance training guidelines for children and adolescents.

Despite evidence of poor strength levels in children, the idea of children participating in strength and resistance training programs has gained little support from physicians and physical educators. Most evidence supporting the ban on prepubescent resistance training evolved from several early scientific reports. These reports concluded that children were not able to gain strength before puberty and that their developing musculoskeletal systems were more susceptible to injuries. However, the majority of current evidence indicates that prepubescent and adolescent resistance training is hot only sale, but effective in developing muscular strength and endurance. Moreover, ...

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