Strength Training
Why Your Child Should Lift Weights
Contrary to popular belief, weight training will not stunt your child’s growth. In fact, it actually helps to promote healthy development in tweens. “The years just before adolescence are a critical time to build strong bones,” says Wayne Westcott, Ph.D., fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, Massachusetts. One study found that 9-year olds who did light strength training with five-pound dumbbells and resistance bands three days a week developed four times more bone mass than children who were active but didn’t lift weights. If your child is 8 or older, he or she can start lifting a few days a week with adult supervision. Good form is crucial for your child’s safety, so it’s a smart idea to sign up with Performance Training to learn the proper techniques.
Performance Training will perform an initial assessment, then develop a personalized strength training program based on your child’s needs, then monitor their progress and make adjustments as they work through their program.
We start all our beginning weight trainers on elastic band training. Then progress to light dumbbells and weights. Proper form is most important
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