This. 230 is girly weight lmao. Thats barely over 2 plates. Im 7’5 497 lb 3% bodyfat. I deadlift 2500 lb for reps bro.
I don't know that there's ever been any studies but all those famous strong kids who go viral all turn out to be kinda small and unimpressive as they get older. I wouldn't let my kid lift that early, personally
No, that's horseshit. However, lifting before puberty is a waste of time IMO. China's weightlifting program is the most successful in the world and they recruit children based on vertical jump but don't let them touch actual weights until they hit puberty. They're drilling with an unweighted stick or an empty bar to gain technical proficiency instead.
Isn't China known for giving steroids to their athletes even when they're still developing?
No more than anyone else is. What does that have to do with their current recruitment and training practices?
Typical Jim post saying nothing informative. I never claimed that he was a reliable source of fitness info.
There's "speaking freely" and then there is spewing discredited nonsense. You're doing the latter. Lifting is no more dangerous than sprinting, and the dumbass boomers that repeat this urban myth are just contributing to the culture of ignorance that you indulge in.
Spewing ignorance would be if I asserted that it was true. It was a question. Snobby attitudes up in here, ie. 'Omfg, did you really just ask that shit? You sound so ignorant. Next time Google before you freely ask about or discuss something you read or heard before.'
This forum has a high tolerance for idiocy, but you're testing its limits with the blind stupidity you repeat in here. You're turning this forum into the misc circa 2001.
Not really. It's a common viewpoint and I simply asked if it had any merit, not giving it any credence.
Elitist attitude? No one has believed that lifting is harmful to children for a generation. You were politely corrected at first and then chose to argue like a blustering buffoon because your ego was bruised. Just tuck your dick and turn around.
That's what you're into.
