Age to start weightlifting

[THE REAL NINJA]

you can start but only short reps with small weight ...if you over do it your body 'can' start to sap the energy needed to grow ...if you do just make sure you get lots of sleep and eat right....i would hold off until arould 17 for any major weight

[trips420]

you can start lifting early if you want just dont get to hardcore about it till you turn 15-17.That thing about it stunting your growth is a total myth.My dad started me lifting really young around 8 and im 6'5 270 now so dont worry about that.

[THE REAL NINJA]

you can start lifting early if you want just dont get to hardcore about it till you turn 15-17.That thing about it stunting your growth is a total myth.My dad started me lifting really young around 8 and im 6'5 270 now so dont worry about that.

maybe ....the only thing that i can really see could hurt you would be over head lifts because of the pressure on the unfinished spine. I dont see how bench press or curls would do much damage at a young age ...

[RockyMarcianofan00]

maybe ....the only thing that i can really see could hurt you would be over head lifts because of the pressure on the unfinished spine. I dont see how bench press or curls would do much damage at a young age ...

yea that makes sense

[trips420]

maybe ....the only thing that i can really see could hurt you would be over head lifts because of the pressure on the unfinished spine. I dont see how bench press or curls would do much damage at a young age ...

When i was lifting at a young age i was doing lighter weight and more reps.It wasnt till 16 that i really started to lift heavy with lower reps.You can do pretty much any exercise at a young age as long as you use lighter weights.Find a good weight that will give you a good workout at about 20 reps per set.I agree though there are about 3 exercises that could really be dangerous to a younger person if done with heavy weights ( over head press-squats-deadlifts ).I would recommend not doing any deadlifts at all till you get older beacause they put a tremendous amount of stress on the lower back.

[The Raging Bull]

The bit about weight liftin stumpin ure growth is an urban myth as many a bodybuilder has said. I got my first weights when i was 12. Some really cheap plastic ones. But im 15 now and onto 10kg dumbells.

[platinummatt]

what about pullups though?

[leff]

what about pullups though?

they are great

[yrrej]

Everyone's different, but really heavy lifting shouldn't be done until a person has stopped growing taller. The ends of the bones haven't fused until then.

[inats]

more dangerous is leaving the young ones on there own with the weights now thats bad!!!