Weightlifting Myth ?

[BuddyChacon]

I have heard you should avoid squatting before forteen to avoid damaging your growthplates. I dunno.

[Manfredo Jr]

I have hear this too from a physiotherapist.

i got told this when i was younger and all the rugby boys were doing the weights with a canadian guy , he wouldnt let me do them for a few months

[Kayo]

the reason why alot of people who lift weights are short is because they begin to lift weights in order to compensate for their size.

[PunchDrunk]

weight lifting when your not fully grown damages your growth platlets

Here's a little quote from a book called "Strength and power for young athletes - exercises and programs for ages 7-15" by Avery Feigenbaum, EdD, and Wayne Westcott, PhD.

"Another misconception concern growth ******ation in children who train with weights. Nothing could be further from the truth. There has never been a report of stunted growth or reduced bone formation related to strength training. On the contrary, progressive strength exercise makes bones strong and resistant to injury. Because most of our bone mass is accrued during our youth years, this is the ideal time to enhance musculoskeletal strength and structure through properly designed resistance training programs. Strength training may be beneficial to young girls, to reduce their risk of osteoporosis later in life. Although strength training won't make children taller, it can contribute to physically developing their muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments."

Unless you guys have your own PhD's, I'm not ready to take your word over these guys. How many books have you written on the subject? Face it: It's a MYTH.

[inats]

i agree with punchdrunk above

[Kayo]

Here's a little quote from a book called "Strength and power for young athletes - exercises and programs for ages 7-15" by Avery Feigenbaum, EdD, and Wayne Westcott, PhD.

"Another misconception concern growth ******ation in children who train with weights. Nothing could be further from the truth. There has never been a report of stunted growth or reduced bone formation related to strength training. On the contrary, progressive strength exercise makes bones strong and resistant to injury. Because most of our bone mass is accrued during our youth years, this is the ideal time to enhance musculoskeletal strength and structure through properly designed resistance training programs. Strength training may be beneficial to young girls, to reduce their risk of osteoporosis later in life. Although strength training won't make children taller, it can contribute to physically developing their muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments."

Unless you guys have your own PhD's, I'm not ready to take your word over these guys. How many books have you written on the subject? Face it: It's a MYTH.

Good Post
PunchDrunk>****** Myth

[SRHL]

Nice, wasted 2 years when I couldve done weights. -.-

Thanks for the replies btw, guys.

[fraidycat]

These weightlifting myths are perpetuated by guys like this:



You see these kind of guys in the weight room doing endless reps without actually putting the pin under any of the plates. Then they buy a copy of Rocky IV and a 40-lb. heavy bag -- the kind with the water-filled base because their moms won't let them hang it in the garage. Then they get pissed off the next time they get a swirlie -- even though they spent a whole month training -- and tell their friends (by which I mean their blogs, on which they're expert boxers!) :

"All that w8lifting I did dint help my boxing at all. Im still like week N stuff."

Eventually they realize (wrongly), "Hey! Maybe weightlifting and boxing cancel each other out! That's got to be it!" The old-school training that Rocky did in the movie -- HE didn't lift weights! And, come to think of it, Steven Segal doesn't lift weights in any of HIS movies! And neither does Caine in Kung Fu! That's what's wrong! WEIGHTS!!

Eventually, they take up some exotic martial art that invariably involves spears, flying jump kicks, and chakra-stopping hands of death, and by the time their high school reunions come around, they're READY TO KICK MAJOR ASS. They're these guys:

[potatoes]

LOADS of the people at school have discouraged me from going to the gym and doin weights cos they say weights make me shorter..

Wtf ? I`m already a short dude and no, i do not wanna be a midget. But no weightlifting? How am i suppose to work out?

So is it true that weights make you grow shorter or grow slower or are they just askin for a slap in the nuts?

"......how am I suppose to work out......"

This is a boxing website so presumably you should be talking about boxing training. 50 years ago few if any boxers trained with weights. 50 years ago Rocky Marciano could windmill knockout punches for 15 rounds and show no signs of fatigue. How many modern boxers can perform at that level? If old fashioned boxing training was good enough for Rocky Marciano, why isn't it good enough for you?

By the way, if your goal is to become a bodybuilder or whatever, you should go on to a bodybuilding website, or whatever.

[fraidycat]

By the way, if your goal is to become a bodybuilder or whatever, you should go on to a bodybuilding website, or whatever.

Weightlifting is NOT bodybuilding.

Do I look like a ****ing bodybuilder to you?