sports cause WAY more force on the joints than weight training. Simple physics will let you figure out how much force is placed on the knees when a kid jumps up and down etc.
My son has lifted for a few years now. Nothing serious but lately been getting more regular.
We use a swiss ball and suff of that nature to increase the difficulty so the weights dont need to be as high.
Nothing wrong with body weight exercise either. Pushups, pullups, light squats etc.
I have been having my son lift 3x/week. Push, pull, push, next week pull, push, pull.
One thing i have changed is that he works more in the 5-10 rep range instead of greater than 10 for lifts such as squats and DL's
On the 2nd pull or push, he just goes light and works on speed. take care
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Originally Posted by prodigy06  I'd suggest sports over actual gym training. |