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Wednesday, April 20. 2022

Growing kids should lift weights


This piece seems to apply mainly to adolescent boys.


My husband loaded trucks at a lumber yard for three years in his teens. Sports too, of course, but he is sure that that labor made him a sturdier adult. Hard manual labor is what growing boys are made for. This might not apply to women, though.


In adulthood, however, if women want to avoid osteopenia the simplest and most natural approach is to lift heavy. Cardio does nothing for bone maintenance. 


Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Physical Fitness at 14:22 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Cardio does nothing for bone maintenance.

Thank you for pointing that out.
#1 RJP on 2022-04-20 15:59 (Reply)
I read years ago that running is good for bone maintenance of leg bones but no others. That seems plausible, but I can't verify it.
#1.1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2022-04-20 17:34 (Reply)
Yeah, it's not like running puts a weighted stress on your entire skeleton like barbell squats or deadlifts do. Running is basically a body-weight exercise so there can't really be any stress that would lead to an increase in bone density.
#1.1.1 RJP on 2022-04-20 20:04 (Reply)
My 18 month old son likes to grab my 30# dumbbells. He looks like a deadlift olympian. Of course they dont budge. But i have thought about getting him on weight training as soon as he is old enough to follow directions and respect the process. I have thought about how to go slow, work on form, lightweights are ok as even they build muscle with enough reps, then go heavier as he gets into it. Also plan on introducing him to basic self defense, esp types that favor against overpowering individuals.
#2 Joe B. on 2022-04-20 17:07 (Reply)
as a dairy farm kid born in 1959, I worked my ass off, and I was in better shape endurance wise that most of my group. Unfortunately I suffered from bad feet so no football and personally i didn't care for sports, i had work to do at home! as the oldest I was pitching bales and drove tractor by the fourth grade. Did field work on my own and loved it. and there was no let up for my 4 younger sisters however my younger by 10 years brother was quite the athlete, guess who was at home doing the work! I still dairy farm today on the same place that I grew up on and I believe my son will take over for me
#3 Dave on 2022-04-20 20:44 (Reply)
I'm pretty sure it works for women too. Remember, most women in previous generations did a lot of walking and farm or factory labor, and they were tough old birds.
#4 RebeccaH on 2022-04-21 16:10 (Reply)

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