When should teenage girls begin strength training?

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Matt Eiden · Answer

So for teenage girls, I would say the sooner the better to start strength training, even before you're a teenager is probably a really good idea especially with the incidence of knee injuries. And another things that pop up and girls, I don't even younger age. Girls tend to develop a little sooner than boys as they grow up. So just getting an awareness of appropriate things to do. I've talked about this before. Another answer is just building stability, building range of motion, getting strength through, good, ranges of motion, teach them how to Properly just getting a real sound foundation of the basics for girls before they're teenagers. I think is a really good idea. I've worked with ten-year-old girls. 11 year old girls currently working with some 12 year old girls, so anytime you can establish the basics of strength and conditioning. Get a well-rounded program for your lower body, for your core establishing, a real good base to support and strength before getting into High school before becoming a teenager before, playing a lot of competitive Sports where you're going to be a little bit more behind the eight. Ball is a good idea. So, I would say before you're a, teenager is a great time to get on a well-rounded appropriately. Created strength and conditioning program for teenage girls.

Dan Daly · Answer

This is a question that comes up a lot with parents and the answer is as soon as possible so there's no age requirement for when young athletes should begin lifting weights. You want to start them as early as possible. Introducing them to the fundamentals, the basic techniques and the etiquette of being around a gym, the truth is they're placing much greater demands on their bodies in a way that we can't quantify out on the field and in their sport in the gym. It's a controlled environment. The volume, the intensities are controlled. It's age-appropriate you have a coach looking over at them and it's in a Appropriate doses, the NACA, the national strength. Condition Association has an awesome position paper out on dispelling, some of the myths and misconceptions around Lifting for young athletes and also when it's appropriate and how to do it, but they should begin introducing themselves to that type of training right now and they would really benefit from starting earlier than later.

John Sinclair · Answer

Hi question is, when should teenage girls begin strength training? The first thing I think about is, are they psychologically and mentally both ready and willing to begin a strength training program. A lot of times I think we feel pressure to get young kids into strength training before they're ready, mentally, and emotionally and, of course physically. So there's physiological things we want to address when we enter into a string training program. But there's also a psychological things that we need to enter. So for most of the teenage girls that I've worked with, we want to make sure that we focus not so much on trying to make them stronger, but that we're trying to make them better athletes. And if we take that approach and find a way that we can do strength training that is Meaningful to them, that I think that you get better adherence and better consistency, and we can increase our frequency that way when they know they're working towards things that they do. A truly love doing which is being a better athlete.

Tim Crowley · Answer

He went to teenage girls, begin strength training, a couple different criteria. You know, I'm not a big fan, there's a particular age. I think one they want to have the, you know, the motivation to want to strength train to want to get better to want to improve. Typically we see 8th grade 9th. Grade is probably a, you know, kind of a good time especially if they're training, you know, in a sport where there's a lot of injuries so I think it's in a controlled environment. I think having really a good coaching that Understands the sport, understands training, kids at that age, I think is essential because that, you know, that is the building block and in by them having a really good experience, they really learn to enjoy it into Excel. And what I'm finding is training teams at this, at this age level, whether it's you know, 8th grade and high school. A lot of these girls wouldn't be doing this if they didn't have the opportunity to do it, you know, in a team setting or a group setting with a qualified coach, we see so many injuries at this age ACLs, In such that that hopefully, you know, maybe shouldn't happen with a good training program. So I think we're not only, you know, setting them up positively both physically and you know, self-esteem, you know, Wise for the future in good body image, but we're also developing lifelong skills and I see them really Excel. And so, I've actually really enjoyed working, you know, with, you know, teenage of athletes. Because I think there's a huge amount of results and they're willing to learn and Honestly that they probably little bit easier to work with than the boys because the boys have a different agenda. They want to get big and the girls are just happy for information and are very, you know, sponges till to learn what you're doing, and pick it up really fast and we see really good results with that.

Benjamin Kessel · Answer

When should teenage girls begin strength training? This is the same answer as I'd be for teenage boys, and it's also a very common question. Whenever they can. I think we have as coaches and adults and mentors, we have to be very careful of allowing for proper recovery and also allowing for proper intensity for young adults. But they're strong children and they're meant to exercise and there's no reason why strength training is any less safe than other exercises. If anything, it's a huge benefit that is often overlooked for younger kids and there's no reason to throw it in there.

Dr. Michele LaBotz, MD · Answer

Question is, when should a teenage girl begin strength training? And the answer is, sooner rather than later. There is a ton of good research showing the benefits of building strength throughout childhood and adolescence. And current recommendations are for children 6 and up to engage in 2 to 3 strength building sessions per week. Now in younger kids, that's going to involve climbing and pushing and pulling and moving their body in active play. But as girls get a little bit older, and particularly if they start to engage in structured sport activity, they're oftentimes going to want to do some dedicated strength training. And we typically think of those as involving weights or machines, but there's many, many different ways to build an effective strength training program. So, 2 to 3 times per week, the current recommendations are for at least 20 to 30 minutes per strength training session. And technique is important. And if there's any questions about appropriate technique, a great resource is with the International Youth Conditioning Association. They have a fabulous YouTube channel. I'm going to put the link on this question. And it's a great place to get started to build up a good and effective strength training regimen. Thanks for a great question.

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"When should teenage girls begin strength training?"