Journal article
Resistance exercise and strong healthy children: safe when done right!
Abstract
Weight lifting in children and youth is often viewed as a potentially harmful activity that could result in damage to bones, connective tissue, and muscle. Reviews, such as the one appearing in this issue of the journal by Behm et al. (Appl. Physiol. Metab. Nutr. 33: this issue), show that the balance of evidence indicates that weight lifting in pediatric populations is safe. Importantly, weight lifting, when performed in a safe and …
Authors
Phillips SM
Journal
Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 545–546
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date
June 2008
DOI
10.1139/h08-032
ISSN
1715-5312