Sunday March 2 08 Personal Records
Tao has his second P/R in the books now. Alongside his 10 second L sit he now has an 85 # Dead Lift to his credit. Way to go TAO!!
Tao is my 7 yr old son who weighs in at approx 60 #’s. We’ll be at the box again today going for 90#.
Amazing , really amazing . Way to go !!! Tao is the King
I’ll pass that along to him. We have been working on the rower a little lately.
Wow, this is remarkable. What a legacy to give to a child! He is going to be one healthy, strong bloke with an active lifestyle. Way to go, Tao!
Unfortunately your 7-year old will be crippled by the time he is 20. There is no way a 7-year old child needs to lift weights, nor is it good for his still growing bone structure. Perhaps you should ask your doctor if he/she thinks this is good for your son. Have some responsibility for your child’s life and let them play games outside. There’s plenty of time to lift when their body is ready for it. Absolutely rediculous.
I can’t let this go. I find this totally irresponsible to let your 7 year old do deadlifts. Why the hell can’t you just let him do gymnastics, soccer, hockey or any other type of kid activity? Ask a doctor or even do some online research; generally when you are entering puberty is a good time to start (i.e. when your body produces a larger amount of testosterone on its own). What is the hurry? So he can tell his classmates that he can deadlift 90 pounds? They won’t even know what a deadlift is, and so they shouldn’t. Allow him to develope hand-eye and general coordination by doing other activities. Something that will actually be useful to him later in life.
Thanks Scooter. ” Have some responsibility for my childs life” Thats exactly what I am doing! Did I say he does not play outside or that he does not participate in other sports. Perhaps you should inform yourself more about lifting and when it is appropriate. Or better yet compare the rate of injury through kids sports to injury due to safe supervised lifting. With what right do you think it appropriate to comment on my parenting. Good thing I did not mention my 12 year old daughter and the workouts she does! So thanks for the unsolicited advice scooter and when my sons form goes south I will stop him so don’t worry.
Oh sorry I forgot to ask what evidence you have to support your claim that he will be crippled at 20? What is your background in sports and or medicine. And more importantly don’t you have better things to do with your time then to post your clearly uninformed opinions on an out of use website.
Should I stop my son from hanging from trees. Stress on his shoulders. Maybe stop him from playing basketball cause the ball might bounce up and hit him. Or stop him from playing soccer cause he might trip and fall or take a ball to the head? Perhaps I should let him lift heavy objects off the ground with bad form and no understanding of the bio-mechanics involved in lifting. I could make sure that whenever he bends down to pick and object off the ground he does it with a rounded back. Yup gymnastics. no wear and tear on the body there. Hockey, have to assume the impact from falling on the ice is bad for kids. Not to mention the collisions at high speeds into each other and the boards.
Give your post some thought Scooter!
You sound like a thoroughly informed person yourself. You’re quite defensive about the whole thing, aren’t you? Perhaps you should read a little bit about the topic, and then get back to me. As a matter of fact, my brother has his masters degree in sports medicine, and he agrees with me. What’s the hurry to get him lifting weights? All of these other things like climbing trees and running are natural movements that the body was intended to do. So before you get so defensive and spout off about your “form” that your son has when doing deadlifts, get your head out of your a#@ and really educate yourself about whether or not what you are doing is right for him. You don’t have to protect him from getting hit by a basketball – I doubt it will affect the development of his spine. What is your background in lifting, going to a Crossfit gym? Sweet. You are automatically an expert. Take the time to ask those who are really qualified to answer the question (i.e. MD’s, strength and conditioning coaches of professional sports teams, etc.) and see what kind of response you get. I didn’t expect anything less than a super-defensive response from you, as I have read some of the other blogging from rebel fitness people, and it’s all the same. By the way, you can’t compare the rate of sports-related injury amongst 7-year olds to those performing “supervised” weightlifting, because there are millions more kids playing sports than there are weightlifting. Cheers.
My background. I am a NCCA certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach. What is your background in lift training again? Lifting weight safely off the ground is not a natural movement? If you adjust for sample size you can,former partner PHD stats/math. Md’s are not experts either. The only issue with lifting is doing it wrong. And what hurry do you keep talking about. “What’s the hurry in getting him to lift weights?”Did you bother to ask how often he lifts? Defensive, well yes. If an uninformed stranger questioned your parenting you would be defensive as well. Perhaps Scooter just has too much time on his hands and without knowing the circumstances decided to vent. You sound like someone who thinks squatting is bad for the knees! Scooter, don’t believe everything you are told by everyone you talk to. Lifting ability or not is NOT age dependent it IS form dependent. Ask your brother!
Can’t help but notice you have not laid out your qualifications. Oh and how does deadlifting effect his spine? Oh wait, I know the answer to this one…If it is done incorrectly! Good thing I’m qualified and trained to know the difference isn’t it.
Hey Scooter. Perhaps you need to update your information a little. Read this article.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081007.wlstrongkids07/BNStory/lifeMain/home