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Fellow life long lifter here! (well, I think you knew that Gem!)
Like you I'm a big fan of Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. In his most recent video with
Dr. Rhonda Patrick I learned something that I'd been concerned about.
My two oldest grandson often go the gym with me (ages 10 and 15) and the older one realllllllly likes to lift and at 15 he's already 5'7" and 185lbs and getting really strong.
My concern for both of them is the old tale that youngsters should not lift heavy because of potential damage to the epiphyseal growth plate on the ends of long bones not being healed over because they are not finished growing to whatever there final height will be.
In that latest video Dr. Schoenfeld says that its a myth and that there's nothing wrong with teenagers and younger lifting weights and that there is exactly zero research indicating otherwise which was great to hear!
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