re: Annual Official LA HS Baseball Season-long Thread

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The rise in arm injuries may be directly proportional to kids no longer riding bikes anywhere or everywhere like we did. Their legs are nearly as strong as in years past.

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exactly which is why they should be strength training

also related to lack of grip and pulling strength as documented in the studies that show kids are much weaker than previous generations.

which is another reason they should be lifting

many on here are goign to say...play other sports, play outside etc

and thats fine...but that 2-3 hours a week you strength train, isnt stopping you from plyaing other sports or playing with friends outside

but it is making your body much more prepared to take the damage sports cause

people have no problem letting they 8 year old play tackle football or soccer or even basketball where they are routinely exposed to forces multiple times their bodyweight...but suggest they lift and be exposed to forces much less than bodyweight and people lose their mind....mainly because they are uneducated and continue to believe myths that have been disproven for deacades

People will say...do pushups...pushups use 62% roughly of bodyweight... suggest a 100 lbs kid bench 15lbs dbs instead and people freak.

even the pediatric society recommends weight training for kids now.