Weight Training for 10 yr old

Never too young to start learning....if he can learn, meaning, if you can't get him to follow instruction then it is too early for him. 10 is old enough to have the intellectual and emotional maturity to be taught how to properly perform all of the main barbell lifts. SQUAT!? Yes, he's not lifting weights if he's not squatting. I'd get a rack or some squat stands, pull up bar, adjustable bench, whatever bar you need for his beginning strength levels, etc.... but the biggest piece of equipment you'll need is a plan. Without a solid plan none of that stuff will matter. It'll collect dust and eventually get sold. Train to failure? He's not ready for that yet.

When my youngest was 10 he lifted using a cheap barbell set in our basement. He also did calisthenics for a total of 3 months daily He hardened up and his baseball coach noticed it when they started practice.

Anyway, CSB..

Don't let him lift weights yet, too many things moving and growing to add that type of resistance. Calisthenics are great and you can manipulate them to be as difficult as you want. He'll still be way ahead of his peers when they do start lifting weights.

Push ups
Pull ups
L sits
Kneesover toes guy workouts (quick YouTube /Google search)
Hand stand push ups/pikes
Air squats /pistols/ squat jumps
Planks



Here's my thing, there's different views on whether it affects growth or not. My thing is let's say it does or doesn't, calisthenics will still set him up for success once he does start lifting with less risk affecting his growth. And it stops him from getting injured from trying to much weight. He gets to doing some hard calisthenics, he will be a monster regardless.

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Here's my thing, there's different views on whether it affects growth or not. My thing is let's say it does or doesn't

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1. What’s your thing?
2. I would try making sense next time
3. If the kid doesn’t have a notebook, he might as well not workout and he’s not welcome here

My ten year old wanted to start a routine for the summer so I used chatgpt to put together one. It’s all body weight exercises like push ups, air squats, lunges ect… Sometimes we’ll add a 5lb medicine ball in the mix. He’s literally skin and bones at this point. Can’t wait to see what progress he makes by the fall if he sticks with it

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No there isn’t, we know that it actually helps the growth plates and if anything helps you grow taller.

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Yeah I think the weightlifting as a kid stunting growth is very much false