Exercise physiologists don’t know much about the effects of resistance training concerning the risks and potential benefits on pre-adolescent children. However, the primary concern is the risk of overloading muscles and skeletal structures of the body and causing epiphyseal fractures, acute low-back trauma, lower-back bony disruptions, and ruptured intervertebral disks. Also, a child’s hormonal profile...
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