“The goal of keeping children active and participating in their sports until their bodies mature is a message we should deliver to parents,” Dr. Bernhardt said.
The bottom line is to keep kids motivated and active, and if they want to do some strength training and understand the correct way to go about it, it should not be the doctor's job to discourage them, he added.
Appropriate strength training for children involves small free weights, stretching bands, and fitness balls, not machines. Lolita Jones