Peter Attia· MD
So again, lifting heavy stuff matters and that doesn't mean that 12-year-olds need to be deadlifting three times their body weight, but we also don't want to shy away from kids lifting things.
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So again, lifting heavy stuff matters and that doesn't mean that 12-year-olds need to be deadlifting three times their body weight, but we also don't want to shy away from kids lifting things.
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but you probably want to make sure that your kids, both boys and girls, are doing other sports that involve more power. So, probably things that involve jumping and actually lifting heavy things.
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We don't necessarily we're not worried about loading children because children are loading themselves