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Weightlifting for Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acute physiological and pupillary responses during power snatch and clean & jerk training sessions in elite female weightlifters.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Performance and hormonal responses to different training modalities in young weightlifters: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Evolution of Rate of Force Development (RFD) in the Isometric Deadlift Exercise Among Primary and Secondary Education Students.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Influence of Exercise on the Endocrine System: Impacts on Adolescent Growth and Development.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Physical Capacity After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adolescent Male Soccer Players: A Three-Month Follow-Up Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Relative Age Effect Is Widespread among Most Successful Youth, but Not in Senior Olympic Weightlifters.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
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- Improvements in Jump Height, Speed, and Quality of Life through an 8-Week Strength Program in Male Adolescents Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption frequency and muscle strength: results from a sample of Chinese adolescents.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Trauma informed weight lifting: considerations for coaches, trainers and gym environments.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- Training the Adolescent Athlete.Sports healthArticle
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The involvement of youth in the sport of weightlifting and the use of weightlifting methods as part of training for youth sport performance appears to be increasing. Weightlifting for children and adolescents has been criticized in some circles and is a controversial aspect of resistance training for young people. Although injuries can occur during weightlifting and related activities, the incidence and rate of injury appear to be relatively low and severe injury is uncommon. A number of performance, physical, and physiological variables, such as body composition, strength, and power, are improved by weightlifting training in children, adolescents, and young athletes. Manipulating program variables, when appropriate, can have a substantial and profound influence on the psychological, physiological, physical, and performance aspects of weightlifters. An understanding of the sport, scientific training principles, and musculoskeletal growth development is necessary to properly construct a reasonable and appropriate training program. A scientific background aids in providing an evidenced basis and sound rationale in selecting appropriate methods and directing adaptations toward more specific goals and enables the coach to make choices about training and competition that might not otherwise be possible. If weightlifting training and competition are age group appropriate and are properly supervised, the sport can be substantially safe and efficacious.
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