Progressive Rehab & Strength
Barbell strength training for youth athletes and adaptive athletes it's not only possible, but extremely important for sports performance and injury prevention. However, there is a common belief that it's dangerous for youth and adaptive athletes to do resistance training and lift heavy barbells.
This episode was recorded live during a Podcast Q&A session in our free Facebook group, The Secret Society of Barbell Mastery where we were asked:
Movement abilities
Body awareness and control
Main sport practice and training schedule
School schedule
Other extracurricular activities
Overall desire to train
Training goals
Available equipment
Abilities to perform particular movements
Ability to maneuver and manipulate their training environment with and without assistance
Check out this short episode to hear our perspective on how to safely help youth and adaptive athletes resistance training with or without barbells and why!
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