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Kids In the Weight Room? Yes, With These Guidelines

There are varying opinions on whether kids belong in the weight room. Here’s one trainer’s story on this topic. We also share guidelines to consider when it comes to children and lifting weights.

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How to Create Fun At-Home Workouts for Kids of All Ages

Kids benefit from regular physical activity. But how do you make at-home workouts fun so they actually look forward to exercising? Here are a few options to consider, no matter what their age.

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Kids and Strength Training: When can they start?

Kids can strength train. And they can benefit from it. Don't stop reading this article until you've seen the science and learned the techniques to keep kids safe when you're training them.

4 Easy Steps for Creating a Family Fitness Plan
4 Easy Steps for Creating a Family Fitness Plan

Fitness is hard, and making it a regular habit is challenging for most people, let alone families with busy schedules. If you really want to commit to health and fitness for your kids, you need to guide them and get active with them. Here, we give you the steps you need to craft a family fitness ...

The Essentials of Sports Psychology for Youth Athletes
The Essentials of Sports Psychology for Youth Athletes

Teaching kids to set goals and develop mental toughness is part of the psychology of coaching. Use these tips with youth athletes to promote athletic performance and encourage the development of life skills.

Guide to Youth Fitness Programming
Guide to Youth Fitness Programming

The trainer and sports coach are on the front lines when it comes to helping kids begin, maintain, and grow healthy habits. Here's your guide to youth fitness programming to develop and deliver highly effective and engaging fitness programs for kids of all ages!

9 Easy Ways Get Active with Your Kids
9 Easy Ways to Get Active with Your Kids

Keeping your kids physically active isn't always easy. But we're here to help with nine easy ways to get active with your kids.

Family Fitness Tips - Creating a Family Plan
Family Fitness Tips - Creating a Family Plan

Have you ever worked with families in training sessions? It can be rewarding to help parents and kids make positive lifestyle changes, but it also presents a unique challenge for the trainer. Check out our latest tips for creating a family-friendly fitness and nutrition plan.

Children and Olympic Weightlifing: An interview with Mike McKenna
Children and Olympic Weightlifting - Mike McKenna

It's hard to believe, but when you see the video of a child lifting up huge barbells in her gym and how serious she is about her training, it brings up a lot of questions. Mike McKenna discuss these questions you may have.

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Age Appropriate Sports Development

A couple's experience in Egypt to work with the coaches and players of a youth soccer program with the purpose of the program of training young kids, but also to use sports as a bridge between communities and cultures.

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Kids, Fitness and Sports: Call for Fitness Community

Kids need sports and fitness. Physical activity is so important for the physical, social, emotional, and even academic well-being of children, and yet too many of them are not getting access to appropriate fitness or sports opportunities. There is a lot of work to be done here, and we as professi...

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Strength Training for Children: A Review of Research Literature

Two of the most frequently asked questions about children and strength training are; "Is it safe for kids to lift weights?" And "At what age can kids start lifting weights?" The sad truth is, many doubts surround the safety and validity of weight training for children. Many would even have you be...