Traditionally resistance training was considered ineffective and potentially harmful; However, coaches found that if their young athletes used control and progressed gradually their performance increased. This is best exemplified by gymnasts because they repeatedly generate high levels of power outputs and impose heavy loads to their muscles, bones, and connective tissue in the process of learning new skills. (Blimkie & Marion, 1993)

There have been many arguments that include strength gains can not be made before puberty, and will harm their growth plates, and may cause other injury. These studies conducted in the 60’s and 70’s believe this because people associate gains with hypertrophy and children show limited capacity to this. (Blimkie & M

Resistance training can improve strength per cross-sectional muscle area, which is relative strength, as I mentioned before. There is a increase in muscle size through neuro-adaptaions in the early stages of the program. There is improved movement coordination factor contributing strength gains through multi-joint exercises. (Pediatrics, 2001) Also it is found that training induced strength gains are impermanent and they can’t maintain by only training once a week. This could be because of the lack of hypertrophy and motor unit activation resulting from reduced training stimulus. (Blimkie& Marion, 1993) Through neuromuscular “learning” training increases the number of motor neurons that will fire with each muscle contraction.(Pediatrics, 2001) In relation to cardiovascular fitness resistance training has little effect on relative and absolute VO2 max.There are findings that training for less than twenty weeks has no negative effect on normal development of cardiovascular fitness. On the contray resistance programs using hydraulic or isokinetic and featuring alternative concentric contractions between agonistic and antagonistic muscles may provide improvements in both strength and VO2 max.(Blimkie & Marion, 1993) This is because it may provide a positive stimulus under specific conditionsFor the younger group ages eight plus, resistance training increases neuro motor skills, strength, bone development by increasing bone density, strength of bone connective tissue, muscle energy capacity, and it strengthens the heart muscle. Studies also show that resistance training in non athletic children can increase their strength by up to 30%, and athletic children show sport proficiencies at earlier ages. (Benifits of a Resistance Training Program, 2000)

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