Chapter 10-Fleck

 Safe and effective  AA of pediatrics  ACSM  AOSSM  NSCA  Common questions  Skeletal development  What type?  Safety!

 Children can benefit from RT through:  Increased strength, power & muscular endurance  Decreased injuries  Improved sport performance  Correctly designed, progressed, taught and SUPERVISED!

 Large gains in strength in youth (75%)  Hormonal contributions are low  Training age can increase hormone response  Neural factors play a large role

 In adults neural factors play an acute role  In youth neural factors play a chronic role  Coordination, nerves, protein  Significant increase in T after puberty  Physiological age is an important factor  Different maturation levels  Muscle, connective tissue

 Bone can be positively affected  RT must meet threshold and direction  This may last into older age  Detraining is difficult to measure  Maturation mediates strength loss  Advantages are only maintained while training

 RT as prevention  Reduces recovery time  Children should be prepared for activity  Injury risk is real!  No max loads  Proper technique  Slow progression  Maturity level

 Muscle strains and sprains  Warm-up  No max loads  Growth Cartilage (no max loads)  Epiphyseal plates  Not ossified  Fractures between 12-14yrs (weak bone)  Lumbar  Low loads  Use proper form  Repeated trauma for chronic

 Psychologically and physically ready?  What type?  Understand proper technique?  Spotter safety?  Equipment safety?  Equipment fit?  Comprehensive program?  Sport participation?

 Short, safe and supervised!  C-major muscle groups  O-strength to power  F-2x week  I-low  V-high  R-high  P-1 set to multiple sets

 Safety  Supervision  Maturational differences  Low to high  Slow progression

 Chapter 11 Fleck  Program design tonight