Crossfit is an intense non-aerobic program to build core strength and can be a safe training program. But kids should not be doing an adult workout, said Yuri Feito, an assistant professor of exercise science at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, who is currently doing research on the effects of CrossFit in adults.The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that heavy, Olympic-style lifting and powerlifting should be delayed until kids’ bones and bodies reach maturity. Tack that on to there has been no posted research on the effects of weight training and children other than the AMA’s determination that it causes respiratory problems, and that the apparent intent of the program appears to be to get them from in front of the computers, perhaps it is too early to put the program in such widespread practice. Cart-horse.
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