@the.living.room.pod: Lifting weights stunts kids' growth. It's one of the most persistent myths in fitness, and it's been around for decades. In this conversation, Dr. Stuart Phillips traces the idea back to what it actually is: a concern about growth plates. The logic goes something like this. Growth plates sit at the ends of bones. Damage one, and the bone may not grow properly. So somewhere along the way, people connected that risk to lifting weights and the myth took hold. But as Dr. Phillips explains, the evidence doesn't support it. Resistance training, done safely and with proper supervision, is not only harmless for kids. It's tremendously beneficial. The key word is safely. That doesn't mean putting a young kid under a loaded barbell on day one. It means starting with push ups, pull ups, body weight squats. Building a foundation before adding load. The fear was never entirely baseless. But the conclusion people drew from it was wrong. Tune into the full conversation, out now on all major streaming platforms. ▶️ youtube.com/@The.Living.Room.Podcast #TheLIVINGRoomPodcast

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