Re:Ask HN: What keeps you from exercising?
by samsonradu on Saturday August 13, 2016 @06:08AM
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In my opinion weight lifting shouldn t be done until 18yo unless you re a professional athlete. Chances are you will get injured sooner or later since your body is not fully developped for it. Also gaining muscular mass at a young age can cause metabolism issues later (after 30), gaining weight easier and such. Studies show it might also stunt your growth in height. Practicing sports only till about 18 then slowly moving towards weight lifting will ensure a fit&healthy body, those big biceps all kids want will come up later in life, no need to speed that up.
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Re:Ask HN: What keeps you from exercising?
by Hydraulix989 on Saturday August 13, 2016 @09:45AM
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At the time, I was on that trajectory -- trying to get recruited for college-level track and field. All of the other state-caliber athletes (my competition) were intensely weight training.
What messed me up wasn't the fact that I was weight lifting (I still have remnants of my high school athletic physique now even as an engineer who sits and codes for 10+ hours a day), but rather, overtraining and incompetent coaching.
Re:Ask HN: What keeps you from exercising?
by ASpring on Saturday August 13, 2016 @09:41PM
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> Also gaining muscular mass at a young age can cause metabolism issues later (after 30), gaining weight easier and such.
I've always heard the opposite. Do you have a source for this?
Re:Ask HN: What keeps you from exercising?
by samsonradu on Thursday August 18, 2016 @10:36AM
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Not really, but have seen plenty of real-life examples.
Main point is you can NOT gain muscular mass at that age unless you take supplements or start eating protein foods like crazy! Both will mess up with your metabolism, do you agree? I m not saying going to the gym for exercising is bad per se, just early mass gain.