Position statement on youth resistance training: the 2014 International Consensus

• Published in: British journal of sports medicine Vol. 48; no. 7; pp. 498 - 505
• Main Authors: Lloyd, Rhodri S, Faigenbaum, Avery D, Stone, Michael H, Oliver, Jon L, Jeffreys, Ian, Moody, Jeremy A, Brewer, Clive, Pierce, Kyle C, McCambridge, Teri M, Howard, Rick, Herrington, Lee, Hainline, Brian, Micheli, Lyle J, Jaques, Rod, Kraemer, William J, McBride, Michael G, Best, Thomas M, Chu, Donald A, Alvar, Brent A, Myer, Gregory D
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group 01.04.2014; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age; Athletic Injuries - prevention & control; Body composition; Bone Development - physiology; Child; Child development; Children & youth; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; Female; Humans; Injuries; Male; Mental Health; Muscle Strength - physiology; Participation; Pediatrics; Physical education; Physical fitness; Physiology; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Researchers; Resistance Training - methods; Sports medicine; Sports training; Teenagers; Velocity; Weight Lifting - physiology; Weightlifting; United Kingdom > UK; Weight lifting
• ISSN: 0306-3674; 1473-0480
• DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092952

The current manuscript has been adapted from the official position statement of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association on youth resistance training. It has subsequently been reviewed and endorsed by leading professional organisations within the fields of sports medicine, exercise science and paediatrics. The authorship team for this article was selected from the fields of paediatric exercise science, paediatric medicine, physical education, strength and conditioning and sports medicine.