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Mythology of youth resistance training
  1. Avery D Faigenbaum1,
  2. Andrea Stracciolini2,
  3. James P MacDonald3,4,
  4. Tamara Rial Rebullido5
  1. 1 Department of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USA
  2. 2 Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine, BostonChildren's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  3. 3 Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
  4. 4 Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
  5. 5 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Avery D Faigenbaum, Dept of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 8628, USA; faigenba{at}tcnj.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-105804

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    The health and fitness benefits of youth resistance training are well established.1 2 In addition to increasing muscular fitness and fundamental movement skills, resistance training can increase bone mineral density, improve cardiometabolic health, facilitate weight control and reduce sport-injury risk.1 2 The WHO recommends that children and adolescents participate in strength-building activities at least 3 days per week.3

    Despite the established benefits and WHO recommendations, participation in youth resistance training is falling short of expectations. A mere 4.8% of Colombian adolescents and 19.4% of European adolescents self-reported sufficient participation in muscle-strengthening activities.4 5 Without …

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    • Contributors All authors conceptualised the overall idea for the infographic manuscript. ADF drafted the text and TRR developed the infographic. All authors contributed and approved the final version of the text and infographic image.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.