Chest Options

[iGio]

Does anyone know how long it would take for the chest to gain muscle? I'm working out trying to build up my chest but it feels like i'll never get the body I want.

[Reidar]

Yeah, it's been shown that kids as young as 6 can lift heavy.

"The safety of this type of training for kids is well documented. Programs supervised by qualified coaches, and in which training loads are prescribed and monitored by professionals, have proven to be safer than typical physical education classes. Several studies since the 1970s have reported extremely low to zero rates of injury during training programs of from several weeks to a year in duration and have suggested that weight training prevents injury rather than causes it. Even the handling of maximal weights by children has been scrutinized for safety.Dr. Avery Faigenbaum showed that properly supervised maximal lifting in 6- to 12-year-olds resulted in no injuries, providing further evidence that even high-intensity training, properly supervised, can be a safe and healthy undertaking for children." -Rippetoe, Practical Programming

"Tremendous benefits can be gained from an appropriately designed and implemented strength training program for children. The majority of the scientific evidence over the last 10 years strongly suggests that children can significantly increase their strength - independent from growth and maturation - providing that the resistance training program is long enough and of high enough intensity. The benefits may well reach beyond strength with improvements in other physiological systems such as connective tissue strength and density as well as improved physical performance and injury prevention (Kraemer and Fleck, 2005)." -Zatsiorsky, Science and Practice of Strength Training