5 Basic Movements Every Young Athlete Needs to Learn Before Lifting Heavy Weight [STACK]

To this day, there's still a huge misconception that kids shouldn't lift weights. I've written about this before HERE, so I'm not going to dwell on the particulars, but the point is this:

Strength training is perfectly safe for youngsters. It just has to be carried out intelligently.

First and foremost is the idea of teaching movement competency before movement capacity. That is, the athlete must be able to perform basic human movements with proper form before attempting to add a bunch of weight and reps to them.

So what are the most fundamental human movements that young athletes need to master?

You can see a preview of them in the collage above, and you can read way more about them in my new article on STACK.com -- 5 Basic Movements Every Young Athlete Needs to Learn Before Lifting Heavy Weight.

Just click the link below:

http://www.stack.com/a/5-basic-movements-every-young-athlete-needs-to-learn-before-lifting-heavy-weight