Numerous national associations and multiple reviews have documented the safety and
efficacy of strength training for children and adolescents. The literature highlights the …

Introduction To date, several meta-analyses clearly demonstrated that resistance and
plyometric training are effective to improve physical fitness in children and adolescents …

The recent literature delineates resistance training in children and adolescents to be
effective and safe. However, only little is known about the transfer of achieved strength gains …

Background Over the past decades, an exponential growth has occurred with regards to the
number of scientific publications including meta-analyses on youth resistance training (RT) …

CONTEXT: Although physiologic benefits of resistance training for children and adolescents
have been well documented, the impact of age and maturity on trainability of muscle …

OBJECTIVES: Resistance training in untrained adolescents can positively effect health-
related fitness as well as improve muscular power and sports performance. The impact of …

It has been demonstrated that strength training can be organized in children in a safe and
effective way. However, there is limited data regarding its impact on muscle hypertrophy …

Generating high levels of muscular strength and power are important for success in sport
and may have long-term implications for sporting careers in youth athletes. Importantly …

Combining training of muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness within a training cycle
could increase athletic performance more than single-mode training. However, the …

Abstract Faigenbaum, AD, Bush, JA, McLoone, RP, Kreckel, MC, Farrell, A, Ratamess, NA,
and Kang, J. Benefits of strength and skill-based training during primary school physical …