10 Year Old Kutin Squats 215

[Tannhauser]

Interesting stuff.

[BendtheBar]

[BendtheBar]

Naomi's father talking about here training:

9 Year Old Naomi Kutin Squats 205 At Weight of 91

I've been lifting for over 30 years, and as her father, her health and safety come first to me, so I am her "real" coach.

Yes you are right that kids often bring their knees together. We (my wife and I) taught her to overcome that tendency. Doing that is a bad thing, not a good thing.

In criticizing her form, keep 2 things in mind. First, she is doing powerlifting style squats (obviously) which have the bar lower on the back, and thereby bending somewhat forward, than would be true with more conventional types of squats. Actually, by powerlifting standards, her form is decent. Second, form does tend to degrade at higher weights. The third one broke a world record, for the weight class, not just for her age. Certainly, by any reasonable standards, that qualifies as a high weight.

[Off Road]

This is a tough one for me. Certainly the girl and her parents have to make their own decisions for themselves. As long as she's safe, and she appears to be, I'm fine with it.

For my own son, I would not make that same decision. I am sure he could squat 200 lbs given the chance and some time to build up to it. But why rush it? There is lots of time to get strong and display it. I just assume wait until puberty hits before really loading the intensity and let him make the claim that he wants to compete himself. I will just let the kid be a kid.