It could have gone wrong in so many levels at that age, some people don't end up having problems but some do, I generally think it's not worth it to take the risk.

I myself started developing osgood schlatter around the age of 10 which I ignored to start with since I didn't know what it was and by the age of 11 I got it in my other knee and the knee where it started in had bulged so I was certain then that there was something wrong and that I wasn't just aching from working too hard (granted I was but I mean in a different way) and I ended up being told I should stop working my legs so much until I stop growing unless I wanted to end up in a wheelchair.

That being told to someone practicing in gymnastics, track & field sports & football while cycling a good 10 - 20 KM (yes I know it's not that much but it's much for a kid that age) every other day or so who also goes swimming on weekends with someone who is practicing it and just wants to race and train more is pretty bad.

I ended up having to lay down my passion for sports in favor of things I ended up loving even more (got a love-hate relationship with my osgood schlatter, on one hand it svcked, and on the other it's the reason I got into gaming and such :tes: ) and now 7 years later I haven't practiced anything else really but I'm just about old enough to start working myself as much as I want, it's very rare that I even feel my osgood schlatter these days but then again now I'm lazy and very much doubt I will get into sports as much as I used to :sweat:

But the point I'm trying to get across here is that you can have two children with similar backgrounds but very different results. So I'm not saying there is a 100% chance OP would have any health problems due to working out at a young age, but there is a risk involved which I generally don't find to be worth it to take. And I'm even lucky, I can get back to sports later or even perhaps now since I'm close to having stopped growing I think, but there are other problems that could be developed more severe than osgood schlatter that can be more permanent.

I noticed, I don't see the problem though. 14 year old boys were expected to do all kinds of manual labor in the not so distant past. Physiologicaly 14 year olds today can still handle it. I began my foray into resistance/strength training in earnest shortly before turning 10. I was inspired by an interview with Bruce Jenner and began doing bodyweight exersizes on a daily basis. I was about 12-13 when I started incorporating free weights. By the time I was 16 I could benchpress my own body weight, squat almost twice my weight and curl almost half my weight. Of course I was still pretty small so it wasn't much weight to begin with. Now if a 14 year old wanted to do olympic style powerlifting I would say they should wait a few years before trying to break any records, but there is nothing inherently dangerous about the training in general.

I understand where you are coming from and I apologize if I'm coming off as confrontational in any way. The key thing in any exercise regime it to listen to your body, it's often a lot smarter than you. This is especially important in younger people whose bodies are still developing, you are absolutely right about that. However I believe that there is a healthy level of activity achievable without causing permanent injury and I encourage young people to be as active as they can. If you are doing gymnastics and football and track on top of the biking and swimming then I would actually be surprised if you didn't end up with problems in the knees, there is a lot of high impact and quick direction change movement on top of the normal exercise. I have seen torn and floating cartilage types of injuries from this type of activity. This does bring up another point that I missed earlier, if the OP is going to be doing these routines every day then it is important to take a break from other strenuous activity, that can have a negative impact at your age.

I'm not an expert on osgoods but based on what you have said I think I'll study it a bit more.

You could curl half your weight?! Besides the massive guys, most people at my gym don't go over 40 pounds.

My son is in advanced weight training this year, he was happy this week that he benched 135, and curled 75.
He weighs 110, hopefully this will put some more weight on him. He's all muscle, no fat, and going through another growth spurt.


Mom tha I am, when he told me about his adventures in weightlifing, I appealed to his ego. I reminded him that the trash is required to weigh less than fifty pounds per can, and that it should give him no problem, it needed to be put out for pickup the next day.
Worked like a charm, he took it out without complaint.

Our fridge mysteriously shut itself off, he's going to move it away from the wall for me this morning so my hubs can check it out. I am <3 this.

My mistake was that I though for curls it was with dumbbells, not bars. When I curl I use two 32.5s or 35s and do 16-20 reps 3x.