# Weight-lifting question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/145146>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 27, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/145146 "2002-12-27T12:37:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/145146/21 "2002-12-27T20:49:51Z")

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Lower body strength not his strong suit, huh? Well, there’s an easy fix for that…😃

Seriously, I would expect that lower body strength is exceptionally important for wrestling. Isn’t it all about keeping your balance?

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**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/145146/22 "2002-12-27T20:50:27Z")

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That’s what I do to, leave the collars off the end of the bar. I work out at home. It’s rare that one of my roommates will be home when I lift. It’s even more rare that one of them will hear me & respond when I yell “spot!”.

BTW, I don’t know what my max is. I bench, pull-up & squat. Of course I do other excercises around them, (like crunches), but these are the 3 core excercises I do & I divide my workout in 3 days by them. Like I said, I don’t know what my max is. I only know I look good without a shirt, and that’s what it’s all about 😉

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/145146/23 "2002-12-27T20:54:58Z")

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Lower body strength not his strong suit, huh? Well, there’s an easy fix for that…😃

Seriously, I would expect that lower body strength is exceptionally important for wrestling. Isn’t it all about keeping your balance?

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/145146/24 "2002-12-27T21:01:10Z")

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Lower body strength not his strong suit, huh? Well, there’s an easy fix for that…😃

Seriously, I would expect that lower body strength is exceptionally important for wrestling. Isn’t it all about keeping your balance?

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/145146/25 "2002-12-27T23:29:28Z")

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“Maxing out” at age 16 is definitely not a risk worth taking. It can stunt growth of long bones. He still has growth plates that can be fairly easily compressed.

Here are some articles to read:

[here](http://www.drgreene.com/21-418.html)

[here](http://www.healthquoteplus.com/generic.html?pid=13)

[here](http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Sports-153.htm)

[and her](http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Sports-89.htm)

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