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Big squats before full growth?

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Posted by: RCfootball87

i was told by a friend that i really sohuldn't be trying to max out on the squats because i just turned 15, am not fully grown yet, and could screw up my growth plates in my legs? anyone got any advice on this? note that these are machine squats and so i can put more weight on it than a regular, thus more stress on the growth plate. did anyone else that started young do max squats a lot at a young age.

Posted by: Tank316

i agree with your friend. your growth plates are pretty much established, but causing an injury would be my main concern.

Posted by: firestorm

That is a tuffy and a hard call. My best suggestion is to ask a Sports Doctor or worse case scenero your Family Doctor. Hopefully he can give you a referral to a sports medicine professional for that answer. I won't lie when I speak for myself though,, I started lifting weights freshmen year of Highschool. Now my lifts were nothing to brag about but I'm 40 years old today and haven't stopped training for the most part since then. By Senior year I did a 610 pound half squat (ass to a chair) and never suffered any knee or joint problems. (for the record I was natural all through High school).
Unless your planning to play contact sports that require massive leg strength such as a linemen, I'd say, stay with moderate weights until your 17 or so. My opinion.

Posted by: Scotty the Body

Personally, I don't see any real benefit from 1RM, I would stick to doing no less than 4 reps, not only because your young but you will have less chance of injury.

Leave your ego at the door.

Posted by: ALBOB

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Originally posted by RCfootball87
i was told by a friend that i really sohuldn't be trying to max out on the squats because i just turned 15, am not fully grown yet, and could screw up my growth plates in my legs?

I'm gonna agree with Scotty IF doing a One Rep Max is what you meant by "maxing out". Doing a 1RM on squats is only for power lifters and/or competitive lifters. To get the kind of growth your looking for you need to be more concerned with weights that allow you to get 6+ reps using "maximum" effort. In other words, that sixth, seventh or eighth rep should be an absolute ball buster. THAT'S maxing out on squats.

Stay away from 1RM lifts, they'll do nothing but get you hurt.

P.S. This is coming from a man that just had knee surgery three months ago to repair an injury I got doing squats. I know what I'm talking about.

Posted by: RCfootball87

thanks for the help guys, i suppose ill stay away fromt the one rep max then, unless i here otherwise from sports doc.

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