oh shiiiit my daughter just said she wants to do powerlifting in highschool!?

[Fit2Serve]

she is gonna be 15 in a few days. obviously knows i was a competitive bber but i have NEVER even talked w her about weights. well bout a year ago she started doing strnegth training in athletics. she really liked it and wanted me to get her a gym membership. now its been about a year and honestly she motivateds me to go to the gym. she is all about it. and this evening said she kinda wants to do powerlifting!!!! i am a bber... dont know nothing about poqerlifting but any of u guys or gals encountered this? i def want to encourage her to lift iron if thats what she wants.

 

[Fit2Serve]

at 15 is she good to go to train HEAVY? is she good to go to use say creatine? yes yes i can look all this up but wanna hear from my bros here. what would yall do???

 

[Fit2Serve]

she is built like me sigh so not bes structure for powerlifting (i am lomf appendages and short torso) but man i wanna encourage her!

 

[UnholyAlliance]

Perhaps why not take her to the gym with you and coach her?

 

[qbkilla]

I'd say teach her first and foremost about not getting injured, proper nutrition and rest...the foundation more important than strength vs bb vs athletics

 

[aHarness]

I wouldn’t do anything man. Just be supportive and let her enjoy the process (obviously guide/correct her if she’s doing something seriously wrong)

 

[td]

Sub-maximal training for adolescents. Buy a copy of 531. Or go watch some Jim wendler videos.

You can get kids very strong training pretty light, consistently.

 

[Virtuous]

She’s fine to train, take creatine, etc etc. just keep her within reason - no reason to get injured

 

[socialdfan]

Sub-maximal training for adolescents. Buy a copy of 531. Or go watch some Jim wendler videos.

You can get kids very strong training pretty light, consistently.

The Rule of Three is pretty good too. Wendler is awesome.

 

[Bio]

Let her run with it! Like others mentioned, Wendler 5-3-1. Look at Matt Wenning's stuff. I'm not up on it anymore.

 

[UnholyAlliance]

at 15 is she good to go to train HEAVY? is she good to go to use say creatine? yes yes i can look all this up but wanna hear from my bros here. what would yall do???

It ought to make you proud when she's doing the major lifts with aplomb just like the boys. She would need to learn proper form and technique early on no doubt