A kid body builder. Think hes 9 years old but not postive.

[FelixDeCat]

OMG hes SEVEN!!! According to the ripleys video.

 

[WyteWatt]

FelixDeKat OMG.

 

[dethman]

holy crap i jumped out of my seat that was scary.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

this is real.....saw it on TV!!! WTF!! insane as;dljkfasldkjfasf woulnd't this stunt his growth?...he's gonna stay like that for the rest of his life...and have a very smalll............ ......................... ..............

 

[her209]

He'll be the next Gary Coleman.

 

[WyteWatt]

DanTMWTMP confused.

 

[deerslayer]

That kid is a freak.....

 

[SludgeFactory]

He's only nine years old, how can anybody say he's stunted his growth? When you're nine, your head is freakishly big compared to your body. This kid has very low bodyfat which makes it even more exaggerated.

And weight lifting doesn't stunt growth either.

 

[dethman]

holy crap i jumped out of my seat that was scary.

 

[WyteWatt]

dethman first time i saw it i could not believe it.

 

[Parn]

Yeah, it stunts growth. Because the muscles have such tone, that it inhibits bone growth by pulling too hard on them.

 

[bolido2000]

This is not fake. I saw this kid on Howard Stern show pulling some stunts. It pisses me off that the dad is living off his kid :disgust:

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: Parn
Yeah, it stunts growth. Because the muscles have such tone, that it inhibits bone growth by pulling too hard on them.

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Originally posted by: bolido2000
This is not fake. I saw this kid on Howard Stern show pulling some stunts. It pisses me off that the dad is living off his kid :disgust:

I saw that too, and that is the most disturbing thing about this whole situation. I admire that a kid can be motivated to train and eat so that he can have that type of physique, but it's hard to believe that he's doing it without mom and/or dad controlling his every move and parading him around to sell supplements/videos/whatever. Let kids be kids.

And while controlled, supervised weight lifting is not a problem, the ultra-low bodyfat could be detrimental for a growing child.

 

[KevinH]

Originally posted by: bolido2000
This is not fake. I saw this kid on Howard Stern show pulling some stunts. It pisses me off that the dad is living off his kid :disgust:

Yah I saw that same show on Howard too. I agree with you 100% on the father. It's disgusting.

 

[BD231]

the ultra-low bodyfat could be detrimental for a growing child.

Not if he's eating like a body builder. Alot of that athlete like ability is genetic as well, I've seen small kids with tone that you normally would not see on a kid, but he's been working out since he was 5 (or 2?, can't remember) so I'd hope he'd be in the shape he's in, especially with a physical trainer(I won't argue on strength, he's strong for sure). Weight lifting dose stunt growth to a certain extent, but I don't think it's going to make him a midget or anything.

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: BD231
the ultra-low bodyfat could be detrimental for a growing child.

Not if he's eating like a body builder. Alot of that athlete like ability is genetic as well, I've seen small kids with tone that you normally would not see on a kid, but he's been working out since he was 5 (or 2?, can't remember) so I'd hope he'd be in the shape he's in, especially with a physical trainer(I won't argue on strength, he's strong for sure). Weight lifting dose stunt growth to a certain extent, but I don't think it's going to make him a midget or anything.

The stresses from weight lifting don't fuse growth plates, hormones (puberty) do. If stresses messed up growth, then kids wouldn't be allowed to run or jump. Jumping imparts a load of several times bodyweight on the legs, way more than any lifting would.

And just guessing from what I've seen of him, he's somewhere between 5 and 8% bodyfat. Holding bf that low can affect hormonal levels in a negative way. If he's got such low bodyfat that it's hindering HGH production, then he will end up as a midget.