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Understanding Children's Muscles


Healthy diet for children

It is a must to take right measures to help children grow in a healthy manner. Read on to learn how you can help your children stay fit and maintain the health of their muscles.

Many kids want to have muscles like heroes and their favourite athletes but in reality it is not possible to help children build muscles like grownups. However, there are some aspects that young boys and girls can take care of and have healthy and strong muscles.

There are many kids who want to have muscles like body builders shown in TV shows. Well, kids can have strong and healthy muscles but getting muscles build up like body builders is not possible until they reach puberty.

If you follow the tips mentioned here you will be able to help your child improve bone density and strengthen the tendons and ligaments that support your child’s bones. The basic thing is that you need to pay attention to what your child is eating and to what kind of exercise he or she is into.

Make your child understand that body building or weight lifting is not meant for kids and teens. In fact, if tried, this might hamper the normal growth and development of the child as well. Talk to your child’s doctor so that he works out a fitness regime for him or her taking into account your child’s health status.

Helping Children Take Care of Their Muscles

Here is how you can help your children take care of their muscles.

Healthy Eating

Along with a balanced and nutritious diet, children who want to have healthy muscles should have protein rich foods like eggs. Foods that provide high amount of iron are also recommended. As a parent you should pay attention to regular intake of nutritious food for your kid. Make sure you bring variety to food items so that your child gets varied nutritious food items which would help him or her have a healthy body and this in turn will help in overall development of your child.

Physical Activities

Involving your child in vigorous physical activities will help to make muscles healthy and strong. This is a proven formula and has been used since years. Playing, riding, jumping and running as well as swimming and dancing are some common activities that children enjoy and at the same time these activities help them keep their muscles healthy. You can get your child busy with any physical activity that he or she enjoys so that he or she achieves the goal and at the same time enjoys the entire journey. Jumping rope is also a very good form of exercise for muscles.

Is Weight Lifting Right for Kids?

Some kids want to lift heavy weights because they want to prove themselves stronger and build muscles like body builders. Well, as a parent it is your responsibility to convince your child and make him or her understand that lifting weight would in turn damage his or her tender muscles and bones. This becomes all the more essential if your child is very small and has not reached puberty.

However, if you can find a coach who has experience training kids, ask him to train your child do exercises that would help him or her keep the muscles healthy. Under the supervision of the coach you can stay relaxed that there will be no damage to your child’s health. The kind of exercise the coach will guide will definitely improve the health of the muscle of your child.

Although, signing up for a trainer or coach will help to keep child’s muscles healthy, by simply engaging him or her in vigorous physical activities will also give more or less the same result. So, feed your child nutritious food, feed from each group of food, and encourage him or her to do daily exercises. Get your child moving for at least 30 minutes every day and encourage him or her to eat variety of food items in addition to protein rich foods.

How to help children have healthy muscles? Is it possible for children to build muscles? Is weight lifting safe for children? Discuss here.


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