In contrast to the most 7 year old Giuliano Stroe spends much his playing time in his family Ciuresti, Romania, gym, lift weights and toning muscles torn prepubescent body. In a training video on its popular YouTube site - Stroe of videos have shown 13 million times - Giuliano Benchpresses twice leans his weight his biceps, and then growls at the camera as a cherubic Hulk Hogan. The young has the Guinness world records for (1) the shortest possible time to walk 10 meters on the hands with a medicine ball between the legs and (2) the number of the "air-push-ups" - which are like normal push ups except much more difficult, because the feet are not allowed to touch the ground. Stroe completed 20, without breaking a sweat.
Stroe Iulian claimed that his son with strength training as a 2-year-old, if was not previously owned. "He has been doing has, the gym with me since he was born," said Iulian the Austrian times online last year. The hard work is paying off; Iulian recently announced that Tokyo-based Fuji Television Network him $ 1,000 (about paid $1,400) for a 30-second clip of his son in action. He refused to talk about BusinessWeek because he says, he's now doing TV interviews only with Bloomberg.
The Stroes icons become a child bodybuilding underworld, which was until recently only a dream enterprising and coach testosterone of fuelled pageant fathers. According to market research firm IBISWorld, gyms and health have become more and more popular clubs care bears movement. "Youth memberships have become one of the fastest growth areas for fitness club industry", says that IBIS senior analyst Taylor Hamilton research. "And many clubs have shifted their focus on this area started." In the last five years prior to puberty and teen memberships by 2.9 percent increased each year - and since 2005 has the category 6 to 11 years almost doubled.
Jeff Martin, Director of youth programming for CrossFit brand X, a health club in Ramona, California, said his business has doubled in the last three years, and that the majority of its new customers are a minor. "We have children in our fitness room now come who 2?, 3 years old, are," says Martin. Brian k. Maloney, Director of education at New York's visions and Fitness Wellness Center, believes that his gym attracts a young people, above all, because it allows. "Unlike many gyms and private gyms, which will work in the weight room, not for you if you 16 or older, our insurance covers younger members," Maloney says charges $70 and up, for child before puberty sessions. "We ensure people who have the money," he says.
The anxious, to break into the mini-meathead circuit such tips take out their guns on a growing circuit of national bodybuilding events in summer. Among the most respected's are men teen, Junior & open nationals the United States Powerlifting, last month in St. Louis; the iron boy Powerlifting n.c. push-pull Championships, in Kings mountain, n.c., on June 9; the GNC-teen and masters nationals, this month in Pittsburgh. At the iron boy Powerlifting at the 2009 contest impressed 12-year-old Joel Delgado the amount of dead lifting 240 pounds. Fitness coach Jay "Big Red" Cholewa has enough talented preteen lifter rising star see a trained. "This is a masterpiece," he says.
However the participation in these competitions, not cheap. October this year junior United States natural bodybuilding & fitness Championship - the Peabody Awards of youth bodybuilding - fees $60 per candidate, with an additional $5 for processing. Then, late fee for forms two weeks of the competition is the mandatory $50 to $70 of drug testing and a $25. If a participant wants to a DVD of his performance, is that an additional $ 79. greedy parents must shell out $45 for premium seats.
The rewards for the weightlifter and their families are not obvious. Reebok CrossFit games this month in Carson, California, instead of paying $250,000, his top adult candidates and nothing to the winner of the Teen Division. It's the same story at the most youth bodybuilding events, literally to offer prices between almost no money and no money, the CrossFit Martin says. He explains that the lack of a financial incentive is "to avoid contradictions with scholarships." When asked to explain why a cash prize of a student scholarship would disrupt prospects, Martin says, "I'm not quite sure."
The major concern remains an ethical a. How should young start child a hard core strength-training-regime? According to Andre Farnell, President of North Brunswick, n.j., better body expert training outfit, the answer is simple: very young. "Some children come from the uterus ready, to do so," said Farnell, who says that up to 25% of its customers are children. Everything depends on their kinesthetic sense, says Farnell, which he describes as an "ability to connect spirit with your muscles have." With it, he noticed some children born. "It is not quite incredible that there are 7 year old children as Giuliano Stroe, who Excel at this."
There are also less philosophical concerns. A recent study carried out by the national children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, came to the conclusion that 47 percent of the weight training related injuries in people aged from 13 to 24 occurred. 12 And younger also suffered the highest number of injuries and fractures topics and were rather of a piece of equipment they have. But youth bodybuilding trainer designed to bypass strategies of this scary reality. Martin says that he works with a very young students, he gets creative. "You no 3 years to lure three sets of 10 say," he says. "" You say a 3-year-old, "we go Hey, on the jungle gym."?"Maloney pointed out that the most gym accidents with proper adult supervision can be avoided." His 5-year-old son enjoys the strength-training machines in his gym work and shows how under his father look, often to the equipment.
The most difficult problems are often the fathers. "It's never a good idea for children with physical perfection, be obsessed", says dahlia keen interests, a psychologist in Beverly Hills. "If it is driven too far and start young, how find mini men, can be brutal." "Bodybuilding is not satisfying." Mike BURGENER, the owner of Mike's gym in Bonsall, California, knows this all too well. After introduced his four children to weightlifting was a tender age, he grew more and trained his son Casey says looking back but Bonsall to the Olympics 2008. He was "Gung-ho," often Casey pushing harder than his adult students. Still, he believes weightlifting is rewarding for children, if only for the "feelings of strength and it gives them confidence"-to is from their overbearing fathers to screamed.
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