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Can Boys Do Weight Lifting Exercises?

my sons age is 12and 1/2 for his skating purpose can he do gym to develop his thigh muscle,by lying on a machine and pushes the weight by his leg,around60 kgs,what r the side effects by doing this he does not lift it on his shoulders ,iheard some telling for boys gymming s not good and in future their sperms nos will reduce. is that true or not Doctor can u suggest me ,he started a month back.whether to continue it or not. thankyou Dr
posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2014
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Hi,

He's very free to do as much exercise as he can tolerate. I will suggest that he gets a personal trainer to guide him. There are no known side effects of this.

I wish him well.
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Can Boys Do Weight Lifting Exercises?

Hi, He s very free to do as much exercise as he can tolerate. I will suggest that he gets a personal trainer to guide him. There are no known side effects of this. I wish him well.