{"id":4811,"date":"2020-01-06T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2020-01-21T06:57:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:57:44","slug":"did-dk-metcalf-stunt-his-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/did-dk-metcalf-stunt-his-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Did DK Metcalf stunt his growth?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dk2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dk2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dk2-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dk2-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am just watching the NFC Wild card game and DK Metcalf\u2019s\nrecord day.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metcalf is a 6\u20194 220 lb chiseled wr whose father had him\nstart lifting at the age of 6!!&nbsp; Yes you read that correctly. &nbsp;6\nyears old and lifting weights\u2026did it stunt his growth\u2026NO!&nbsp; In fact\nresearch shows that 77% of people who lift weights at a young age are the\ntallest in their family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. &nbsp;Young athletes who train with weights are hurt\nmuch less then kids who don\u2019t lift weights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Strength training is safe for kids as long as it is personalized\nand supervised<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Strength training wil increase a young athletes mobility<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Will strength training guarantee you a scholarship or\nplay pro\u2026.no but I can assure you if you don\u2019t you will have much less of an\nopportunity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now be like DK Metcalf and squat 100bs at the age of 6!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to get jacked try\nmy 8 week speed \/strength football program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DAWGMODE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Larry Jusdanis <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SST BURLINGTON<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-vivid-red-background-color\">To read more on this subject &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/safe-strength-conditioning-training-for-young-athletes\/\">CLICK HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color\">To sign up for our upcoming winter speed and skills camp (peewee and Bantam ages) <a href=\"http:\/\/events.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?llr=4be5hgvab&amp;oeidk=a07egpunayn9eaa4c69\">CLICK HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am just watching the NFC Wild card game and DK Metcalf\u2019s record day.&nbsp; Metcalf is a 6\u20194 220 lb chiseled wr whose father had him start lifting at the age of 6!!&nbsp; Yes you read that correctly. &nbsp;6 years old and lifting weights\u2026did it stunt his growth\u2026NO!&nbsp; In fact research shows that 77% of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/did-dk-metcalf-stunt-his-growth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Did DK Metcalf stunt his growth?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-4811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-football-40-yard-dash-40-yard-dash-training-speed-training-football-training-training-squats-squat-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4813,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811\/revisions\/4813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}