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I wholehartedly agree. Dr Mel's comments are much appreciated by those who have a real interest in learning from others. I would appreciate David Stephens removal without delay. Thank you. In message <[log in to unmask]>, Robin Shutt <[log in to unmask]> writes >I believe the originator of this response warrants a minimalist reply and >curtailment of access to the physio forum. >Robin Shutt > >-----Original Message----- >From: PHYSIO - for physiotherapists in education and practice >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Martin Jones >Sent: 28 March 2001 14:22 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Child Development & Heavy Weights > > >I hear what u say - load of crap really - u r the weakest link, goodby >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 2:41 AM >Subject: Child Development & Heavy Weights > > >> On 27/03/2001, Martin Jones<[log in to unmask]> writes: >> >> << The British Amateur weightlifting Association do not allow Children >under >> the age of 15 to compete in their competions - it may be worth contacting >> them >> >> >> ***However, one of the greatest lifters of all time, Naim Suleimanov of >> Bulgaria (who later became Naim Suleymanoglu of Turkey) at a bodymass of >52kg >> was outlifting all adults at the age of 15 in world championships. He >> recently retired after the Sydney Olympics and was invited to become one >of >> the honorary Vice Presidents of the International Olympic Weightlifting >> Federation for his great contributions to the sport. Always a very small >> man, he was not well suited to most other sports, but, from an early age >> excelled at lifting heavy weights and all these years later he is not >> suffering from all those dreaded problems which young lifters are supposed >to >> experience. >> >> Maybe British adults simply do not like children to be superior at sport >to >> adults :) Their whole ban is rather ludicrous, since the British Olympic >> movement allows much younger children to compete in the even more >physically >> demanding and stressful sport of gymnastics. Were they to be consistent >and >> base their bans on biomechanical and clinical findings, they should ban >> youngsters from playing several sports before the age of 15, not only in >the >> Olympics, but also at school, and that definitely includes rugby, >wrestling, >> judo, soccer (high incidence of knee and ankle injury), track and field >and >> gymnastics. Cricket fast bowling and tennis might also be candidates for >> banning because of the very large stresses placed upon the spine and >> shoulders. Not that I am promoting this idea, but I am simply trying to >> emphasize the illogicality and inconsistency of the whole sorry saga. >> >> When are people going to appreciate that one does NOT have to lift heavy >> weights to impose large stresses on the human body and that basic physics >> shows that large forces (involving small loads but large accelerations) >and >> large torques (involving small loads, but long lever arms) can be produced >> without adding any load whatsoever to the body? Are Newton's Second Law >and >> the Law of Levers really so little understood by the sporting, teaching >and >> medical professions? If so, there is something very amiss with our >> edunational system in general. >> >> Once upon a time a well-known scientist said that no person could presume >to >> call himself educated if he did not understand the implications of the >Second >> Law of Thermodynamics - well, I am going to take that even further and >state >> that no modern person can afford to call himself/herself educated if >he/she >> does not understand the implications of Newton's even simpler three laws >of >> mechanics. Thus did not Zarathustra spake! >> >> Dr Mel C Siff >> Denver, USA >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/ >> -- Christo Thiardt