NY Times Article- Ridiculous?

miracole
miracole Posts: 492 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Came across this article in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/health/teenage-boys-worried-about-body-image-take-risks.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0

entitled "Muscular Body Image Lures Boys Into Gym, and Obsession"

and I'm sorry...but WHAT?

I get the point that they're trying to make that teenagers should not take supplements because they are not fully developed and certainly not take steroids, but really? blame the gym?

Poorly written as far as I'm concerned, what's the real issue here? inappropriate body image? Supplement and steroid use?

Whatever it is, using a blanket approach to suggest that weight lifting is going to be detrimental to these boys is just...ridiculous.

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  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    I read that this morning. The way they lump together steroids and protein powder is ridiculous, but it's what you expect from an outsider looking in.
  • BeckySue1977
    BeckySue1977 Posts: 91 Member
    I'm really ok with teenagers lifting. As long as it is done with proper training, supervision, etc. My almost 7 year old son is very athletic and I can see him lifting at some point. Right now we are focused on being healthy though. Teaching my kids that what you look like is not nearly as important as how you feel and how healthy your body is inside is a huge goal for me. I hope that one day, when my son does start lifting, he is doing it in a healthy way and for the right reasons.

    I do agree the article was poorly written though. I'm not sure what point the author was trying to get across. As someone else said, lumping supplements and steroids into the same category doesn't really make sense.
  • Denise1224
    Denise1224 Posts: 150 Member
    Horrible article completely wrong ... and not really surprising that the mainstream media doesn't get all the facts and repors with bias... :noway:

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