y to exert or resist force (Cahill, 1995). Prepubescence will be defined as a child, male or female, typically no older than 16, who has not yet developed secondary sex characteristics. More simply put, the individual has not yet "hit puberty"(Buturusis 1994).
             Prepubescent strength training can be defined exactly by what it says it is, the practice of resistance training by an individual who has not yet reached puberty. Typically the weight lifted by prepubescents is specifically designed to be less than the weight adolescents and adults of similar weights and heights are capable of lifting. There are two reasons for using the lesser weight, prevention of growth-inhibiting injuries and from the necessity created by the physiological differences between pre and postpubescent lifters that limit overall strength gains. The reasons for the physiological differences in overall strength come from several reasons, one in particular. In both prepubescent boys and girls it is thought to occur due to the absence of testosterone in the b
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