Welcome back to the Strong Life podcast.

This is your host.

Zach Evanish, throat is a little bit busted up this morning, but that's all right.

We're going to battle through.

And I'm going to make this a faster podcast.

Some of you really enjoy these quick Q&A episodes.

So this podcast is coming from Chris Everyday Garage Athlete on Instagram.

He says, hey, brother, first off, just wanted to thank you and let you know that I absorb everything you put out.

Question for you, why do parents think their kids need all of these skill clinics over lifting weights?

Is it because of what they see on social media?

I remember watching a video of you and a coach talking about weight training but can't find the video.

Well, there's a million videos of me and coaches talking about strength training.

It could be a little bit tricky to pick up, but I'll say this. Even with all the information

out there on how important it is to be strong and durable and how strength and conditioning

is this big advantage for athletes?

Well, parents are still afraid.

They still think that if their seventh or eighth grader starts strength training,

that it automatically means back squat deadlift,

and it automatically means stunting their growth,

all of which are not true.

And the other thing is training, strength training requires a commitment.

A sport clinic might be two hours on a Saturday.

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