Episode 86: Is Your Kid Overtraining or Under-Recovering? w/ Bill Parisi

Your young athlete may not need another workout. They may need better recovery and a smarter definition of strength.

Bill Parisi went from an undersized high school athlete to a two-time Division I All-American and Olympic Trials javelin competitor. He later built the Parisi Speed School from a van and his parents’ basement into a youth performance system that has trained athletes for more than three decades.

Bill explains why sleep, hydration, nutrition, and tissue care can matter as much as the next practice. He also shares why recovery is one of the biggest things parents miss. Then he challenges the idea that strength is simply a bigger squat or bench press. For hockey players trying to become harder to move around the puck, traditional lifting is only part of the equation.

In this episode:

• Why Bill tells athletes to make sleep more important than practice
• What parents misunderstand about overuse and recovery
• How properly coached resistance training can benefit kids before puberty
• Why bodyweight exercises aren’t automatically safer than weights
• How “farm-boy strength” prepares players to stay strong in awkward, off-balance positions

More training isn’t automatically better. The right stress, recovery, and coaching are what move an athlete forward.

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