[quote]Crow wrote:
Alright I spent a day reading posts about my 13 YRS OLD stepson. I have a lot of things to say. First of all, I used the term “phenom” is a proud parent, who is very excited about the effort my son has put forth training and competing. I was using it as a form of encouragement and celebration for him a see and be motivated by to continue training and busting ass in the gym on a weekly basis. I did not realize the “exactness” police were going to critique my summary. I don’t know if the haters don’t have children, are jealous, or just down right bad people that they have to degrade a 13 year old. To (Anus bleach, TigerTime, Suflandy, anmericaninsweden, heavytriple, gerrard08) would you say discouraging things to a 13 year old’s face? Or is this classic internet mob/group talk tactics that you have big balls behind a keyboard but are really Grand Canyon size vagina’s in person. To (kpsnap, spar4tee, T3hPunisher, HERC410, robertjr93), thank you for the words and recognition, Henry and I really appreciate it.
BTW:
The APA state/national/and world record in the 13-15 age class at 220 is 340. I think a 315 (305 official) pull for a kid who just turned 13 is pretty phenomonal.
All of the hater talked about what their benches were AT 14 (not 13), not their squat or deadlift. My question has not changed. What were you doing at 13, why weren’t you squating or pulling? I think the mere fact that Henry is, is pretty phenomonal.
To gerrard08 who wnat him to just do BW exercises: you are a douchebag and the reason we suck at weightlifting internationally in this country. Henry can squat 215, what kind of stress and adaptation will BW squats stimulate?
Henry also olympic lifts. He has snatched 85 lbs., clean & jerk 115lbs., cleaned 120lbs. With about 3 months of training.
To all you haters: how many of you have competed and what age did you start? I think starting at 13 and performing well is by its nature phenomonal.
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The fact that you are so upset what some people are saying on the internet is disheartening.
Be proud of the kid, try to support him and keep him in interested in things, but for god’s sake, does it really matter if he’s a phenom or not? It seems like you were expecting everybody to bow down to the kid and say he’s the next Brian Carroll. Your comments have came off as boasting and bragging when you really shouldn’t be doing anything of the like. Props to you for supporting the hobby, but shame on you for being so…well, butthurt about everybody’s comments.
I think it’s a terrible thing that the internet is viewed as such an important thing in our lives these days.
