Kids get ripped in TLC’s Baby Bodybuilders

What do you think? As long as parents arent using PED at this age.



Brace yourselves for Baby Bodybuilders on TLC tonight — as the network lifts the lid on the world of competitive pre-teen bodybuilding.


The show follows three families whose kids live pumping iron day and night, all with the goal of getting that perfect body.


Pre-teen bodybuilding has been controversial in the past, with some people claiming it is unhealthy or even dangerous to have children train so hard while they were still growing.

However, advocates say that it is all about fitness and teaching kids discipline and making exercise fun at an early age.







So for instance in the old clip below (not from the show), we can see Baby Bodybuilders stars Sanali & Ethan Ricardo performing a fitness/gymnastic routine at the INBA/PNBA Bodybuilding competition in Atlantic City.


Their dad, Philip Ricardo Jr. is a retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant and a legendary pro in the circuit. Having won many natural bodybuilding competitions, he has a strong drug-free strength message.





Another family being followed by Baby Bodybuilders are the Ice family with dad Bobby and his sons Cap and Bo both competing in events



Bobby encourages the boys to exercise every day saying on a video posted on YouTube “my boys are machines”. He also reveals the boys do five sets of 100 crunches a day and 200 pushups.


Various pre-teen bodybuilding competitions are held throughout the USA and all over the world. Often the parents compete themselves, or used to, and want their kids to carry the torch.

I feel it's a terrible thing. I started very young 9 yrs old but I needed it emotionaly.
In general I think heavy weight is too much on growing children's joints/cartilage /tendons on and on. I believe push ups stuff like that, general fitness leading to weights around 15-16 at a minimum age would be okay.

I think as long as they agent juicing them up, it's ok. We had gym class growing up, and our gym/PE teacher made us do basically the Marine Corps daily 7, every day. When I was in 8th grade, I broke my arm but insisted on not missing the class. I did 1 arm push ups, and everything 1 handed. (Probably why my right side is a little better than my left side today lol) I turned out ok. I looked a lot like the little kids on the bottom picture by the end of 8th grade.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

LeatherHead said:

I think as long as they agent juicing them up, it's ok. We had gym class growing up, and our gym/PE teacher made us do basically the Marine Corps daily 7, every day. When I was in 8th grade, I broke my arm but insisted on not missing the class. I did 1 arm push ups, and everything 1 handed. (Probably why my right side is a little better than my left side today lol) I turned out ok. I looked a lot like the little kids on the bottom picture by the end of 8th grade.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

That would be my worry. Especially being on tv and such it would be definitely something that could happen.

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

jimbosmith316 said:

That would be my worry. Especially being on tv and such it would be definitely something that could happen.

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

True. Some people don't know when to say when.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

LeatherHead said:

True. Some people don't know when to say when.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

Trying to be famous on their kids back

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Did the parents let the kids give themselves their own hair cuts. What the heck.. I see a busted ass mullet and a couple weak mohawks..