Youth Classes at
Welcome to the Youth Athlete Performance Classes at Legendary Strength Company in Lake Forest, CA. This program is specially crafted to empower young athletes to reach their full athletic potential. Participants can expect dynamic workouts, personalized coaching, and a supportive environment that inspires growth and excellence. Join us today and unlock your athletic prowess!
We support athletes of all sports
Whether your sport is basketball, baseball, football or competitive dancing, Legendary Strength can help your son or daughter reach new heights and prevent injuries. We believe that strength training can enhance your child’s ability to be a better youth athlete which translates to higher performance in all sports!
Exceptional coaching
All of our youth classes are supervised and taught by educated and experienced coaches. They will encourage your son or daughter to push themselves and experience what integrity, perseverance and grit can do for their athletic journey. Our class environment is fun and challenging, but also disciplined to keep everyone safe!
Strength training doesn’t always mean barbells
Experienced coaches who understand the youth athlete and their physical maturity program resistance based exercises that are appropriate for a child that is 9-12 years old. These may or may not include barbells, but are focused on the athletes ability to move with integrity and safety.
Exercises that include body-weight movements like pushups and rows are overlooked as excellent exercises when done correctly. Carrying weighted balls, or kettle bells while moving and changing direction are fantastic exercises to train body control and trunk stability.
Let’s Dispell the Myths
Myth 1: Lifting weights will stunt my childs growth.
The belief that strength training will stunt a child’s growth is a common misconception. However, it is not supported by scientific evidence.
A 2020 clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics stated that properly designed resistance training programs have no apparent negative effect on linear growth, growth plate health, or the cardiovascular system of children and adolescents.
Myth 2: Strength training is for teens and older.
If a child is able to begin participating in sports activities at 5 years of age, being able to begin some type of resistance training with body weight movements at that age is acceptable because strength gains can be made in ways other than lifting external loads.
The combination of qualified instruction with technique-driven progression is likely to yield the greatest benefits for youth at any age.
Myth 3: My kids don’t need strength training, they need agility and speed training.
Equating fast feet with fast and quick feet with agility is the problem. In some cases, fast feet actually makes an athlete slow!
The theory that developing foot speed and agility through ladders and cone drills is not the magic answer. Instead it is the process of gaining strength and power and learning how to display that power in dynamic and reactive ways that mimic sport specific situations.
Don’t believe the hype
Strength Training is a necessary component of a well-rounded young athlete.
Children and youth are entering competitive sports at younger ages, and their training programs are becoming more complex and can involve the use of private coaching, personal trainers, and sports psychologists in addition to their routine coaches and teams. Possessing adequate strength to keep up with these increased demands on the body is valuable to help reduce the risk of injury and optimize gains in performance.
There are no magic drills
Traditional agility training methods like ladders and cones are not useful because they are so general and non sports-specific. The way our motor system works, our movements are driven by perception of affordances (which is random and dynamic, and includes both teammates and opposing players) in our games.
Unfortunately, we need to do it the slow, old-fashioned way. You can play with ladders and bungee cords all you want, but the key is to increase the horsepower, the brakes, and the accelerator. Development of speed, agility and quickness simply comes down to good training.
How do I get started?
Step 1
Click on the button below to register and sign up for a FREE trial class. There is no charge for your young athlete to come try it out but we do ask that you stay and watch the class to see what we’re all about!
Step 2
Come to one of our scheduled youth athlete class times. Wear athletic shoes and clothing and be prepared to be challenged and to have fun!
Step 3
One of our coaches will come check in with you after the class is over to see how you and your son or daughter felt about the class. If it is something you think would be a good fit for your family, we can discuss training frequency options.
Conveniently located
right off the 5 Freeway
at Lake Forest Drive
Across from the Irvine Auto Center
22600 Lambert Street
Suite 1202F
Lake Forest, CA 92630
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