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Avery Fagenbaum

Avery Fagenbaum

Full Professor of Pediatric Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey; leading expert in youth resistance training and long-term athletic development.

Jul 21, 2026

BenHOST
3:31
And do you think with your area of expertise that maybe we need to readdress or reassign the definition of long-term athletic development and start looking at long-term activity development? And I know I'm going to screw that terminology up before this podcast is done.
3:46
You know, it's an important question, but it's more than one word.
3:49
So it's not just about changing athletic or athlete to activity.
3:53
And Rick and I, along with our co-authors, Tamara Real-Revito and Emilio Gonzalez, we thought about this.
4:00
And L-T-A-C-T-D isn't a departure.
4:04
It's just I view it as the next chapter.
4:06
All right.

7 MINS LATER

BenHOST
10:38
Compared to 2016, in your opinion, when that LTAD position paper was released, are we in a better position to promote this to the general public and to youth and people throughout the lifespan? Or do we still have to do work and figure out a new way to reach these people?

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