Meet the 14-year-old US boy who can lift twice his weight

New Delhi: A 14 year old boy Jake Schellenschlager, from Glen Burnie, Maryland, has been setting world records for his weight class, under 123 pounds after devoting himself to training for the last two-and-a-half years.He is just 5ft 3 inches and weighs119 pound but his muscles has the power to lift a weight double of his body weight.Jake Schellenschlager started weight training at the age of 12 when he saw his father lifting weights in the garage.It was then he joined his father at gym and started working out with him, says a report in Daily Mail.This year in June, Jake broke the world record for the squat for his age and weight at the Powerliftng Bench Press Championships in New York, Pennsylvania.Jake's trainer Mike Sarni says that Jake's physical strength is matched by his mental toughness. “He doesn't feel he can be defeated. It is that inner strength that tells him, ‘I can do this.' Usually, you only get that in older, more mature people.”Jake met his trainer Mike Sarni at his father's gym.Jake love this sport, weightlifting is Jake's passion and his parents have always supported his passion for the sport.Jake and his dad Chris regularly work out together at their gum in Glen Burnie, Maryland and Jake always give credit to his dad for his achievement in the sport.As he won the Powerliftng Bench Press Championships in York he plans to continue competing and setting records in his weight class. Jake's dad do pay extra attention to his son's health, he make sure that jake always do training in the presence of his trainer and takes him to doctor for regular health checkups.Though maximum people think that it is too early for Jake's body to adopt weight training his father insist it is safe on the growing boy's body.According to USA Powerlifting, thousands of teens compete across the country and its youngest competitors are 14. There are also youth programs where children as young as eight lift weights for fun.On the other side the American Academy of Pediatrics has warned growing kids against powerlifting .