I started when I was 13, started deadlifting @ 14. I'm 5'10 at 15 y/o, 154 lbs.
As long as you start off with LOTS of reps and go for form, nothing is gonna hurt you. I donno why you'd EVER want to leave out squats, are you nuts? Any kind of whole body power movement [like most movements in football] comes right from the muscles you'd work froms squating.
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