DOes working out really stunt your bown growth????????????

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posted by theREALone1

Im 16 and 5'8 ,150 lbs..how often should i work out and how heavy should i lift to avoid stuntin my growth?

posted by illsniggles

ive heard shit like squats stunt your growth, but i dont believe it

posted by howlowcanigo

It will not stunt your growth trust me I started at a very young age and I'm 5'8" now and also the tallest guy in my short family.

posted by Dozzy_X

jus be sure not to do too many overhead exercising with heavy weights, cuz it could damage ur spine and compact the vertebre closer, therefore making u shorter, not by much TBH but IMO, u dont wanna damage urself at such an early age with overhead lifting.

posted by howlowcanigo

Yeah thats sound advice, just be careful since your bones and everything are still growing.

posted by cosmic-dust

The weight you will be lifting at 16 will not be enough to fuse your growth plates.. i dont even think force can fuse growth plates. Your height will be determined by your genetics not your lifestyle. i started at 13 with light weights then heavier lifting when i was 15/16 and im 5'9" same height as my older bro who never touched a weight and about the same height as my dad.

posted by regg

strectch alottttttttttttttttt moreeeeeeeee
and milk for calcium
eat and drink stuffff that are high in calcium

posted by regg

depending on how often youre lifting its important to consume alot of calcium at a young age anyway

posted by shortz

LMAO, dude is 5'8'' and telling him it doesn't stunt your growth. Bwahahahaha.

Sorry man, it was just funny.

Well, the answer is a little more complex than a yes or no. It's common knowledge in the medical field that frequent trauma or major trauma can damage ones' growth plates during development. No one is ever told they should not exercise, but, PLing and Olympic lifting are types of lifting that should not be done until growth plates are attached. There is really no reason for someone whose growth plates are not finished developing to be PLing or Oly lifting anyway, they should be focusing on basics, because the prior are both advanced styles of lifting.

posted by howlowcanigo

Funny if you look at the guys in my family or even the women like for instance
Mom-5'0"
Dad-5'4"
Grandpa-5'4"
Grandma-5'1"
Brother-5'5"

So yeah I did pretty well for the genetic hand I was dealt.

posted by OneBetter

even if they did start that kind of style, which as you said would be a bad idea in the first place, the weight used wouldn't be enough to do any damage at his age.

posted by SMBLSBGARMS

Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road.:laughing:
Just kiddin, bro! When I do squats and deadlifts I wish I was short.

posted by howlowcanigo

The story of my life a short power house. Nothing better than layin' out a guy thats 6 inches taller than you.:thumbs:

posted by John H

yeah, but i always feel bad when i lay out a guy like 8 inches shorter than me

posted by howlowcanigo

Yeah I've never had that experience, I'd have to go to the grammar schools to find people that short.

posted by illsniggles

i stopped growing around 16-17 @ 5'10-5-11, and i started workin out around 17, so i dont think i lost any height because of it, and please, nobody tell me i did, because id be pissed, id like to be 6'

posted by shortz

Really, and how much weight do you consider "not enough"? Are you factoring in children with late developing bones? Children that are genetically stronger? Let's forget the weight for a moment and look at impact in general. Even at lower weights, the force produced upon impact on a bone is a much greater force than the amount needed to move the weight, so even a little weight can have a greater affect.

posted by Conan Stevens

What a pile of rubbish, weight training will strengthen your bones. Full stop, no comment needed.

I started training at 16, I am the tallest in my family.

I am 7'.

No weights did not stunt my growth and I trained hard as I could as soon as I started.

I fact I believe the additional food and the weights helped me reach my full potential height, my brother is 1.5" shorter and very thin, he never got into weights so he never got into eating, I think it held up his height a little.

Not to mention bone density of people who have played impact sports and weights compared to those that played computer games.

Don't let it worry you, just get on with yoru life and ignore anything modern medicine tells you. They also say that some ridiculous low amount of protein is all you need, and everything else they say is based on commissions from the drug companies, you going to believe someone who gets paid to say the 'right' things?

posted by Dex

youre pathetic

posted by John H

whos pathetic

posted by Dex

oh haha. storm deleted his post...it was therealone guy

posted by SMBLSBGARMS

theREALbtfkr

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