Stunting you growth

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Cole_14

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Hey, i'm 15 now and go to the gym and work myself pretty well as i want a really good body e.g. big, defined muscles, really defined, strong abs etc.
I also want to make sure i'm at least 6 foot when i'm older.

Recently my friend tim_14 told me that doing exercise at the gym like squats and dead lifts will stunt my growth at this age. I really don't want this to heppen but im not sure that he is right though. It would be great if some of you guys could tell me if this is true or not. If it is true, what exercises at the gym can i do insted for my legs that won't stunt my growth.

Thankyou in advance.
 
A guy, while i was in the gym who had studied exercise science for 3 yrs at uni told me it wouldnt be a good idea, and not worth it, coz it could stunt your growth, better safe than sorry.

People obviously are going to have varying opinions on this, but it is my personal preference not to risk it. But, you don't have to listen to me, because it's your body.

And also, i really don't appreciate you saying tim_14 told me this and then asking the question to see if you can prove me wrong, or play off on my opinion, you could simply ask "i was told" or something like that, because frankly, in a way, it's kinda offensive.
 
Both my exercise physiology professor and my athletic injury management professor has said that there has not been a study produced as of the time of the class placing stunted growth with deadlifts and squats. The scare comes from primarily two aspects with squats: placing a heavy load which compresses the spine and the fact that teenagers are producing a hormone called Relaxin (pregnant women also secrete this hormone) that causes an unsteady in the kness.

It's fine for a 14 or 15 year old to do squats and deadlifts but there's no reason for maxing out or going under the 8-10 reps. Stay away from failure also.
 
pertaining to what Evolution is saying.

you also need to make sure not to deprive of yourself of nutrients. I hope your not cutting at such a young age. Bulking is definitely okay!

If you want to grow tall, sleep/rest more and eat more healthy food & drink milk/calcium
 
Again, better safe than sorry. I mean, if it really does stunt your growth, you don't want to find out when you're older do you? Better to take the right pre-cautions now, and save yourself from a 'short future'. ha ha...ha ha....yeh i thought it was funny :eek:
 
Tim_14 said:
Again, better safe than sorry. I mean, if it really does stunt your growth, you don't want to find out when you're older do you? Better to take the right pre-cautions now, and save yourself from a 'short future'. ha ha...ha ha....yeh i thought it was funny :eek:
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how tall is ur friend now? lol
 
Tim_14 said:
Again, better safe than sorry. I mean, if it really does stunt your growth, you don't want to find out when you're older do you? Better to take the right pre-cautions now, and save yourself from a 'short future'. ha ha...ha ha....yeh i thought it was funny :eek:
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Tim, I was 4'11" until I hit 19 years old and had never touched a weight. I then suddenly gained like 9" over the course of a year and then never grew any taller.

Again, follow the protocol I advised in and your friend should be fine. Squats are okay; deadlifts are okay. Maxing out is not and failure work is not.
 
were both 5"4'

Evo, i respect your opinion, as i know you are one of the more knowledgeable ones on this forum, but as i said, i'd rather be safe than sorry :D
 
I've heard more that it can damage the un-fused growth plates in bones.

but I would agree if you're not doing one rep maxes, and sticking in that 8-12 rep range, a healthy 15-16 year old should only reap the benefits of strength training.
 
I can only speak from experience as i have no medical knowledge to back this up, but my friend was put into weight training very early on in his school life. At the time, he was one of the tallest in our year. Now, he is fairly 'stacked' but is considerably small in height, especially on comparison to the start of school. He may have been destined to be this height anyways, but when you look at his brother, he is very noticably shorter than him, to an extent that makes you wonder that weight training at an earlier age stunted his growth some what?
 
I've read a bit about this and the conclusions were exactly what evolution said. In fact, if you stay within range, eat right, working out actually improves growth in height.
 
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