Qustions on my height have i hit my growth spirt yet n about weight lifting?

Question

If I am 5'4" ( do not think that i have hit my growth spirt yet) and I'm 14 years old n almost 2 months if I start lifting weights and stuf will that make me stay short? Is it true that lifting weights before your growth spirt will make you short? Also have I hit my growth spirt yet??

Answer 1

Well, let me point something out to you. you're a high school freshman, right? Don't all the seniors look really tall to you? I remember being a senior and thinking how short all the freshman were. Don't worry. Chances are you'll grow more.

Weightlifting can make you stay short if you do it too much. What'll happen is you'll break your "growth plates," which are cartilage plates in the bones of kids and teenagers where the bone grows from. If you break them, you'll cause the bone to stop growing prematurely.

HOWEVER,

wikipedia says that
"Orthopaedic specialists used to recommend that children avoid weight training because the growth plates on their bones might be at risk, but recent studies have shown that this concern is unfounded. The very rare reports of growth plate fractures in children who trained with weights occurred as a result of inadequate supervision, improper form or excess weight. "Growth plate injuries have not occurred in any youth strength training study that followed established training guidelines."

THEREFORE:

as long as you're responsible, have a coach/trainer who knows his stuff, use proper form, and don't try to lift too much, you should be fine.

Exercise is way good for you. And while you're waiting for those extra inches, you can feel strong and masculine regardless of your height. I'd say, go for it. Just be careful.

I've attached the wikipedia article. Also, here's an article "for parents" about strength training for children, and even though you're not a kid, I thought I'd include it because it addresses the growth plate concern under "strength training safety."

http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/fitness/strength_training.html

Best of luck!

Answer 2

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