can somebody tell me if weight lifting really does stunt your growth or stimulates growth? please???

Question

im really really really really confused because some people say that it does stunt your growht and others say you can benefit from it

okay here is whats in my mind right now and please comment on it ok?

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbinfo.php?page=GrowthHormone

the site above tells that anaerobix exercises stimulate growth hormones. and anaerobic exercises include weight lifting. so in short, he is saying that wiehgt lifting helps you release more growth hormones right?!?!?!

also a friend of mine told me that SOME weightlifting exercises do stunt your growth, these exercises include lifting vertically.

conclusion: so now what im going to do is go weight lifting but I WONT lift vertically so ill choose which is which.

ok so is there something wrong? if so please tell me because i really want to grow taller and i dont want this to turn out a big mistake. so is it ok for me if i do that?

Answer 1

Apparently it does. Like the muscles become so thick if you continue weight lifting that it stops bones from growing or something. =D

Answer 2

It won't stunt your growth...unless your lifting too much with improper technique. If you are 6-3 at 14, I wouldn't worry about stunting your growth. Really you shouldn't be weight training until 8th grade or the summer before high school because physically kids aren't developed enough to get any sort of real benefit from it. Once your in high school go for it. Just don't do too much. Alot of people think the more time I spend in the gym the bigger I will get...this is simply not true. If you over-work yourself you continually tear the muscle and never give it a chance to regrow stronger. Typically you want to work in a way that works all the muscles for a particular group, give it a day of rest; while working other muscles the next day. Typically Biceps and Back on one day, Chest and tricepts on the next day, and Legs/Shoulders the next day....there is numerous groupings and ways to do it. Its good to switch between high weight and low reps, and low weight and high reps as well. You should work out quick intense and hard; but really you don't need to speed any more than an hour to an hour-and-half weight training in the gym a day. Anymore is pretty much overkill and does more harm than good.

Answer 3

No, weight lifting does not stunt your growth. When I was in high school i started lifting weights at age 14. I was 5'3" then and i grew to 5'7". I had a workout partner who was about the same size as me when we got started and today he's 6'4"! So he grew about one foot! So don't worry, you can go ahead and lift weights. It won't stunt your growth. That's just a myth.

Answer 4

First of all its a ongoing topic for many years , but still if u can go to a gym and see people training and also many professionals who are tall and not shunted by weight training , i took my serious weight training from 14 yrs and now i am 28 and 5ft and 11 inches tall i cannot see myself short , rather i belive working out made me grow high
if all persons are to be shunted by weight training there won't be normal guys in the world , maybe its an illusion u can also see if a normal guy after weight training gains size wider he may look small .
its people who hates to be in shape brings out all sorts of scary things to buzz of beginners , take care stay fit.

Answer 5

there is not one medical study that proves resistance training stunts the growth of the human skeletal system. there never has been and there never will be. resistance training has proven to be nothing but healthy for the young and old, man or woman.