2007-05-24 17:53:35 · 9 answers · asked by hellogoodbye 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
Lifting in the correct manner and with the correct viables will not stunt you growth. You should be concentrating on muscle endurance and strength not muscle building!
2007-05-24 17:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by telakenisis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about weight lifting?
It will stunt your growth but not stop it.
Not all exercises will, but unless you are under professional supervision you're running a great risk.
Your height is not entirely determined by genetics, that is crazy. It has a LOT to do with diet, physical fitness, environment and stress. A person who drinks to much milk will be taller due to the hormones found in milk, likewise a person who suffers malnutrition as a child will be shorter.
Increasing the muscle tension on the bones and thickening the growth plates will stunt growth across some of the growth plates, not all of them. Your femurs and spine are very susceptible.
2007-05-24 19:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old school of thought is if you lift too young it could damage the growth plates on your bones. New research tends to say otherwise. My advice is start off slow and get to wear you can move your own body weight somewhat proficiently like pushups and situps. I started lifting at about your age the summer before my freshman year of high school so you are getting close to that time. Enjoy the experience of challenging yourself in and out of the gym.
2007-05-24 18:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by Rational Humanist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I asked my son for you who is a personal trainer. He said never do a back squat at your age as that could definitly hurt your growth. He strongly recommends you start with a personal trainer so you start lifting safely and build at a reasonable rate to prevent you from doing any damage to yourself. It's better safe than sorry! Good luck!
2007-05-24 17:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by debijs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Everyone says it doesn't affect you but I have known people who have been affected by lifting at an early age...
2007-05-24 17:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if you train correctly and the release of growth hormones could increase your height.
2007-05-25 00:46:29 · answer #6 · answered by zix12345 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it wont.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was 15.
working out will strengthen not only your muscles , but it will strenthen your bones, making them thicker.
2007-05-24 18:29:25 · answer #7 · answered by bigdee_x 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope, thats a myth, your final height is already predetermined by the genes you got from your parents
2007-05-24 17:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by kid_on_theblock 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, your height is determined by genetics not what you eat or what you do as far as exercise.
2007-05-24 19:23:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋