i wanted to know if squats and benching or using weights get u shorter or stop ur growth?
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i wanted to know if squats and benching or using weights get u shorter or stop ur growth?
I've heard varying things from varying people. Certain trainers have said it can hurt growth plates and reduce overall height. (this is if you're still growing). but my doctor said it would not. depends who you ask i guess...
It can stunt growth if you go at it too heavy and you are still growing.
I've never heard anyone argue that lifting wouldn't stunt your growth. If you're as tall as you want to be, or you're already into your twenties, it's probably not going to hurt anything. But heavy workouts do stunt your growth if you're still in your growing years.
There's nothing complicated about it... working out tears down muscle tissue. Your muscles recover and rebuild. That recovering and rebuilding uses up the same energy that might otherwise be used for growth spirts. And the added tension and strain on growing or underdeveloped bones and joints can do irreparable damage.
It's the same thinking that makes a Veterinarian tell you not to let large breed dogs get too much exercise when they're still growing.
No. Doing heavy squats stimulates natural growth hormone. If anything you'll grow.Quote:
Originally Posted by beast
I've been doing weights most of my life and I've turned out to be the tallest in my family.
I'm 23 and 6 foot tall, believe it or not I've actually grown taller scince christmas.
my dad was 6ft 5, my mum is 5ft 11.
i started lifting when i was 12, and im 17 now and only 5ft 10/11
could be a coincidence? i think not ;)
depends what you were lifting and how.
my friend chris sitting next to me said "ive never done any lifting in my life, and look how tall i am"
i cant even see chrisses head hes so damn tall
that is all
thats just genetics
I'm from a family of short arses I'm up to 6 foot and have lifted scince I was about 8
That is all. ;D
How old are ya?
If you are in your mid teens, don't worry about it, as a kid you are gonna grow like crazy, and your growth plates are in a premature overtime.
Unless you drop the freak'n barbell on your head the weights aren't gonna make you any shorter, and Squats aren't going to do squat for making you any shorter than what's in your genes. Make sure you get the enough nutrients and minerals and you'll be ok, you'll actually need more calcium than the regular joe because weightlifting has a way of rearranging the calcium deposits in your bones and make'n them denser.
I recommend you keep pumping the iron, and keep it up with the squats and bench. Squats also strengthen your back and a strong back has good posture and stud written all over it. You wanna be a stud dont'cha?
Regards, Rocky
it could if ur below 16 years of age as you are still gorwing and stuff
There isn't one shred of evidence to prove this. People just want another excuse to not go out and hurt there body the way you have to do it to be the best.
I heard that if your not done growing, that you should do push ups and sit ups, Chin ups, basically do all calisthenics. But if you are going to lift weights you have to do light wiehgts and long reps
Lifting stunting growth
IS THE BIGGEST OLD WIVES TALE EVER!!!!
Fact is, it won't STUNT ur growth but it COULD make you grow at a slower pace. Your growth spurts could come on later in life.
oh and you dotn stop fully growing til 21-22ish so as far as being under 16 and shit is BULLSHIT. If anyone tells you lifting weights STUNTS ur growth they are fucking clueless
Another great old wives tale is that not going down all the way while squatting is actually better for you. Ask any real athlete and he will tell you that is absolute BS. Your just cheating yourself because it freaking hurts going all the way down. Ass to the grass is the only way to build strong, powerful legs, which is what you need to punch harder.
Not really true, IMO. The Squat can be in variation in that way but the orignal squat is going down Paralel... and a WIDE stance always makes the squat a little better, but that's tough to do going ALL the way down. + you can use bigger weights going parallel (or a few inches below) which willl yield more strength + mass or just more strength depending if you curb your calories or not
how much u guyz bench and squat
bench 315
squat 465
i have a trainer right now who's one of hte best out htere IMO., we've been doing some west side barbell routines 2x a week and those numbers in 2 months should be up 20-40 lbs each
Bench - 355
Squat - 450
If you are a boxer it does, in a sense, make you shorter. Consider this: you are 5'8" and weigh 150 walking around weight. That makes you a welterweight maybe even a jr. welter (depending on many things). You decide to improve to build srength by lifting weights and you put on 15 pounds of muscle, which doesn't come off so easily. Now you are a middle weight maybe a supermiddle and your opponents are guys that walk around at 170, 175 and stand 5'10" or more
They aren't going to be able to take the body punches you would be able to take, nor would they throw as hard.. if you worked out your legs. Bigger, stronger, faster... weights make it happen.
by this summer im going for a 350 bench and a 500 squat and hopefully my DL will be close to 400.... im 200 so i am fighting cruiser b, but i am also 5'8'' but my strength comes in handy every single fight. I wil cover up and keep moving forward til im inside and i can throw my uppercuts/hooks. i do heavy weighted ab work which aids in my body shots. strength doesnt matter as much as people think it does in boxing -- but if you got , and u can use it -- thts just one more adv u got over the other guy. Plus, 40%(or something close to that) comes from YOUR LEGS... squat, use all the variations of the squat and get it up there!
Being stronger then most people, I feel like I can really bully people around more and force them into the corners. Joe Ice.. our body types must be pretty close, because Im 5'8, 205 and our numbers are pretty similar.
72 inch reach here ;D
U fight cruiser im assuming?
but if you take steroids at a young age to build muscle then you stop growing because youre using adult testosterone and this is produced when your an adult obviously.
But lifting weights and boxing gives the illusion of a smaller fighter because of the squareness of the build.