debunk the myth that weights training does not stunt growth
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I have been asked to debunk this myth - and yes it is a myth - I have 5 year olds performing strength exercises.
It is completely safe, in fact recommended that children of all ages should perform strength training.
I will pull the actual research together and post it here latter. -
Thank you so much OPT.
I will want concrete evidences to prove critics wrong for I have been 'adviced" time and again at public gyms that I should stop weights training/ "don't do any weights that invovles the spinal cord".
To be honest, I do not subscribe to the belief, because I am already 16 this year, but I still grew 2cm despite doing compound exercises. However, I just want evidences and explainations so that I can explain to people who advice me to refrain from doing dadada.
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I look forward to this (and the article about fat loss) for a few other forums I visit.
Just spreading the word.
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Man, I can imagine what it's like to be your daughter
"No dad, not the gym again?"
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ur daughter will whack the sh!t out of her boyfriend and husband in time to come.
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hey... i am looking forward to the studies...
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o.O
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ah goodie, good to explain. especially on those overhead press.
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almost all compound exercises will stress the spine 1 la..
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Those people who keep telling me that are usually adults >8cm shorter than me..
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Yup, the same way any exercise will stress your muscles. Did you think that a bicep curl doesn't stress the...gosh...bicep?Originally posted by purez:almost all compound exercises will stress the spine 1 la..
Stress is good for the body. Ever heard of the general adaptation syndrome? -
it's not a myth. my friend's doctor told him to stop weights training because it stunted his growth and now hes a short mofoOriginally posted by OPT:I have been asked to debunk this myth - and yes it is a myth - I have 5 year olds performing strength exercises.
It is completely safe, in fact recommended that children of all ages should perform strength training.
I will pull the actual research together and post it here latter. -
Sadly most doctors don't know much about training. What kind of doctor told him that weightlifting is the cause of his stunted growth?
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Then why is it i am 1.79m(age 17)now??I started off at 1.65m(age 14) 2.5 years ago..
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i'm not sure what kind but the doctor was a specialist. happened to 2 of my friends. both different doctors.Originally posted by galapogos:Sadly most doctors don't know much about training. What kind of doctor told him that weightlifting is the cause of his stunted growth? -
Well, doctors are also humans. Not all of them bother to read up on research. Many of them also subscribe to myths and/or do stupid stuff. For example my physiotherapist at CGH actually has me on an exercise bike to warmup for 15min before doing stretching, even though it is now known that stretching is best done cold, not warmed up. She also had me doing traverse hip adduction/abduction on a machine, which is known to cause piriformis problems, and this is a physiotherapist/specialist who's supposed to help people recover from injuries. When it comes to training matters, doctors/specialists usually don't know too much unless they are competitive athletes themselves.
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why is it that even after starting doing compound exercises like overhead presses, deadlift and squatting pressing upto 75% my bw, 150% and 150% my bw respectively ( i am only 57kg for 1.67m) i still grew from 1.65m to 1.67m in that 6 months of training? i am 16 already btw, i shouldnt be growing a lot liao...
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Guys normally stop growing at around 18 some might be late boomer. So you still have space to grow. Doing heavy weight lifting do have some side effect on the long round before puberty. I think that is proven. (By the way I don't do weight lifting and i'm 1.81m and i stop growing only at 18 years old.
Some information i took from a website.
So, it is a fact that weight lifting will not "stunt" the growth of teenagers! That is definitely a myth!!! However, extremely heavy lifting is unnecessary and might be very dangerous in pre-adolescent teens! Lifting heavy weights could speed up the closing of growth plates before they had a chance to fully develop. Stopping the growth process prematurely, it will definitely stunt the growth of the child.
I think this is what most ppl talking about
http://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/Side_effects_of_weight_lifting_a12_f0.html[/b] -
No one has still answered my question why i am 1.8m at 17 years old but people who are 27 and 1.65m tell me that??
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*whispers*Originally posted by galapogos:Man, I can imagine what it's like to be your daughter
"No dad, not the gym again?"
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Well the doctors may be wrong but I doubt it because both of those friends are really really short.Originally posted by galapogos:Well, doctors are also humans. Not all of them bother to read up on research. Many of them also subscribe to myths and/or do stupid stuff. For example my physiotherapist at CGH actually has me on an exercise bike to warmup for 15min before doing stretching, even though it is now known that stretching is best done cold, not warmed up. She also had me doing traverse hip adduction/abduction on a machine, which is known to cause piriformis problems, and this is a physiotherapist/specialist who's supposed to help people recover from injuries. When it comes to training matters, doctors/specialists usually don't know too much unless they are competitive athletes themselves. -
Just because they're short and they both lift weights doesn't mean lifting weights caused them to be short. There are many other youth weightlifters who aren't short.
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looking from what the ts post .. shouldnt the topic be "debunk the myth that weights training stunt growth " instead of "debunk the myth that weights training does not stunt growth "...
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Yes you're right about the english. Peter doesn't have the best control of the language...and then he complains about Singlish
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we r waitin for the golden reply...