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I dont want to offend you all for asking this question.

For all grown-up weight practitioners who have been working out or used to work out often when you were teenagers, could your please compare your height with your sisters or brothers. Women compare with your sisters. Men compare with your brothers.

Thanks.

BoneCrusher

You are trying to see if lifting at a young age stunts growth. Since brothers or sisters rarely are the same size this line of examination is pointless. I have friends that lifted from their early teens and became tall huge ass dudes with massive muscle growth. I have had young IM members ask their doctors about lifting and growth plates and post the results on this forum. Their doc's said lift ... growth plates are not affected.

Du

I started at 13. At 6'4", I'm the tallest one in my family.

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The sibling comparison will surely not work. Myself, nor my brother worked out as teenagers. I'm 6'4'', while he's 5'10''. Although my strong resemblance to the mail man may have something to do with this!

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I am open to whether weight lifting promotes or stunts human growth.

I have heard that some lifting programes promote growth hormone while some workouts stunt growth. I know that a lot more factors are concerned ie . nutrition to be a tall one.

Thanks again to every response.

Mudge

I am taller than all of my immediate family, 6'2" and I started lifting at 11 years of age.

Steroids can stunt growth, not lifting weights now and then.

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LAM

genetics determines how tall you will be...there is absolutely no evidence that resistance training at a young age stunts growth. that is a stupid old myth that needs to die...

I joined my first gym at 13 and am 6'0 even my sister is 5'10"...

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What you talking about Willis ?

Vieope

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But why ,in my observation,people in their twienties of age now are taller than people in forties , fifties etc. IMO proper nutrition and physical exercises are the keys.

slick4788

There's two ways it can stunt your growth, first you can hurt your growth plates which is very uncommon I agree unless you're a complete dumass. Second, the HGH and TEST boost you get from the lifting is what might LIMIT your growth. Notice the word limit, not necessarily stunt. HGH doesn't technically fuse your plates. It just accelerates growth to the point that the growth of bones exceed the growth of cartilage ( and this process causes fusion ). And the boost of testosterone, converts a lot of it to estrogen which every pre-med should know that primarily has an effect on the fusion of growth plates.

I can't beat that ^^ sorry, and it's from a endo, not my own theory or anything. If anyone can argue to that then go right ahead...

LAM

the increases in basil test and gh values seen from resistance training is not great enough to override genetics...

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What you talking about Willis ?

NNN

Sure, to reach your maximum height as dictated by genetics, ones need to have proper physical exercises and nutrition in young age. Only half a inch higher make one look smarter. To me, people in twenties of age are higher sinificantly than whom in forties, fifties, etc..