Question about growth spurt for asian men.

[gregshin]

tryyoga and pilates

 

[RallyMaster]

5' 8", 17 yr old, and I bike, shoot hoops and jog. I do occasional weightlifting (very light...around 5-10 pounds for the most part) but I train for speed, not for power or bulging muscles.

Diet consists of both American food (plain bagel and roast beef, blueberry bagle and yogurt, and occasional Burger King Double Whoppers...of which I can eat two at one meal) and Chinese food (rice, noodles, mantou, tofu, meat, etc). I try to eat healthy and I can get out a lot more now that it's warmer. I'm pretty sure I've grown a bit since I measured last.

BTW: My growth spurt didn't start until I was 15, when I was a sophomore in HS.

 

[Phokus]

The average american male height is 5'9" so you aren't short. And since you're only 18, there's a chance that you can grow until 20 or even 21. Just drink lots of milk and eat protein.

 

[Juno]

my cousin is 6'4 and i have no idea how he got that tall!!!

his parents are um..shorter than i am... (5'8)

 

[Beige]

Basketball helps you grow and its not a myth.

 

[BUrassler]

Being a wrestler is a bad idea if you want to be tall. Starving yourself throughout high school to always make weight leaves you at 5'7'' (on a good day) at 22 years of age.

 

[her209]

Isn't the tallest man and women, Chinese?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: her209
Isn't the tallest man and women, Chinese?

Freaks aren't a good way to judge a race's hight. Average, average hight is the way.

 

[ManSnake]

I am 9 years old at 6'2".

 

[Shlong]

Looks like your about average

 

[KarmaPolice]

Originally posted by: sadffffff
6ft 4in 160lbs. you know, youre not a man till youre 6'.... sorry.

i think they have surgury where they repeatidly break your legs and put in small seperations, so when you heal youre taller...

negroplasty anyone?

Does eating protien and drinking milk really matter?

I had a terrible diet throughout highschool and even up till now. I never drank milk as a kid...I am 5'9 but looking at my family I am the exact same hight as the rest of the so I assumed it was normal.

 

[bootymac]

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[zanieladie]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I reached my full height of 6'4" at around 18-19. I don't think anybody grows taller past that age.

Yeah...I think I read somewhere that you stop growing (height-wise) by around age 20.

 

[ManSnake]

Originally posted by: bootymac
17 and 5'11" here. Guess I drank my milk

5'11" is pretty short for a guy...

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: stormbv
5'8" isn't short...you don't know how good you have it.

White guy here, age 24 and I'm around 5'9" I think, and I'm easily the tallest one in the family. No idea where our tallness genes went. I remember being a hall monitor when I was in 8th grade. They put me in the 5th grade hall - and I was still shorter than most people there.
I think I had an impotent growth spurt.

 

[DaWhim]

my dad is over 6 feet (still taller than me by a head), my mom is under 5 feet. i am 5'8

 

[UncleWai]

I think the whole Asian people are shorter stereotype is blowing way out of proportion. I am 5'11", came to Hong Kong couple weeks ago. The guys here are very tall and I see a load of people taller than me. I think the growing popularity in basketball here definitely help.

 

[saahmed]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
as a problem with many asian men, our height is usually shorter than of a white women. my question is, does exercising a lot during your growth spurt yield a greater growth, or is this a myth?

i'm currently 18 and 5'8".

You think 5'8'' is short?

Im 18 and only 5'4''. My parents are both from Pakistan, so I have the same 'Asian problem'.

 

[saahmed]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
yeah 5'8" is tall for an asian dude. avg height for white women is like 5'5" of 5'6".

I find that the ones born in North America are way taller than the immigrants.

Not the case here. My parents are immigrants, both taller than me. Im pretty sure I have stopped growing.

EDIT:
Just wondering, anybody here grown much after 18? If so, how much? Ill be 19 in August and I dont see myself growing anymore. I dont think Ive grown much in the past few years, but Ive also never had a growth spurt, its just been steady and slow growth. So, maybe I still have that spurt coming.

 

[UncleWai]

You should sue your parents for ripping you off with the inferior genes.

 

[AsianFreshMan]

Don't worry we're all different my brother is full Chinese and he was 5'8 until he was 18 and then he hit a growth spurt and is now 6'1 I'm hoping that would happen to me I'm 5'10 freshman

 

[edro]

This seems like a perfect topic for Yahoo Answers.