Weight lifting can stunt your growth?!? edit**cofirmed why i love ATOT**

[soccerbud34]

I read in various topics regarding weight lifting and finess here in ATOT, and i saw couple replies stating that weight lifting can stunt your growth?

It is true? If so, how exactly do weight lifting stun ones growth?

edit **hehe spelling correction inside a weight lifting/fitness thread....this is why i love ATOT 🙂**

 

[SyahM]

No, that's not true.

 

[Zenmervolt]

OK, first of all, "stunt", not "stun". And unless you're doing Mr. Universe calibre lifting, it's a myth.

ZV

 

[ShallowHal]

<< No, that's not true. >>




Weightlifting doesn't STUNT your growth but if you hit your funnybone with a dumbell it may STUN you.😉

 

[Hammer]

I you're very young, I read that it can affect growth.

 

[Amused]

Only if you set you weights to "stun."

 

[Cosmickarma]

yes weightlifting does stunt your growth if it is donw without balance. body building is normally recommended when your body stops growing.

 

[Russ]

Yes, it's absolutely true. When I started highschool, I was 5'1" tall. I worked out constantly all through school (I'm not really a geek, but a recovering jock). Now, I'm 6'5" tall, yet I know I was supposed to be 7 feet even.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Cosmickarma]

hey there can be exceptions.....im just saying what a doctor once told me.....a guy who grows on to be 6'5" is not very common.

 

[Russ]

<< .....a guy who grows on to be 6'5" is not very common. >>



It is in my family which, BTW, is the whole point. Genetics.

Russ, NCNE

 

[yakko]

<< OK, first of all, "stunt", not "stun". And unless you're doing Mr. Universe calibre lifting, it's a myth.

ZV >>

Just look at how short Arnold is.