Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Growth Stunted?

Sweddy22
Sweddy22
Posts: 1
Joined: 2005/10/25
United States
2005/10/25, 10:17 PM
I am 5'5. My father is 5,11 and my mother 5,3. I have been lifting weights for the past year and a half. By doing research i have heard that maxing out can stunt your growth. Is this true? i have maxed maybe 5 or 6 times until i heard that. I was wondering if you think i have damaged my growth plates or if that is even true?
bigandrew
bigandrew
Posts: 5,146
Joined: 2002/10/21
United States
2005/10/25, 10:29 PM
no..I been lifting since about 14/15.....and I grew all through my work outs height and muscle wise...
You CAN stunt yoru growth IF you break a growth plate or damage them.......old wise tail.....go to teen under 25 forum...article at top you can read. OR do a search....at the bottom of page, been discussed many many times

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Lonegirl
Lonegirl
Posts: 446
Joined: 2002/11/13
Canada
2005/10/26, 08:43 AM
".......old wise tail....." :) I picture a story of an big old dog with a wagging tail... or perhaps that was just an old wives tale ;)