IF growth hormone (GH).......

[glais]

is released more when you lift weights. Why is it said that weight lifting slows you growing taller, shouldn't it speed it up?

[Loctus]

Lifting weights doesn't slow your growth. Squatting 500lbs and blowing out a disc would though, so you could say that in theory lifting weights CAN make you stop grow.

[glais]

Lifting weights doesn't slow your growth. Squatting 500lbs and blowing out a disc would though, so you could say that in theory lifting weights CAN make you stop grow.

Thanks, but in theory it should be said that lifting weights at a resonable rate, releases more (GH) thus making you grow more?

[Loctus]

Actually, no, you're just wrong. GH is realeased when we sleep, not when we lift.

[rsjrv99]

Testosterone is released when we lift, especially high intensity, but if i'm right it is estrogen which causes us to stop growing

[ajdmuscle]

I dont think estrogen stunts growth (but then again I have no clue, I'm 6'1" and i have lots of estrogen lol)

Building muscle at a young age stunts growth (like really young). I think they say dont start lifting until your like 12 or somethin like that. Its because children & adolescents have growth plates at the end of most of their bones. The growth plate regulates the length & shape of bones. And bones grow around growth plate.

The growth plate is the last part of bones to harden and makes it more vulnerable to fractures which can cause problems like unequal bone length. So weight lifting can stunt your growth if you damage your growth plate.

[Roger999]

Testosterone is released when we lift, especially high intensity, but if i'm right it is estrogen which causes us to stop growing

Estrogen is needed in men for muscle growth too. Testosterone increased from heavy lifting is about 1-3mg of test a week, an average teen produces around 100mg of test a week.

[UberEvan]

Oestrogen closes growth plates or something, so thats why it is seen as stunting growth. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[ajdmuscle]

Oestrogen closes growth plates or something, so thats why it is seen as stunting growth. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

your right

"At the completion of puberty, the reproductive glands in both males and females increase the production of the hormone estrogen. It is the high concentration of estrogen in the blood that causes the growth plates of our bones to fuse. This fusion effectively closes the growth centers of long bones and renders them unable to respond to the hormones that initiate growth."

Im guessin after puberty and the bones "fuse" then ur genetics will determine ur height (obviously otherwise all women would be short if estorgen means stunted growth).

[Vipersg123]

Actually, no, you're just wrong. GH is realeased when we sleep, not when we lift.

no, actually you are the one that is wrong. GH is released during lifting.

[dunkalicious]

then why are many bbers short like 5'6-5'11 top. there isn't many tall serious bbers?

[Roger999]

then why are many bbers short like 5'6-5'11 top. there isn't many tall serious bbers?

Because most people are around 5'10ish?

[dvbuilder]

then why are many bbers short like 5'6-5'11 top. there isn't many tall serious bbers?

Which one holds muscle better?

harder to fill out a tall guy than it is a short guy
when people don't see results they quit BBing..


people are quitters

[Skippy_nate]

then why are many bbers short like 5'6-5'11 top. there isn't many tall serious bbers?

Well, most people aren't +6 feet is why I imagine...