Does bodybuilding affect height?

[mohamedgh]

actully I am 16 years old and I still can griw more taller. but I am thinking of starting bodybuilding and I dont know if It will stunt my height or no

[Peachman]

As far as I know it only stunts your growth if
- you injure a growth plate
- You cut weight to aggressively eg to big of a caloric defect
- not getting enough nutrition for your body to grow both height and muscle
I haven't heart of someone claiming bodybuilding stunted their growth but I have heard of people who injured themselves permanently from doing it.
Also here is a example (they are suspected of steroids though) of someone who's growth wasn't stunted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-uWtKO6JDo

[UnknownXYZ]

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It's fine as long as you know what you are doing. Just make sure you eat the right foods and get adequate sleep and recovery.

[mohamedgh]

lol man I was waiting for some real advice xD

[OldS0ul]

At your age yes. Bodybuilding requires you to lift heavily and with you being a 16 year old boy you have plenty of growth in your bones left and that compression on your spine and bones might limit how you may grow. Wait a couple of years see how much you grow. You can still begin to build your muscles without fully committing to a bodybuilding regimen.

[spuitkaas]

Bodybuilding does not affect your height, however, your diet does. So if you want to see actual muscles, you have to be really skinny and that's not recommended when you're still growing. So you if you want to do bodybuilding, eat enough food since you need a lot of energy for growing in length and doing all that exercise.

[mohamedgh]

I am already 175cm so it could be worth it

[Stamps]

@mohamededgh
I don't know where you come from, but here, the average height is 182cm for an adult. I would just wait a year or two, three.

[spuitkaas]

@Stamps if he thinks it's a good height, it's okay, but I still recommend mohamedgh to eat enough when developing muscles. No fat percentages under 15% or so since it has effect on you growth in height, but maybe also on other things.

[alice55]

I don't think so but to what I read eating a lot of protein make you taller.

[mohamedgh]

not true if uts not natural

[Sluthater]

Thats not entirely true. Not consuming enough protein impair growth but excess protein won't help you exceed your genetic height limit. The only thing that makes you grow is growth hormone taken before your growth plates harden.

[litty]

Yes and no. Being overweight can slow your growth, while being your fittest allows your body to reach your optimal potential height which is then determined by your genes. I've an uncle that's 7 feet so it's no surprise that I was always the tallest in my class. If I was full Asian I'd be around 5 feet but my English blood makes me a foot taller than my relatives in the philipphines. Still, body building can only be a good thing

[wankiam]

when lifting weight the compaction of the spine is so short lived i can't see how it could have any lasting affect but i do think body builder do tend to appear short because they are so wide it alters normal perception of human proportion

[Uday154]

Do it according to your height... if yr already 6' then you can go for it otherwise don't until you get 18

[mohamedgh]

actully I am 175cm

[Uday154]

Then go for it... I think that height is desirable... you don't wanna grow more do you?

[mohamedgh]

yeah I do I find it kinda awsome to be 190cm and be strong at once

[isolduin]

Yes bodybuilding makes your body focus on muscle growing instead of bone growing, but you know everyone is different! For example i started bodybuilding at 14 and now im 190 cm tall. My training wasn't anything really intense by the way

[lucasnabizada]

It depends what kind... But starting super early like 15 and continuing on definitely kinda screws up growth hormone I think... Don't listen to me thought i'm no doctor, it's just what I remember hearing

[sedrftvgyhujik]

If your still growing some pepole say it can stunt your growth lifting heavy which isn't something iv looked into at all since im probly not growing any taller anyway and happy with my height so i dont know?
Although if your not it may improve your posture and that will make you naturally stand taller so it depends.

[Billyscotter]

Yes. It's been proven to be a factor in how tall someone can be, but only if they're still growing.

Here's an article I checked, to confirm my opinion, before in answered.
https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/sclark41.htm

[DizzyAster]

No.
You are still young, so you have the ability to keep growing, but after mid 20s the body will not get any taller no matter what.

[mohamedgh]

yes I know

[That1tallguy]

it doesn't i don't get why so many people believe it they heard 1 myth now everyone thinks it's true. I started working out at your age and I'm 6'3 sooo no stunt growth here.

[Cody01]

Nope, I know of powerlifters and strongman that have been training since they were 8, 13, 11, etc. They're tall fuckers.

[LittleSally]

Maybe... It'll probably slow down or diminish your growth a bit...

[maiaan]

Depends on the workout. There are some exercises you should avoid. also avoid heavy weights & consult a trainer!

[JustCallMeLeon]

Nope. The only way to stop growing is to use specific hormones and steroids. These somehow trick your system and structure that it has reached an age to stop growing.

[Atreyu]

nope. but proper diet can! keep up with calcium and vitamin d

[madhatters4]

at your age it could stunt your growth. excessive exercise and especially strength training can affect your growth plates and cause them to close prematurely.

[madhatters4]

it isn't 100% certain occur and the same affect on growth plates could occur through other activity but it can potentially happen

[madhatters4]

i would just attempt to work with a certified trainer. but too many well regarded researchers (mayo clinic, WHO, NIH, AMA, APA, etc) all say that excessive training can pose adverse effects to you people

[Sluthater]

Been training 37 years. Competing in bodybuilding for 33 years. Started at age 13. My daughter started at age 9. Stunting your growth is a wives tale.

[Rachel_is_gay]

woah your daughter started at age 9?

[Sluthater]

@Rachel_is_gay Yes. She is 14 now and can bench 115.

[Rachel_is_gay]

Oh damn 😮

[Sluthater]

@Rachel_is_gay Here she is benching 115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXLyVmAtDwk

Here she is squatting 115lbs at age10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMJ_YfpWBhE

[Rachel_is_gay]

Damn she's skinny but strong af 💪 by the way is that you in the vids?

[Sluthater]

@Rachel_is_gay Yep

[JohnDoe3000]

If you do very heavy exercises lifting stuff over your head while standing while you're still growing, maybe a little. But just doing arm curls or doing any kind of core/leg exercise has zero impact.

[Deathcore_Rulez_D00d]

There has never been ANY evidence that lifting heavy weights stunts growth. Zip! Zilch! Nada!

Anyone who says that bodybuilding will affect height is either full of shit or a follower of fake news.

[Anonymous]

It will stunt your growth some but it is worth it. You will be permanently stronger even if you stop working out. Your max strangth will be higher if you start while your body is still developing.

[lEat70sBush]

Dunno I've always been too lazy for bodybuilding and I'm the same 5'5" I was when I was 14. It has more to do with genes and nothing can be done about those yet.