can weight lifting actually induce a growth spirt??
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yes and no.\nweight lifting will make your bones grow stronger and denser, and at some ages maybe longer.\nbeing an 18 yr old male you still can and probably will grown until you are 21 or so.\nlifting weights puts extra strain on your bones as your muscles grow bigger, and your bones will grow to adjust to this new change. whether they grow in width, density or length is a variable.\na good rule of thumb is not to do any weight lifting that involves lifting something higher than your shoulders b/c this can injure your back, or stunt your growth.\nany physical exercise, at any age, will improve your bone structure, so i'd say go for it, it definitely wont harm you any even if you dont grow.\ni would consult a trainer at the gym if i were you, and also ask them about resistance training, this can be a good alternative to weight lifting.\nNOTE: this is KEY to growing, you must get enough sleep, optimum hours for growth and healing of a body are 10pm-6am, so if you can be asleep during these hours that will be great. and make sure you eat a balanced diet, and take multi vitamins.\ngood luck
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the only thing im aware of is..they break your legs..they put them in splints to pull them ..you can gain about 2-3 inches and it takes several years to complete. its painful and seriously expensive. accept your height as is.
782018
YES and diet helps too.\n\nI have a friend who stayed the same height for years and at age 19 she grew 2 inches. She swears by diet and exercise as the reason it happened.
380204
No it is not true...\n\nGenetics and breast augmentation are the only insight to help with increased breast size...\n\nSorry...But what will it hurt, go get yourself some good land-o-lakes and give them a good smire..:)
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yes. sometimes, when you lift too much, with poor technique, it can effect your spine, and effect how tall or short you ultimately are.
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hey, Rock...\nwell, when you lift heavy, you cause blood to rush to the muscles your using, you know to deliver extra oxygen and nutrients.\nthis causes your veins to swell much more than they would if you were just sitting around being a log.\nalso, well, this happens more from cardio workouts, when you exercise over time, your body actually GROWS more capillaries (the smallest of veins) in order to deliver even MORE blood to muscles.\nhowever, you can't grow actual new veins, like the ones you see, those are only grown before you're born, basically.\njust keep lifting, sounds like you're already seeing results, the popping, sexy veins will just come naturally.\nyou go, Rock guy!
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Yes.  1. It does take a certain amount of cardiovascular effort to lift the weights.  2. Muscle burns energy.  More muscle requires more energy to maintain it.\n\nWhat's tricky is that you can lose fat, but gain weight.  Muscle weighs more than fat.  So if you take off 10 cubic inches of fat and put on 10 cubic inches of muscle, you'll actually gain weight.
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Please tell me where you read or who told you that lifting weights will cause problems with your growth!!\nIf it was true you wouldn't have had one arm bigger!\nLight weights with many repetitions are good for you no matter what your age.\n\nBeing unbalanced with one side of your body (it's not just your arm, it's your shoulder, back and chest muscles) may cause you to get back problems later in life.\n\nI played tennis since 7 years old and my coaches recommended from very early on to do light weights and to try and do more reps with my non-dominant side than with my playing arm.
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do not take any growth hormones they really mess u up!!!! the only thing u should be taking is whey protein, casein protein at night, multivitamine (animalpac), flaxseed oil, and creatine ( drink more water though, it dehydrates u)....all of these things cobined with a good ass heavy lifting weight program and ur 5 to 6 meals a day and u will build quality muscles that will last u forever!!!!email me i u need anything else!!!
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Well, this probably isn't the answer you want to hear, but you're boned, no pun intended.\n\nThe thing is, you may continue to grow a little taller, but in all likelihood the growth plates on the ends of your bones have already calcified and permanently fused themselves in position, setting your skeleton in its final form (it usually happens by the time you're 18).\n\nOnce that happens, you simply cannot increase your bone size any more.  Not ever.\n\nIt's not even a matter of taking supplements to encourage growth, or taking drugs to encourage growth.  The part of your body which does the growing is no longer there once your bones decide they're done.  There's nothing for the drugs to have an effect on.\n\nThere are some surgeries which you might be able to do where, in essence, a doctor saws the legs in your bones in half, and pins the two pieces in place an inch or two apart so when they heal, they fill in new bone in the gap (leaving you that much taller), but that's seriously traumatic, takes months to heal, leaves awful scars, and isn't an option most people would go for.\n\nBottom line is, this may just be how tall you were meant to be... but like other posters have said, a lot of people find girls your size very attractive, so relax and feel beautiful just like you are, because chances are someone else will feel that way, too.
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No - unless you do physical labour (which technically is exercise).  They are doing experiments in gene doping with Insulin-like Growth Factor - but it's for people with muscle wasting diseases.  You're goning to have to lift weights or start working construction/agriculture (or any other physically demanding job).  Exercise is fun, gives you social contact, makes you feel better and helps build up muscle.  You should give it a try!
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There is a height increase exercise program for sale that will stretch your spine increase height and make you grow taller. Just visit the link. Hope this helps!
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LoL....Actually there is. Take a wet towel drape over and flex the muscle up and down as if doing weight bench lifts but only this time it's your *****. The wet towel causes more weight. Start with small reps and add on gradually. Have fun and enjoy your new girth.
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Body building.....a sport. Nope. Weight lifting, YES!
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nope.\nAdvair is from a completely different steriod family. No chance that it will cause you to bulk up.
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No.  You get bigger by lifting weights, and increasing the weight as you become stronger.  A balanced diet is key.  Supplements make expensive urine and that is about it.  These supplements merely provide calories usually in the form of protein, that ultimately taxes your liver.\n\nYour body will naturally adapt to the challenge.  Mix up your weight program (the same routine will not challenge new muscle), do sprints, distance,  keep your body guessing and you will keep building muscle.\n\nNote:  Most women hate the 'body builder' look.  We prefer nicely muscled men, not bulky weird looking men.  We will take David Beckham over Hulk Hogan.
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Absolutely not!\n\nMen keep growing until about the age of 21.  Avoid smoking because that stunts your growth, eat well and be positive!  There are always shoe lifts!!!!