i need some proof that squats dont stunt growth

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Proteinboy

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me and a wrestler at school had a big argument whether or not squats stunt your growth or not. i of course said that they dont if you do them properly. i actually bet him money that squats dont stunt your growth.

his opinion was that they stunt your growth because its too much weight on your shoulders pushing you down and it will compress the back and stop growth. lol thats like saying if i push down on you everyday my hardest that it will stop you from growing.

and it is so ironic because he refuses to do squats and he is 5'3'' and i do squats religously and im 5'8''

so i could not PROVE him wrong. and google does not have any trustworthy sites or documents i could fine. so i need some wisdom around here; does anyone know of some great sites i can go to in order to access some information? can someone present me some proof that they know of? thank you
 
Appealing to logic, that doesn't make sense that any workout would stunt your growth. Yeah, you're holding a lot of weight on your shoulders, but you do so for maybe 3-4 minutes a week. I carried a 70lb. backpack for 12 hours a day for a whole week when I hiked Philmont, and I'm still grew another 3" after that.

Your buddy there doesn't know much about the human body, it seems.
 
dont have any scientific stuff.. Squats can compress your spine, but that sure as hell doesnt STOP growth..
 
Even if done improperly they are not going to stunt your growth. How about he proves his point instead of you proving yours? Ask him if he thinks that if you hang upside down and hold weight it will make you grow taller. If he says yes, ask him why he hasnt tried. (5'3)
 
hes very dense. he said that one of the best world record holders for doing squats is only like 5"3' which i responded by saying its because shorter people may have a less difficult time doing squats because they have to go down less distance because they are shorter.

and plus the schience teacher agreed with him. i said she doesnt know anything about fitness whatsoever. He says he trusts her more than me -_- noob

so i really want to prove him wrong kuz he said he was sure he was right and i want to make 10 bux ; D

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Tell the science teacher to come see me for disclosing eroneous information. We went through this argument in exercise phys class and no one could find a single study, article, or etc documenting how squats stunted your growth.

For you to stop growing the ephiseal plates have to close. Putting weight on your back won't cause the growth plates to close. Ask your teacher where she gets her information from...tell her a friend of yours who teaches PE would like to know so that he can get the same information. Also add that I said if her information didn't come from peer-reviewed studies then it's hear-say.

Since the bet is open to 'squats', then use front squats since they don't really incorporate spinal loading.

The other thing you can do to test your theory is set it for a 6 month period...you do squats and then measure yourself after 6 months. See who wins.
 
Fact,
squats directly cause your body to release higher Levels of anabolic hormones, such as testosterone,IGF-1 and HGH. All of these hormones directly affect your muscle and bone growth(enhancing growth in both). Not to even mention Resistance training stimulates bone to retain and encourage better bone density. Unless, as Evo as mentioned, You injured your physeal plates Then yes it is possible. However This is HIGHLY unlikely ever to happen. Mainly because a weight heavy enough to do this will not be able to be lifted by a "beginner" to weight lifting.
However, It is true the younger a person is the more likely for this to occur. If form is poor then the more likely this is to occur. If a genetic discrepancy for poor bone strength (or poor Cartilage assembly) then it is more likely to occur.

In conclusion, There is NO scientific proof that weight lifting "Will" cause Physeal plate injury thus stunting growth in the affected area or all around. There is good reason to believe that Weight lifting can do the exact opposite and actually positively affect bone growth.
 
its quite windy..

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BTW, benching stunts growth in your arms.. because most good benchers have short arms.
 
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Fact,
squats directly cause your body to release higher Levels of anabolic hormones, such as testosterone,IGF-1 and HGH. All of these hormones directly affect your muscle and bone growth(enhancing growth in both). Not to even mention Resistance training stimulates bone to retain and encourage better bone density. Unless, as Evo as mentioned, You injured your physeal plates Then yes it is possible. However This is HIGHLY unlikely ever to happen. Mainly because a weight heavy enough to do this will not be able to be lifted by a "beginner" to weight lifting.
However, It is true the younger a person is the more likely for this to occur. If form is poor then the more likely this is to occur. If a genetic discrepancy for poor bone strength (or poor Cartilage assembly) then it is more likely to occur.

In conclusion, There is NO scientific proof that weight lifting "Will" cause Physeal plate injury thus stunting growth in the affected area or all around. There is good reason to believe that Weight lifting can do the exact opposite and actually positively affect bone growth.
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very nice information; thanks. i like how the tables are turned saying that squats actually help growth rather than stunt it when used right.

rep +
 
In case you wanted to quote him, it would probably be best to use the term "epiphyseal plates", as you might get called on semantics...in case your science teacher has a little bit of anatomy knowledge.

Epiphyseal plate fusion is the last step in ossification, I believe. If you go out and draw the entire process, coupled with the knowledge that squatting releases growth hormone, you'll be unstoppable.
 
LeiYunFat said:
In case you wanted to quote him, it would probably be best to use the term "epiphyseal plates", as you might get called on semantics...in case your science teacher has a little bit of anatomy knowledge.

Epiphyseal plate fusion is the last step in ossification, I believe. If you go out and draw the entire process, coupled with the knowledge that squatting releases growth hormone, you'll be unstoppable.
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Lol My bad.

Yeah I believe there are different spellings for the word. As some quick checking i found atleast 3 ways of spelling the same word lol.
 
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I have no idea...

It seems like the prefix isn't the only thing that isn't constant:

Epiphyseal plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The epiphyseal plate (or epiphysial plate, or growth plate)
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seal, sial...I guess anything goes
 
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