Squats stunt growth?

[Sub-Zero]

im wondering if squats stunt your growth(im guessing from the weight on the back?)...

i ask this because i had my first wrestling practice today, and we are starting a serious lift routine (yeah i never lifted seriously before)....squats are one of the required exersises, and i heard some short kids bitching about how it stunts growth...

 

[Mike_Rojas]

That's a new one. I guess if you're under 12 or something.

 

[louden_swain]

Totally false.

This is typical high school weight room talk.

Squats are perfectly safe if you use proper technique.

 

[slobberknocker]

Squats give you hairy palms and make you go blind.

 

[Sub-Zero]

okay, didnt think so.

 

[RusPA81]

Short kids will come up with many excuses for why they are short. As I short guy I know this first hand.

 

[c3ntrifug3]

Um, I am pretty sure that heavy lifting at younger ages can close off/damage bone caps. Maybe this depends on the use of proper form but I thought this was fairly well documented.

 

[Brett44444444]

I think the general consensus is that one who is still growing should not lift weights with high intensity. I don't think there is anything wrong with squatting by itself so long as you don't take every set to absolute failure and whatnot. It feels a little blasphemous to say that...

 

[slobberknocker]

I disagree. I think that's 100% crap, but that's just my opinion lol.

 

[crew9]

I think the general consensus is that one who is still growing should not lift weights with high intensity. I don't think there is anything wrong with squatting by itself so long as you don't take every set to absolute failure and whatnot. It feels a little blasphemous to say that...

If that's the general consensus then the general consensus needs a wakeup bitch slap.

 

[slobberknocker]

Well most people grow until their early 20's, so I guess all the college and high school athletes, and all the young bb/PL/strongman/oly lifting etc etc etc champs are doing it all wrong lol.

 

[casualbb]

I don't think there's any proof either way. I'd say good weight routines promote good eating -- which is likely to make one grow taller than he or she otherwise would.

 

[slobberknocker]

I don't think there's any proof either way. I'd say good weight routines promote good eating -- which is likely to make one grow taller than he or she otherwise would.

Yep, and probably also stimulates an increase in your natural testosterone and growth hormone.

 

[WalkingBeast]

Well most people grow until their early 20's, so I guess all the college and high school athletes, and all the young bb/PL/strongman/oly lifting etc etc etc champs are doing it all wrong lol.

Shit...I heard bones grow til you hit 28 ..haha Why is stunted growth a big deal anyway? Maybe its just me, but Ive never had the desire to be tall.

 

[chewyxrage]

Haha yea thats because you think of yourself 6 inches taller and you realize you wouldn't look near as huge

As a 6'3 dude I like being tall but it has it's disadvantages. ie I gain 10 lbs and you can't tell a difference

 

[WalkingBeast]

Just like being low to the ground. Like a fucking pitbull

 

[ffknight84]

ive squatted since i was 14, at the time i was about 5'7", at 19 im 6'3". I dont think it stunted my growth. However the asthma meds did...

 

[edgecrusher]

The only thing that will close off ephisal plates prematurely, is a trauma (ie a bad break or compacting injury, like a fall.) ANyway, squatting for anyone who has under a year of training can be a dangerous thing, do to structural stability issues.

 

[Sub-Zero]

we are wearing a belt i fthats what you mean

 

[edgecrusher]

we are wearing a belt i fthats what you mean

No, weight belts will not help w/ the structural issue. lol Certain muscle groups need to be strengthened before an individual should support weight on there shoulders.