Weight training and Height
Bones have growing points called as growth plates or epiphyseal plates. There is a misbelief that if we train with heavy weights , these epiphyseal plates may get damaged and bones may not grow and height growth may get stunted or stopped early itself. Research has now clearly shown that this does not happen.
So weight training does not lead to stoppage of growth of length and size of bones.
Neither does it increase the growth of bones. So it does not increase the height also.
Children run, jump, leap and do all crazy high and very high impact activities - if the bones can absorb so much shock and in doing that also if the epiphyseal ( growth ) plates do not get damaged then a controlled exercise programme like weight training is far too less impacting than a jump from a few feet.
So weight training does not have negative or postive effects on growth of height. Height attained is purely genetic. You will get to the height that has been pre programmed when your genetic combination was being coded by GOD ALMIGHTY..
But yes weight training will surely and definitely help in making the bones more stronger. Weight training helps to maintain the bone density in adults preventing them from getting Osteopenia ( reduction in bone density ) and Osteoporosis ( gross reduction in bone density ie. major loss of calcium from bones resulting in bones become weak, brittle and highly susceptible to fractures )
Bones have growing points called as growth plates or epiphyseal plates. There is a misbelief that if we train with heavy weights , these epiphyseal plates may get damaged and bones may not grow and height growth may get stunted or stopped early itself. Research has now clearly shown that this does not happen.So weight training does not lead to stoppage of growth of length and size of bones.
Neither does it increase the growth of bones. So it does not increase the height also.
Children run, jump, leap and do all crazy high and very high impact activities - if the bones can absorb so much shock and in doing that also if the epiphyseal ( growth ) plates do not get damaged then a controlled exercise programme like weight training is far too less impacting than a jump from a few feet.
So weight training does not have negative or postive effects on growth of height. Height attained is purely genetic. You will get to the height that has been pre programmed when your genetic combination was being coded by GOD ALMIGHTY..
But yes weight training will surely and definitely help in making the bones more stronger. Weight training helps to maintain the bone density in adults preventing them from getting Osteopenia ( reduction in bone density ) and Osteoporosis ( gross reduction in bone density ie. major loss of calcium from bones resulting in bones become weak, brittle and highly susceptible to fractures )
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