Football, wrestling, in a way baseball, basketball. Look at Dave Duerson, an NFL player who took his own life, purely to donate his brain to science because he did not want to live anymore because of the damage. Dave Duerson thought he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy,.
According to the MayoClinic. It is casued by repeated head trauma; and hockey players, football players, military personnel, all can easily acquire it. There is no evidence that lifting weights stunts growth or injures the growth plates. With proper supervision, it can be very safe and should be encouraged. Stop telling me that my weight-lifting is going to ruin my height. Even if it did ruin my height, who cares?
We NEED to be researching how to prevent this brain damage that is going on. These football players could be some of the greatest minds of our generation, but are penalized by brain damage. I think we all as a fitness community need to bring awareness to actual troubles such as support for those with eating disorders, and support for those suffering brain damage at high school football practice.
Leave me a comment or message on your thoughts about if weight-lifting stunts growth, or if you think another sport actually stunts your growth such as rugby? Vigilant is an author extremely dedicated to his blog. From a hard life of growing up paycheck to paycheck, he somehow took advantage of the opportunity to make himself a stronger person and pushed through to keep on pursuing his career an Emergency Medicine doctor, wrestles, and lifts 2 hours a day all with a full-time job and in college.
Learn more about Vigilant and the "mustang gang" here at the About Me section. Contents What is Stunting Your Growth? With BAD Form, yes! Tommy Vigilant is an author extremely dedicated to his blog. Visit The About Me Page. This means, there is less work performed by the individual with shorter arms, who may very well be short in stature, than the individual who is taller with longer arms.
Contrary to the bench press performance, taller people excel at deadlifting. Their longer arms allow them to travel the weight at a shorter distance from the ground compared to an individual of shorter stature with shorter arms. Keep in mind many assumptions are made in these examples regarding individual body structures since a tall individual may very well have short arms or vice versa.
The specifics of different limbs between people may very well matter more than height itself. The truth of the matter is that weightlifting does not stunt growth, however, many people believe it to be true due to the height of the general population that pursues it. When performed incorrectly, weightlifting may potentially damage growth plates in immature bones.
Growth takes place at the ends of the long bones of your body in an area called the epiphysis. Long bones are part of the appendicular skeleton which includes the femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, etc. The majority of your long bones contain at least two growth plates each located on opposite ends of the bone in cartilaginous areas that hardens in adult-hood.
During puberty, cartilaginous soft parts of your bone are more susceptible to growth until they become hardened. When these areas of cartilage harden, the bone will no longer elongate and the individual will stop growing. This hardening process is called ossification. Children with remaining cartilage soft bone are at risk of a unique type of fracture called a growth plate fracture.
In , a study published in Psychology and Health showed that for overweight children, resistance exercise was an excellent way to get them moving. As opposed to simply focusing on reducing weight, the scientists argue that learning resistance exercises is a better way to convince kids to exercise.
They found that it was easier to motivate the subjects to do resistance exercises than traditional cardio. In turn, they lost more weight and gained confidence. With an ever-growing epidemic of childhood obesity, saying "no" to resistance exercise at a young age is doing more harm than good.
Early exposure to proper training is important for adolescents and young adults. It can steer them in the right direction to set them up for a lifetime of fitness. A qualified professional can design a program that children enjoy, making them more likely to continue exercising in the future. However, if they have a bad experience, like an injury, it can discourage them from exercising.
A paper published in Austin Sports Medicine reviewed several studies about youth weightlifting. Researchers found that, instead of hurting young athletes, it improved their coordination and psychological well-being. The paper doesn't ask if weight training should be implemented. Instead, it asks how. They point out that if a proper weightlifting program isn't followed, it can lead to injuries.
A paper from the Annals of Kinesiology in showed that there is a slight risk of injury in younger athletes who lift weights. While generally safe, weightlifting requires discipline and focus. It's possible that children and young adults don't have the focus required to properly execute weightlifting movements.
Coordination isn't fully developed at a young age, which is another risk factor for injury. Children and young adults simply don't have as much body awareness as an adult. Of course, this is just one case or one anecdote, which implies a weak inference when determining if lifting weights stunts growth. I decided to investigate because getting stronger and getting taller are some of my goals. I also want to find out if it was okay for me to start lifting at an earlier age since I do have some regrets starting just the past year.
So does lifting weights actually stunt growth? This meta-analysis explains the results of 60 years worth of studies of children and weightlifting. All the subjects from these studies were within the ages of The scientists that conducted the meta analysis study pondered if weight training would stunt the growth of children while they were already in the stages of growing through puberty.
While evaluating all of these studies, the scientists chose studies that fit their criteria best suitable for the meta analysis. Only 42 out of the fit their criteria. In this case, the x variable is the amount of weight training.
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