weight lifting?
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at
11:27 pm
I am 13 (i'll be14 in june) and i am 5'7, i play fottball so i need to bulk up so my friend suggested me to free weight soi am planning to buy a pair of 5kg dumbbells, can lifting weights stunt growth?
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Absolutely not! That is a urban legend. Doctors and trainers have written books documenting that weightlifting cannot stunt growth. Growth is affected almost entirely by genetics but can also be affected by a person’s diet (i.e. what types of food they eat).