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akshayhaldipur Posts: 4 Joined: 2005/05/17	2005/08/01, 10:38 AM hey everyone!!! this site is so cool and the coolest are the people out here with so helpful tips!!! anyways, i am nowdays really depressed about the fact that i really wana become tall!!! although i am 5'10 1/2 i wana atleast get 6' as i wana b a model! i am 18 now!!! anyways i know that i can get a few inches if i do a lot of streching and stuff!!! Apart from this, my question is that , does gyming really stop your height? cause people keep telling me that to start gyming after 21, other wise if u lift up weights your height can b stunted!!! u wont grow any taller even if u cud had!!! Plz help me clear these doubts and if all this is true plz tell me which exercises those which will stop my height!!! thanks in advance!!! waiting for help badly!
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2005/08/01, 12:36 PM Your growth cannot be stunted by lifting weights. And if you're still growing, you may get taller, but sorry there's no stretching that will make you taller. -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
bropie Posts: 1,084 Joined: 2004/12/04	2005/08/01, 12:49 PM ive been lifting since my late teens, and have continued growing at a normal rate. if you want to grow, eat a healthy diet and get lots of rest.
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2005/08/02, 11:23 AM yeah, its and urban myth thing. -------------- driving to eat a carvel cake
GuyIncognito Posts: 63 Joined: 2004/01/10	2005/08/03, 04:34 PM Yes, I trained at a powerlifting club from the age of 15 - 17 and I am 6 foot 3. I used to work at a bar where one of the bouncers was 6 foot 8 and he had been training with weights and practicing martial arts since he was a teenager. -------------- Homer? I know no Homer - my name is Guy Incognito You\\'re just a little soul bearing up a corpse as Epictetus used to say.
NYCasper13 Posts: 3 Joined: 2005/08/04	2005/08/04, 08:49 AM Since you are only 18, you don't have to worry about the growing thing. Males stop growing at the age of 21. You shouldn't have a problem getting there.:)
adam101 Posts: 18 Joined: 2005/07/25	2005/08/04, 04:04 PM im 16 years old and bout 5'8"..any1 think i can get to 6 foot lol
DX14AG Posts: 1,055 Joined: 2004/07/22	2005/08/04, 08:10 PM All depends on genetics. No stretches will help you grow. Sorry for the bad news. DX
adam101 Posts: 18 Joined: 2005/07/25	2005/08/04, 08:59 PM thats true about the genetics..my grandfathers were tall n so r my uncles, jus not my parents lol...the stretches thing different people say different things while i just do them anyway..they can prevent you from getting hurt in some ways.
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2005/08/05, 12:42 AM Hey you can always hang from a pullup bar and just let gravity make you taller. -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
adam101 Posts: 18 Joined: 2005/07/25	2005/08/05, 09:27 AM i heard about that before..my cousin used to do that, does it really actualyl work?