Growing and Development

Jonathan redomond

Hey there ,
I'm gone 18 and might possibly pursue a career based on fitness and where size matters. It's Pro Wrestling.

I know if i went gym i Feel my body would take to getting bigger nicely. Help me fill out in size. What i want to know is when do people finish growing in height. Are there clear signals to 'Right that's it your height is final'.

I look up to siblings and uncles who are big builds of men , 6ft to 6'3, If i got to their height It would be great but im 18 and 5,10. Sometimes i look at them and think , I feel ill well grow up to that height and at times i feel small.

I feel like Im not near fully grown , not a proper man as of yet altho 18, when u are 21 your all there and genetics assembled and done.

Any help on matter would be great.

squod

This some kind of ''doing weights stunts your growth'' thread?

Jonathan redomond

yeah im new to this and I am not sure were to post things. If a Moderator sees it please feel free to move to an appropriate place

Brian?

There's no proof that weight training stunts your growth. I'm fairly sure there is no way of knowing whether you're fully grown either. Your genetics are set in the womb AFAIK.

_pure_mule_

Dont think theres a definite way of knowing but based on what I've read and heard over the last few years it's usually between 20 and 25 before your body is fully developed. If your wondering about I'd lifting weights will stunt your growth I personally don't buy into it. I have been lifting weights since I'm 15 an I'm the tallest in my family. However I've no scientific proof, to back that up but I say go for it! Your testerone levels are high at 18 and as you get older it will gradually become harder to put on muscle so Id say get on it as soon as you can!

Jonathan redomond

Just thought I'd Ask. People say that there are exercises and diets that male people still growing taller, could be a myth !

_pure_mule_

Jonathan redomond wrote: »

Just thought I'd Ask. People say that there are exercises and diets that male people still growing taller, could be a myth !

I know, I've heard that over head exercises stunt your growth etc. I think it's a load of sh1t to be honest but who am I to say. Bottom line is there is no scientific evidence that it does or dosent so there's only one way to find out for yourself.

ray jay

Unless you're a particularly late bloomer, you're more or less as tall as you'll ever be.

seamus

Jonathan redomond wrote: »

Just thought I'd Ask. People say that there are exercises and diets that male people still growing taller, could be a myth !

It's largely a myth. Statistics and data suggest that people have been getting taller for the last 100 years, but that this is down to improved diets.

This doesn't mean that you can eat a particular diet and grow taller, it just means that since people are more likely to be able to sit down to 3 proper meals per day and not have to starve periodically, the body's development through childhood and adolescence is capable of reaching its maximum potential. Whereas in scarcer times the body may sacrifice growth to preserve energy.

Your absolute height is theoretically decided by your genetics, though growth and development is managed by the hypothalmus and thyroid, so theoretically intefering with what they do could allow an individual to grow far beyond a height they are genetically predisposed to.
I say "theoretically" because it would never be that simple. There are treatments which use growth hormones to combat growth deficiencies in children and teenagers, but they don't have any effect on the tallness of adults.

Individuals who are exceptionally tall (like the gentleman below) usually have one or more hormonal disorders as a child/teenager which causes them to grow at a ridiculous rate or not stop growing when they reach their twenties. In practically all cases this growth is beyond what their body is capable of and they tend to die very early on of things like heart failure or other complications of being so huge.


So while theoretically this man's height could be replicated in a person by screwing with their hormones while growing up, obviously it would be highly unethical, not to mention that the outcome would be completely uncertain - you have no idea if they would grow into an anatomically-correct (but impossibly tall) person or they might just develop enormous hands or feet, or other deformations. The mechanism by which our bodies grow and maintain anatomical "evenness" is enormously complicated, so screwing with the process in a healthy individual is risky business.

For yourself, there's practically nothing you can do about your height. You might gain another inch, at most, if you're lucky, by the time you reach 25. Don't sweat it. You're bang on the money for average. Sometimes you'll walk into a room and feel tiny (I've stood in rooms where it seemed like every other guy was 6'3"), but equally you will walk into other rooms and somehow be towering 3 inches over everyone else.

robodonkey

There are ways to alter your growth patterns, but only if deemed medically necessary, and normally timing would be key (ie during your teens say).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi#Early_life

Also, there are conditions that will affect growth where the endocrine system is bungled up for some reason (my grandda had Acromegaly which meant he kept growing....http://endocrine-system.emedtv.com/acromegaly/acromegaly.html)

So, yes it is possible to monkey with nature and go beyond your genetic paradigm, but is it advisable? Doubt it.....