Does Strength Training Stunt Growth? | Science Explained

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  • Does Weight Training Stunt Growth? Strength Coach Dane Miller breaks down the science of weight training for youth athletes and children.
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    0:00 Does Lifting Weights Stunt Growth?
    4:15 Danger of Children's Sports
    5:53 What does the Data say?
    7:07 What are the Benefits?
    9:40 What are the Risks?
    11:28 What happens when Kids Lift Weights?
    14:50 Does Lifting Weights Stunt Growth?
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  • @GarageStrength
    @GarageStrength  2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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  • @schaef6o
    @schaef6o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Nephew broke his growth plate when he was 6 he’s now 6’6” 330

  • @inkcontracting1759
    @inkcontracting1759 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for that explanation. I’m a father of 8 athletes. I’ve always been that dad under the impression of early lifting and the potential growth implications. We have changed that with my younger kids and the results have been amazing.

    • @chsjenkins
      @chsjenkins 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Damn bro 8!? Can you pull out of your driveway at least 😂

  • @noflippingexcusesrei
    @noflippingexcusesrei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GREAT INSIGHTS as usual! Thank you for sharing Dane.

  • @wfs2email373
    @wfs2email373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude is that your oldest demonstrating his excellent form and strength? WOW 💪 looking good!! Keep it up kid!! A fantastic video as well btw!

  • @SallyAlexandriaAlexParakeets
    @SallyAlexandriaAlexParakeets 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excellent videos, Coach Dane Miller. Thanks for a great explanation. Happy holidays from our channel: Australian Parakeets Stars

  • @michaelsprivateside3476
    @michaelsprivateside3476 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video!

  • @davidhoypt
    @davidhoypt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🔥🔥🔥🔥 thanks Coach

  • @sanki7087
    @sanki7087 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really helpful one

  • @isaiasxd4453
    @isaiasxd4453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excelent , mi nine years old son do the barbell complex every day and it was so good for his development

  • @HuffTex
    @HuffTex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lot's of farm boys, over the year, who have been lifting feed sacks, carrying 5 gallon buckets of grain/milk, and throwing bales of hay should be proof that moving weight doesn't stunt growth.....

    • @vensonj
      @vensonj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s not the same as weight lifting though….that’s actual movement…it’s all most like CrossFit training…I know I’m a farm boy my father never allowed me to lift weights I out grew everyone…6’4 265

    • @davidhuffman145
      @davidhuffman145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vensonj it is moving weight. The strongest kids around, pre-weight-training programs in school, were farm kids. Carrying 50 lb sacks of feed, and throwing even heavier balls of hay is strength training. In fact, it is functional strength training. You're loopy if you don't see the similarities.

    • @vensonj
      @vensonj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidhuffman145 the way most people lift weights isn’t functional that’s why they are all stiff…you literally agreed with me

    • @davidhuffman145
      @davidhuffman145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Me-pw9ld every farm boy I have ever met is 5'10" or better, and most North of 6'2."

  • @SevanStick
    @SevanStick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    14:59 (welcome).

  • @APBT-Bandog
    @APBT-Bandog ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You were studying the impact on weight training and growth plate fractures, but you didn't look into how weight training impacts have on the endocrine system, which controls growth to begin with. How does it impact GH, IGF, T, E, cortisol, etc.

  • @marcusgarvey5876
    @marcusgarvey5876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes

  • @khaimapostol962
    @khaimapostol962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi coach Dane! Have you ever thought about starting your own system and having other coaches be certified under your system? I think this is something that a lot of us would want in the future

  • @ishmari14
    @ishmari14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    🤦🏻‍♂️ the people in the comment section answering this (incorrectly) as if the title was a question. Meanwhile, you literally explained in the video (that they presumably did not watch) that the exact opposite is true.

  • @maxogreenz
    @maxogreenz ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember I started lifting when I was going into 8th grade. I was about 5’4 at the time. At 23, I stand around 5’9 (just over 5’9 in the morning). My dad is 6’2 and my mom is 5’4.5-5’5, my sister stands around 5’7”. What’s weird is I have grown since I was 18 by about 1.5”. I think my height has been mostly genetics, due to my grandpa on my mom’s side being about 5’7 (Eastern European). I think I was going to be in the 5’9 range anyway due to that being the average between my parents. It is what it is.
    Btw I wear a size 11 shoe and have a wingspan of 72 inches.

    • @elmasbuscado909
      @elmasbuscado909 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your dad 6 2 you and him must be disapointed

  • @CHOSEN0808
    @CHOSEN0808 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was told it stunts growth. But as long as I've been working out I Caan see a lot of thing it help me with starting at a younger age that most females and other kid my age didn't have

  • @neilgregory9083
    @neilgregory9083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The original research was on Welsh coal miner's children and who worked in the mines. It's a myth. We have the same issue here. What's critical is supervision by qualified and competent coaches.

  • @chriswise1232
    @chriswise1232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No mention of lifting increasing testosterone which increases E2 which seals epiphyseal plates.

  • @sambsialia
    @sambsialia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dane. I see this RPR reset stuff. Says glute ham then erector should fire in that order. Wrong order means back injury. What do you think?

  • @christistruth3112
    @christistruth3112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so if you hurt your back can the growrh of spine be harmed?

  • @gabriellloyd
    @gabriellloyd ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you link these studies for people to rad?

  • @theknowledgeuniverse6648
    @theknowledgeuniverse6648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello sir!

  • @SirCharles913
    @SirCharles913 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's not weightlifting itself it's how heavy and intense you go. The more heavy and intense you go it causes the body to trigger an early production of testosterone leading to premature fusion of the growth plates and leading to an early growth spurt. In order for the body to keep up with the intensity it needs androgens. Meaning you do lose inches as a result.

    • @jbf1734
      @jbf1734 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've been wondering this for a while do you think it will stunt mine? I'm 15 and 5,8 I am a later bloomer so I think I can grow to 5,11 6 foot but I want to keep working out is it going to affect me?

    • @SirCharles913
      @SirCharles913 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jbf1734First of all I would go for an x-ray to see if your growth plates are still open if you can. It just depends on how long you've been training for and how heavy - intensive your doing your training and your genetics and your hormonal structure will be a factor. Watch your diet as well and make sure you eat well and don't neglect your meals. Feed your body with good nutrition.

    • @jbf1734
      @jbf1734 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SirCharles913 I've been lifting for like 3 months but nothing rly too heavy max bench is like 130

    • @SirCharles913
      @SirCharles913 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jbf1734 You should be fine with that

    • @yahnah9116
      @yahnah9116 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Litteraly false. Estrogen closes the growth plates, not testosterone. Infact testosterone is neccesary for development of bones and also height, more of it doesnt make you shorter, it makes you taller. You are not "losing inches" by weight training. Please stop spreading false information and scaring teens into not weightlifting

  • @King-O-Hell
    @King-O-Hell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm 40 now and I'd hate to stunt my growth as I progress towards senior citizen

  • @northeastcorals
    @northeastcorals ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Stunts your growth, shrinks your p*nis, all your muscle turns to fat if you stop training even for a brief period, if you're not careful you'll accidentally get far to big, men will want to fight you if you get muscular" are just some of the utter B.S things people who couldn't be arsed to train & had no idea of what they were talking about used to spout at me when I started lifting at the age of 13, thirty odd years ago.

    • @puppygarcia9315
      @puppygarcia9315 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nah thats just them genetics

  • @christistruth3112
    @christistruth3112 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about growth of spine?

  • @OFFSHOREDOUG
    @OFFSHOREDOUG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No. Been lifting since I was 7. Taking brewers yeast and cod liver oil. I'm 6ft 2 and got upto 280lbs. Puberty wise I was average so it's not if I was an early bloomer.

  • @ozancanca9740
    @ozancanca9740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Strength training might be safe, promote injury prevention etc. but still the increased load on the bone that creates the benefits on the first place, may work against the growth plates after a certain point of volume and intensity.

    • @mikemoore2791
      @mikemoore2791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rewatch the video, or, alternatively... get lost.

    • @TexicanMr
      @TexicanMr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please share your opinion without watching the video.

  • @aynrandfan7454
    @aynrandfan7454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Maybe it did for me im only 5’10 my dad is 6’2 and mom is 5’9 and cousins are 6’3 and 6’6 …but again I did a drastic diet in grade 9 to lose 30 lbs of fat in 3 months as well as running for one hour and lifting 6 days a week (without much proper training and resting) … I think nutrition and rest as well as genetics and injury prevention are more important to height than early weight lifting overall

    • @quantashonjamaldigglerbury4934
      @quantashonjamaldigglerbury4934 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sometimes genetic mutations and other factors in the womb can make a baby average height or even shorter height even if the parents/family are tall
      And vice versa
      Plus 5'10 isnt even that bad infact thats pretty tall for the rest of the world.
      Even in the US the average height is 5'9.5 so your slightly above average even in the west
      Its more likely you had shittier nutrition and shittier sleep/sleep quality and also the drastic diet and these all contributed to you being slightly shorter or you just got unlucky and got the wrong genes.
      You should get leg lengthening surgery,arm lengthening surgery and clavicle widening surgery then use an inversion table to decompress the spine
      you could add up to 6-10 inches doing this.
      The arm lengthening and clavicle widening is to balance out the proportions so you dont look goofy

  • @mehdiheshmati4096
    @mehdiheshmati4096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you remember at what age your growth stopped?

  • @indiferrentnihilism1074
    @indiferrentnihilism1074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whos that kid at 0:26? Hard to believe a 13 year olds squatting more than me

  • @ittaihershkovich3447
    @ittaihershkovich3447 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well what about the claim that the testosterone changes it makes can stunt growth/close the growth plates early?

  • @Panda13572
    @Panda13572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Yes it does! I put my kids into basketball and swimming to counter-act this!
    Edit: This is clearly a joke and there is no need to argue about this

    • @GarageStrength
      @GarageStrength  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I would strongly consider watching this video to the end.

    • @Steve-qy8or
      @Steve-qy8or 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, it does not…there is plenty of data that proves this. The American Academy of Pediatrics advocates lifting weights.

    • @nickknack2523
      @nickknack2523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn’t. Some studies even show that it’s the opposite

    • @Steve-qy8or
      @Steve-qy8or 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nickknack2523 Appropriately designed resistance training programs have no apparent negative effect on linear growth, physeal health, or the cardiovascular system…American Academy of Pediatrics 2020
      My masters in exercise physiology, my 2 strength and conditioning certifications and my 35 years of lifting and training tell me you are incorrect.

    • @Panda13572
      @Panda13572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      r/woosh to all of you who didn't realise this is a joke

  • @christistruth3112
    @christistruth3112 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    im.sure pressure in spine compressed my spine

  • @TexicanMr
    @TexicanMr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This myth will never go away because of all the jacked manlets.

  • @Johnny_5528
    @Johnny_5528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Weight training doesn't effect on growth my coach an throw athlete of 60's and now under him a total of 100-120 athletes had gone through but alot of 95% athletes have 6'1" plus height. IT DON'T EFFECT if proper guidance and good nutrition is given

  • @andrewhall6695
    @andrewhall6695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The children did not have spotters and the weights they were attempting was too much

  • @lycagos1278
    @lycagos1278 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    yes, never put your kids into weight training...go see volley ball girls and see their legs...2 meter

  • @marcorossi1148
    @marcorossi1148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, it stunt growth, i'm only between 5 foot 9.5 inches /5'10, i went to the gym from 15 to 17 years old and my brother is 6 foot 2,my sister is a good 5 foot 7, i regrate this every fucking day.

    • @GarageStrength
      @GarageStrength  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      sounds like genetics...

    • @marcorossi1148
      @marcorossi1148 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GarageStrength maybe,but from 13 to 15 years i was tallish and projected to be between 5 11 and 6 foot, my mom is 5 foot 5 and my dad is my same height but i have also tall grandparents, so if it was only genetics i had to be almost 5 11 or 6 foot

    • @gallafia3771
      @gallafia3771 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@marcorossi1148 nah it's genetics. Height is not always consistent across siblings and the projected heights are just suggestions based on average data. I have a friend who is 6'3 and has a brother who is 5'5. Anything can happen. You were going to be 5'10 whether you lifted weights or not. It is what it is.

    • @marcorossi1148
      @marcorossi1148 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gallafia3771 impossible your brother's friend is that small, do they have the same parents?

    • @gallafia3771
      @gallafia3771 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marcorossi1148 yeah dad's 6'4 mom is 5'2. I have another friend whose parents are both 5'4 and he is 5'10 his brother is 6'. Another friend's mom is 5'3, dad is 5'11, he is 5'5 and his brother is 5'9. There is sometimes a correlation with the parent height, but not always.

  • @rubenmendez3873
    @rubenmendez3873 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does not lifting help release growth hormones?

    • @denguefevah2727
      @denguefevah2727 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stretching release more growth hormone for bones to grow more room.
      Carrying weights on the other hand injures your muscle so their growth hormones just means recovering and build new muscle tissue instead of growing bones longer.

  • @NoPrivateProperty
    @NoPrivateProperty 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can anyone explain hairy palms?

    • @hypersus8547
      @hypersus8547 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are no hair follicles on your palms unless you have an extremely rare genetic disorder called circumscribed hairy dysembryoplasia of palms. It happens if you ma*tu*b*te a lot

    • @NoPrivateProperty
      @NoPrivateProperty ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hypersus8547 how much is a lot?

    • @hypersus8547
      @hypersus8547 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoPrivateProperty more than 7 times a week

    • @NoPrivateProperty
      @NoPrivateProperty ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hypersus8547 shit

    • @hypersus8547
      @hypersus8547 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoPrivateProperty quit watching corn

  • @BigTimeFishin
    @BigTimeFishin ปีที่แล้ว

    C.d.c even says resistance training is safe.