Last week we looked at genetics and discussed its significance in an individual’s muscle gain or weight loss efforts. Following that publication, I received an email from a teen reader with the following question: “I’m in my teens and I want to start weight lifting. But someone recently told me that weightlifting can stunt my growth. Is this true?”
This is a question I asked myself growing up and to this day I still get questions every single week from teenagers who are afraid to lift weights because they think they’ll be doomed to be short for the rest of their lives.
Does lifting weights stunt your growth?
Why are bodybuilders short?
Will lifting weights make
