i turned 17 recently, and i’m concened anything i’m doing could potentially stunt my growth. is it okay to be squatting and deadlifting 135?
Yes.
[quote]russianmuscle wrote:
i turned 17 recently, and i’m concened anything i’m doing could potentially stunt my growth. is it okay to be squatting and deadlifting 135?[/quote]
135? Im currently a year younger than you have am squatting 350 and last time I maxed on deadlift I did 445. My growth pattern is normal. Just be sure to do everything correctly
[quote]darklight wrote:
russianmuscle wrote:
i turned 17 recently, and i’m concened anything i’m doing could potentially stunt my growth. is it okay to be squatting and deadlifting 135?
135? Im currently a year younger than you have am squatting 350 and last time I maxed on deadlift I did 445. My growth pattern is normal. Just be sure to do everything correctly
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that’s great poundage. wow. good for you.
If you’re worried about growth think about it this way. Squatting with that 135lbs, assuming your 180lbs on your back there is 1403n(315lbs) pushing down on you, now when your 180lb self jumps .5m, when you land on the ground there is ~3000-4000n(670-900lbs) of force pushing down on you. Theres such a large range on the last number one cause I partially made up the equation to estimate the force, but as you can see you running and jumping around would actually put more force onto your body, at least to a point.
[quote]russianmuscle wrote:
i turned 17 recently, and i’m concened anything i’m doing could potentially stunt my growth. is it okay to be squatting and deadlifting 135?[/quote]
Hell yeah. My 16 y.o. son only weighs around 60 kg and can deadlift 110 kg. He is currently going through a growth spurt as well.
[quote]mattchew wrote:
If you’re worried about growth think about it this way. Squatting with that 135lbs, assuming your 180lbs on your back there is 1403n(315lbs) pushing down on you, now when your 180lb self jumps .5m, when you land on the ground there is ~3000-4000n(670-900lbs) of force pushing down on you. Theres such a large range on the last number one cause I partially made up the equation to estimate the force, but as you can see you running and jumping around would actually put more force onto your body, at least to a point.[/quote]
You have to take in account how fast the person is descending for the actual force on their body. It isn’t as simple as adding 135 lbs. and 180 lbs.
The force exerted on you, the object, is F = MA, where A is a constant (9.8 m/s2). It does not matter how high you jump.
The force on the ground is a different story.
OP- This topic has been discussed before, I’m sure if you search for it you will find it. If I remember right lifting while young was not bad for you at all, but in fact good.
I think the most important things for you right now are proper rest, nutrition, hydration, stretching, and FORM when lifting. If you adhere to the afore mentioned items, the weights you use won’t matter. It’s more important to start doing things the right way instead of as heavy as you can like all the other HS jackasses I see at the local gym.
I’m not sure if If lifting heavy stunted my growth, but I was relatively strong for my age and always lifted HEAVY. I’ve been known to wonder if lifting so heavy helped me grow wider and thicker instead of taller as I had hoped. I think the worst thing about being strong so young was that if something came easy to me, I didn’t want to do it anymore. For example, the first time I tried to squat, I was able to do 315 for multiple below parallel reps. I remember thinking, I’ll always be able to do this so let me get my bench to catch up. I had NO IDEA what an idiotic thought process that was and can only blame it on the stupidity of youth.
Good luck to you.
f#$%ing troll. you have got to be kidding me.
[quote]That One Guy wrote:
f#$%ing troll. you have got to be kidding me.[/quote]
What? It’s not hard to look at his posting history. He’s asked serious questions and taken advice.
OP - Yeah, you’re good to go. Feel free to break any world records.
I assume we’re talking kg, not lbs.
My girlfriend’s younger brother, who just turned 18, has been O-lifting since he was around 14, and clean and jerks that range. He’s 6’6"…
Keep lifting. You’ll be tall enough.
Yes, kilos, not pounds.
I don’t think the weight is that important, but the rep range is. If you can handle that weight for 8 reps, that’s fine. If you can only do 2 reps, that’s not so good.
Don’t wander into the lower rep range and this means you don’t try for your 1RM either.
Just squat and shut up. Squats did not turn the Ahnold into a Danny DeVito size dwarf.
[quote]Kreal7 wrote:
mattchew wrote:
If you’re worried about growth think about it this way. Squatting with that 135lbs, assuming your 180lbs on your back there is 1403n(315lbs) pushing down on you, now when your 180lb self jumps .5m, when you land on the ground there is ~3000-4000n(670-900lbs) of force pushing down on you. Theres such a large range on the last number one cause I partially made up the equation to estimate the force, but as you can see you running and jumping around would actually put more force onto your body, at least to a point.
You have to take in account how fast the person is descending for the actual force on their body. It isn’t as simple as adding 135 lbs. and 180 lbs.
The force exerted on you, the object, is F = MA, where A is a constant (9.8 m/s2). It does not matter how high you jump.
The force on the ground is a different story.
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True, and jumping .5m they’d have a final velocity of 4.899m/s by the way. I just calculated the force as the negative acceleration from that in ~.1s, but I acted as if the acceleration were positive. I couldn’t think of a better way to calculate it, but rethinking it, if I use impulse and solve for force, a 81.2kg (180lb) person falling .5m would impact with a force of 3897n give or take a few. I was really just trying to get the point in a way that would also offer proof.
Op-not trying to hijack or start an argument… Its perfectly fine to lift a a lot of weight. It will actually boost your GH levels, I have no clue if it would boost your growth, but I doubt it.
I have been lifting heavy(up to 85-90% 1RM) since I was 12/13 and I’m now 17. Since I was 12 I have grown about 4 inches to a current hight of 5’10 1/2.
this is possibly the dumbest thread i have ever seen in my entire life
The only way you could stunt your growth with squats or deadlifts is to smoke cigarettes while lifting, losing your balance due to a nicotine rush and falling into your own ass. Maybe.
For all you physics buffs, that’s how brown holes are formed.
Just don’t smoke and lift as heavy as you can, you’ll be fine