The old &quot;Im not happy with my height&quot; thread

Ben Dover the Lollipop Man

I've never heard of exercise helping you to grow no.
However this website http://tobetaller.com/ disagrees with me, so who knows.
Either way, even without the exercise, that particular site claims that men continue to grow until the age of 25, (21 for females) so you've got time yet.

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240920

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Its 25 for guys?! Great, Ive got even longer to attempt to grow a bit more! yay! :p:

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FoeGeddaBowDeet

you're not going to grow. That site is a load of horse****.

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HenvY

you're not going to grow. That site is a load of horse****.

Yet you have 1.2k+ post count, how ironic.

Yes exercise can help you grow. Basketball is an example. But yes it is genes related, still can be influenced by enviroment

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Kelv

Yes exercise can help you grow. Basketball is an example.

Please tell me that was a joke.

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pride99

lol kelv..i think he was talking about the tobetaller.com site:P and yeah those sites...are a lot of horse ****..really DISGUSTING horse ****. :biggrin:

way i figure..at 17..ull grow to what ur ment to..

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HenvY

you're not going to grow. That site is a load of horse****.

Okay, I've found another site.

http://www.answers.com/topic/human-height

This one says :

Final adult height may be attained anywhere from the early teens to early 20s, though it is most commonly reached during the mid teens for females and late teens for males.

And another one

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/articles/lifecycle/teenagers/growth.shtml

that says:

The average boy is growing fastest between 14 and 15. Girls start earlier, growing fastest when 12 and 13. Girls also end their growth spurt earlier at 18, while boys need another two years before they finish growing aged 20.

So perhaps 25 is ambitious then, but as the OP is only 17, it seems very likely that he will carry on growing for a few years in any case.

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pride99

lol im the thread starter..dont know why i posted as annonymous..yeah..ive only grown like an inch in the past year...so yeah..im sure i could grow to least 5"8 which would make me one happy guy :biggrin:

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XenaGlamRocker

So perhaps 25 is ambitious then, but as the OP is only 17, it seems very likely that he will carry on growing for a few years in any case.

I think I'd finished growing by then, but then everyone's different. You can always look at your parents' height, but even that can be quite unreliable sometimes.

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Kazuya99

lol im the thread starter..dont know why i posted as annonymous..yeah..ive only grown like an inch in the past year...so yeah..im sure i could grow to least 5"8 which would make me one happy guy :biggrin:

I'm sure you could. Even if you stop growing at 19, that gives you two years in which to grow.
If you've gained an inch this past year, then you could feasibly gain another 2 inches in another 2 years :smile:

I still don't know about any exercises to help. If in doubt, do them anyway though - if nothing else at least you will be in great shape lol.

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Kazuya99

lol im the thread starter..dont know why i posted as annonymous..yeah..ive only grown like an inch in the past year...so yeah..im sure i could grow to least 5"8 which would make me one happy guy :biggrin:

For what it's worth, there were kids at school who were always really small and since leaving they've shot up to be average or above average. You could potentially be one of those people. :smile:

I wouldn't worry about how to encourage growth - as long as you're eating properly and don't fall majorly ill you'll reach your full potential.

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sTe\/o

I think I'd finished growing by then, but then everyone's different. You can always look at your parents' height, but even that can be quite unreliable sometimes.

True nothing is certain.

Feet are supposed to keep on growing for a fair while, yet I've been comfortably wearing size 8 shoes since I was 13 (in fact I still HAVE a pair of trainers that my mother bought me when I was 13. I'm ashamed to say I still wear them too lol. They're falling apart a bit now - after 10 years I suppose it's to be expected haha).

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That said, if you're worried about stunting your growth, don't do any heavy weight training until you're sure you've stopped growing.

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sTe\/o

That said, if you're worried about stunting your growth, don't do any heavy weight training until you're sure you've stopped growing.

wow does weight training stunt growth? I never knew that. I guess you really do live and learn!
(not that I weight train or anything lol, but still, it's interesting to find out).

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lolly pop

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i guess im unlucky then :frown:

i havnt grown at all since i was 10! been 4'11 since then and its only a few months til i turn 18

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