Does barbell training help you grow taller?

In life, many people prefer barbells, especially many boys. They just want to train a perfect body of muscles. Muscular men not only make us look very coordinated, but also more beautiful. However, when exercising muscles, we must find the correct exercise method. Different exercise methods have different effects. The following article will introduce to you whether barbell training will promote height?

During the adolescent growth spurt, height increases very rapidly. The main reason for growing taller is bone development. Boys can grow an average of 7 to 9 cm taller each year, and up to 10 to 12 cm taller each year. On average, girls can grow 5 to 7 cm taller each year, and up to 8 to 10 cm taller. This mainly relies on the growth of the lower limbs and spine. Generally, women stop growing in height between the ages of 19 and 23, and men stop growing in height between the ages of 23 and 26. At this time, because the epiphysis is closed, it can no longer grow. Since women's epiphyses generally close earlier than men's, adult women are shorter than men. Adolescent boys and girls all hope to have a taller stature, so we need to further understand the factors that may affect height:

(1) Height is related to the early or late stage of sexual maturity

The sooner or later of mature age will affect the rapid growth of height. Generally speaking, people who experience rapid growth earlier will reach the end point faster; those who experience it later will also reach the end point later. While girls with precocious puberty are no longer growing taller, girls with late puberty are still growing taller. Therefore, the rate of late sexual maturity in young girls is higher. The fastest growth period in height is during early adolescence. A girl's height increase can reach 7 to 8 cm in the year before her first menstruation; while a boy's peak height growth is in the first year of puberty, around 13 to 14 years old, when his height increase can reach 10 to 12 cm.

(2) Height is related to nutrition

In a sense, height is "built up" of nutrients (especially protein). There are 50,000 to 100,000 substances that make up the proteins in the human body, and the eight essential amino acids that make up these proteins must be supplied by food.

If food can provide sufficient amounts of the eight essential amino acids, it can accelerate protein synthesis and help the growth and development of tissues and organs throughout the body, especially the growth and development of bones and skeletal cartilage. Experiments on preschool children showed that the experimental group that added 0.5 grams of lysine to each meal of bread was significantly taller and heavier than other children.

Japan conducted an experiment on 6 pairs of twin babies, dividing them into two groups. The first group was given normal nutrition, while the second group had lysine added to their food. After 1,300 days, the babies in the second group were an average of 1.7 cm taller and 1 kg heavier than the babies in the first group. It can be seen that comprehensive and reasonable nutrition is a factor that affects height, and it is also a necessary condition for remedying height. The metabolism of bones, especially the lower limbs and spine, is most active during sexual development, which requires a rich supply of nutrients.

High-protein in the diet, especially animal protein and inorganic salt foods such as calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins, such as lean meat, eggs, milk, fish, and various B and E vitamins that promote metabolism, nutrients contained in beans, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, all contribute to the full development of bones, that is, the growth, thickening, widening of bones and the thickening of the bone cortex.

Now many teenagers are in the growth stage. In order to develop perfect muscles, they will exercise their bodies through some exercises. Running and various fitness exercises are relatively old-fashioned. Through barbell or dumbbell exercises, not only can they develop perfect proportions, but proper exercise can also increase the growth and development of bones and osteoporosis.