Do pull-ups affect your height?

Pull-ups are a very simple form of physical exercise. We usually do this exercise in middle school. Through practice, we can increase the muscles of the back and the latissimus dorsi. It is also the focus of many bodybuilding enthusiasts. Many teenagers are in the period of physical development, but want to have perfect muscles, so they will do pull-ups. So, are you worried that pull-ups will affect your height?

Pull-ups are effective in helping you grow taller, and the latissimus dorsi is one of the areas that bodybuilding enthusiasts focus on training. Its degree of development is closely related to bodybuilding. In other words, when the latissimus dorsi is thick and developed, the entire back will look like a "V" shape. There are many training methods to develop the latissimus dorsi, trapezius, teres major, teres minor, rhomboids, infraspinatus, and other back muscles.

Among them, pull-ups are a training method that is widely used and quite effective. The movement process of pull-ups is very simple. Hold the horizontal bar with both hands wide, stretch your arms, hang your body, relax below the waist and back, and straighten or cross your calves.

Then, while inhaling, use the contraction force of the latissimus dorsi to bend your arms and pull yourself up until your chin exceeds the bar or the back of your neck is close to the bar. After a short pause, inhale and use the strength of your latissimus dorsi to control your slow descent until you recover. When the chin is above the bar, this movement is called "chest pull-up".

The back of the neck is close to the horizontal bar, also known as "pull-ups behind the neck." There is another type of pull-up, which is to hang a special beam on the horizontal bar, hold the beam under the frame with both hands, and do pull-ups. This exercise is called the parallel grip pull-up.

Generally speaking, if you can do more than 15 pull-ups at a time, try using a belt or rope to attach weights or barbell plates to the exercise. Some people like to hang heavy objects around their waists, while others like to tie them around their ankles. However, there are two points to remind you: first, the weight should be appropriate; second, pay attention to safety.

You should know that pull-ups are a common form of exercise. The process of pull-ups is very simple. As long as you hold the horizontal bar with both hands and use your body to increase your body resistance, you can convert your fat into muscle. However, I suggest that you don't worry about pull-ups affecting your height, because this exercise will not affect growth and development.