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Hi docs, would weightlifting stunt your growth?
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Weight lifting: Weight lifting will not stunt your growth unless you damage your growth plates. Therefore, it is important that you do your lifting with the help of a weightlifting coach who has experience with teenagers.
Answered 3/9/2014
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