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Does gym or weights lifting affects teenagers growing and tall ?

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Not specifically: At fourteen your growth centers have some potential for growth and simple measures help the best.Follow a healthy diet, rest and exercise, but weight lifting will not make you grow taller than your genetic potential.If you want to know how much longer you have to grow, an x-ray of your wrist and hand can be analysed for bone maturity.

Answered 12/9/2013

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Slightly.: Overdoing it severely can damage the growth plates in the bones, decreasing growth.

Answered 8/28/2013

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