I was wondering if push ups, and sit ups stunt growth. I'm 12 years old, turning 13 in May. I'm 5'8/2, and skinny. I hit puberty when I was about 10 or 11. Is it safe for me to do push ups, and sit ups? if not, tell me what I can do to exercise.
Doing "heavy" stuff (like intense weight lifting or muscle building) will stunt your growth. Push ups aren't really "heavy". Do some abs, pushups and running.
If you want arm training, try getting a punching bag and practice boxing.
I started power lifting at eleven, I'm 5'10 now and was obviously considerably shorter then. I highly doubt it, for that matter I doubt pretty much any exercise, strenuous or no, would stunt your growth. Your growth has way more to do with hormones, primarily the ones excreted by the pituitary gland, I don't see where you'd get "exercise stunts your growth" from. I mean you could compress your vertebra if you're not careful but even that won't account for more than an inch (it will cause you a lot of problems though). You're fine with pushups and situps, you have to be more careful with things like heavy lifting at your age.
I wondered that too. Odd place to ask, since they risk getting a lot of incorrect and misinformed information from people who may be well meaning but are not trained in this kind of knowledge.
As I'd advise anyone who comes on here for advice on matters of health, go ask someone who knows what they're talking about. A doctor, a trainer, even a PE teacher should at least know some basic stuff or be able to point you in the right direction if they don't know the answer themselves.
Trust me, I'm a doctor.
(Seriously though. Who was that unchecked aggression aimed at? There's a little misinformation in this post, nothing major or that might cause someone to harm themselves. I am "trained in this kind of knowledge", in case you were curious. )
There was no aggression aimed at anyone. I only bolded it so it got noticed, not because I thought anyone had delivered any poor information or anything like that.
Oh, alrighty then. Sorry for assuming, I should know better, we all know what they say about making assumptions.
If you want arm training, try getting a punching bag and practice boxing.
(Did you really create an account here to ask this?)
Trust me, I'm a doctor.
(Seriously though. Who was that unchecked aggression aimed at? There's a little misinformation in this post, nothing major or that might cause someone to harm themselves. I am "trained in this kind of knowledge", in case you were curious. )
Oh, alrighty then. Sorry for assuming, I should know better, we all know what they say about making assumptions.