muscle

[Country Cowboy]

I really want to start building and toning my muscles but I've heard that if you build too much muscle too early, you might stunt your growth. Is this true?

[Jem310]

It's not true at all. Building muscle is better as a teenager because of the high levels of muscle building/fat burning hormones in the body such as testosterone and human growth hormone especially in guys. Also with weight training/resistance training, more of these hormones will be released making it much easier for someone to build muscle.

[sprint]

It's not true at all. Building muscle is better as a teenager because of the high levels of muscle building/fat burning hormones in the body such as testosterone and human growth hormone especially in guys. Also with weight training/resistance training, more of these hormones will be released making it much easier for someone to build muscle.

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Building muscle as a teenager has no effect on height.

[Bull]

I live and work on a cattle ranch and thus have been building muscle all my life and I am 6 ft 4

[Guitarguy9]

Not true.