Most of the people we see exercising their arms in the gym are adults, while very few children are doing biceps exercises. We found that those athletes who have been practicing since childhood have strong biceps and are not very tall, generally between 150-170cm. So do you think practicing biceps will make them less tall? Let’s go take a look below!
Will training biceps make you grow taller?
For children, strength training that is too high is tantamount to height. In fact, improper exercise or excessive exercise will reduce the body's growth hormone and other endocrine hormones, which will have a negative impact on height development. Premature and excessive strength training is harmful to the development of bones and joints, especially the epiphyseal development at the joints, thus inhibiting growth.
Premature and excessive weight-bearing training also has the following effects:
Excessive load causes an increase in the resistance of the heart to eject blood, thus easily thickening the ventricular wall prematurely and restricting the development of the ventricular cavity; affecting the normal development of the lower limbs, causing deformation of the legs, falling arches (forming flat feet), and also It will accelerate the premature completion of ossification of the lower limbs and ultimately hinder the growth of height.
How to train to be strong and taller
1-3 years old: Mainly let children participate in various outdoor games and activities, jump more, run more, and do more calisthenics, which will stimulate the development of muscles and strength!
3-10 years old: You can skip rope to enhance the strength of your lower limbs. It is also very beneficial to do sit-ups, climbing poles, throwing sandbags or doing sandbag exercises at the same time.
During the teenage development period, muscle strength develops rapidly, and skeletal muscles are also stronger than in childhood. You can start to perform some light-load weight-bearing exercises. Carry out light-load exercise in early adolescence; gradually progress in late adolescence. However, the load should still not be too heavy and should be light or medium load.