HOW WORKING OUT IS DESTROYING YOUR HEIGHT AND BONE GAINS🦴🏋️ (GTFIH)

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SECTION 1:WHY BETTER HORMONES DON’T MEAN MORE BONE GROWTH

While small spikes in growth hormone occur after HIIT(High intensity training), your body emphasizes repair and survival over bone development. But just because your body produces more GH doesn't mean it will go where you want it to. When you do high intensity workouts, it stresses your body and your body uses as many resources as it can to aid with recovery. Meaning when you workout, your body sends all of your GH to your muscles to repair them instead of the HGH going into your bones (during development). This doesn’t mean that you will stunt your growth severely, but if you don’t lift then you are maximizing your genetic potential. This is important because the body does not “operate” in separate compartments. It responds to what your body NEEDS. When you constantly place the body under high mechanical stress, it prioritizes healing the muscles (because they are constantly being broken down). You can always gain muscle, but there is a short window in your life where you can develop and grow your bones.

SECTION 2:WORKING OUT IS CHRONIC STRESS

Exercise is a direct form of stress. Look at anyone's face who is working out, what do you see? Probably discomfort because the person is blatantly going against their natural instincts. Nobody wants to work out, it is usually done for social validation. There are plenty of trustable sources that say working out elevates your cortisol. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18787373/ is a great example that I found with 2 seconds of looking it up on google. Higher cortisol levels are directly connected to many negative effects; Lower hormone production(yes, HGH included), premature closing of growth plates, Higher inflammation, sleep disruption, reduced bone mineral accrual, etc. Even when you aren’t actively working out, the training can raise your cortisol (Stated by Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism), especially without adequate recovery.

SECTION 3: HOW CUTTING WEIGHT RUINS YOUR POTENTIAL

Cutting weight is one of, if not THE WORST thing you can do in development. When you reduce your daily calories, your body prioritizes survival over proper development. Meaning you WILL turn out underdeveloped if you do not consume an adequate amount of calories. Even controlled calorie deficits can reduce circulating IGF-1 levels. Reducing the amount of your calories can even cause elevated cortisol levels, with the same effects I previously stated. Your body can even decide that your caloric levels aren’t stable enough for more skeletal growth if you are consistently cutting weight. Calories aren’t the only thing that cutting can prevent optimal levels of, as when cutting you can lack micronutrients and minerals that are essential for proper development.

SECTION 3: WHAT YOU SHOULD DO INSTEAD

Instead of causing your body chronic stress with working out, here are a few alternatives and their benefits.

Sprinting. This can cause spikes in HGH similar to HIIT, without breaking down as many tissues as working out would. However sprinting can spike your cortisol in small spurts
Walking. This calms the body's nervous system and reduces your cortisol.
Surfing. This one is great because it's fun, not chronically stressing for your body's metabolic state, and usually in the sun (extra vitamin D)
Climbing trees. This one is a personal favorite, and can promote growth because your stretching your body vertically
Trampoline park. I love trampoline parks, and if you live by one it is fun physical activity that can promote growth because you're constantly jumping and promoting limb growth, along with minor spinal decompression.

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