does breaking really stunt your growth?

bb.wayne · **does breaking really stunt your growth? -** 01-13-2004, 10:41 AM

i dno about you guys but ive always been hearing rumors that breakdancing stunts your growth. like stops you from growing. bt then most of the bboys i know are pretty tall and stuff so yeah. just curious.

erock_BIS_NY · 01-13-2004, 12:44 PM

It only does if your father was doing nutckrakers before making you...

naw, its another one of those stupid things people make up when they have nothing else to do, but then again, if you're stupid enough, it will stun your growth, just come up with a way

ninjaflare3000 · 01-13-2004, 12:57 PM

not only does it stunt your growth, it makes you grow shorter. just wait till they're 50, Ruen, Benji; all of them will be midgits.

Major Trix · 01-13-2004, 12:58 PM

I can asure you it does NOT stunt your growth

01-13-2004, 03:25 PM

hmmmm... after careful consideration... yes it would...

breaking involves using your joints a lot... anytime you are putting a lot of pressure on your joints you reduce your ability to grow... just like gymnasts, ballet and any other activity that involves the use of your joints... the complete opposite to sports where you are always jumping or stretching out... like basketball, swimming or volleyball...

bboyarfen · 01-13-2004, 04:13 PM

lmao...yea it stunts your growth just like lifting weights

thats fuckin bullshit...if lifting weights doesn't stunt your growth than I doubt bboying will...lots of shit puts pressure on your joints. Basketball involves using your joints as much as bboying anyway...

Quicksteps206 · 01-13-2004, 04:34 PM

LMAO!!!!yea right

AgileAntics · 01-13-2004, 05:52 PM

theres a huge difrence between lifting weights and breaking

breaking is all motion..your always stretching out your arms and legs..extending your body..how can something that does that stunt your growth..i'd think itd help if anything

bboyarfen · 01-13-2004, 06:06 PM

even if it was similar...weights don't stunt your growth

theb · 01-13-2004, 06:23 PM

it doesnt man really...its juss another stupid rumor

GraffitiMachina · 01-13-2004, 06:32 PM

Yeah, and you can snap your neck doing headspins

Its BS. If anything it helps because you are moving your muscles as opposed to sitting and letting them contract. Its even less likely to do that if you strech before each session (Like you are supposed to do). If your joints were being over used, sometimes you get cists (It sounds like sists) which are parts of the cartilage and such that gold your joints together. Sometimes they just poke out a little when you use a joint alot (I got them when I had to carry a 50 pound drum on my sholders for 4 hours at a time and got something called bakers cists on the back of my knees), and rarly they can pop out and stop the full rotation of a joint. Again, very unlikely to happen if you strech.

Lifting weights CAN stunt your growth, but only if you start really young, like 10 or something around there, and thats just stupid. Otherwise if doesnt

This is from not only my experience from what doctors tell me, but sites on the web and the trainer at my school (I read this thread at school, im home now).

So stop worrying about it and go out and dance

Avalon2000 · **.. -** 01-13-2004, 06:47 PM

Of course breaking doesn't stunt your growth. There isn't a lot you do in breaking that would stunt your growth, but in breaking you have exersize, cardio work outs and everything that doctors say is good for growth. The only draw back is while practicing you tend to slam your body around a lot. That won't stunt your growth, it will leave u with some bruises.

Bboy Furious · 01-13-2004, 07:07 PM

NO. im 6ft 4.

Anubis2002 · 01-13-2004, 07:18 PM

ya know how many tall bboys there are...just as many short ones LoL

it doesnt matter about breaking and ur height...people who do other things dont have thier growth stunted either.

and things like headspins dont stunt growth, puts undo pressure tho

01-14-2004, 08:57 AM

Let me clarify... your growth can only be stunted if you're still growing.

yes, weights does stunt your growth if you do them while your still growing.

The way you stretch in breaking in comparison to basketball is VERY different.

breaking can stunt your growth... but it's not like it's going to have a significant impact on how much you grow... is it even a considerable issue?

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bb.wayne ÄãÊÇÍ¬ÐÔ‘Ù Respect: 1 Posts: 71 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: taipei	does breaking really stunt your growth? - 01-13-2004, 10:41 AM i dno about you guys but ive always been hearing rumors that breakdancing stunts your growth. like stops you from growing. bt then most of the bboys i know are pretty tall and stuff so yeah. just curious.


erock_BIS_NY bklyn ny bboy Respect: 2.5 Posts: 353 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New York	01-13-2004, 12:44 PM It only does if your father was doing nutckrakers before making you... naw, its another one of those stupid things people make up when they have nothing else to do, but then again, if you're stupid enough, it will stun your growth, just come up with a way
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ninjaflare3000 Tetragrammaton Respect: 1 Posts: 84 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Las Vegas	01-13-2004, 12:57 PM not only does it stunt your growth, it makes you grow shorter. just wait till they're 50, Ruen, Benji; all of them will be midgits.


Major Trix M-TRIXX Respect: 1 Posts: 1,087 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK	01-13-2004, 12:58 PM I can asure you it does NOT stunt your growth
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Posts: n/a	01-13-2004, 03:25 PM hmmmm... after careful consideration... yes it would... breaking involves using your joints a lot... anytime you are putting a lot of pressure on your joints you reduce your ability to grow... just like gymnasts, ballet and any other activity that involves the use of your joints... the complete opposite to sports where you are always jumping or stretching out... like basketball, swimming or volleyball...
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bboyarfen the muffin lives on... Respect: 1 Posts: 2,216 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: pittsburgh	01-13-2004, 04:13 PM lmao...yea it stunts your growth just like lifting weights thats fuckin bullshit...if lifting weights doesn't stunt your growth than I doubt bboying will...lots of shit puts pressure on your joints. Basketball involves using your joints as much as bboying anyway...
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AgileAntics member Respect: 1 Posts: 213 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Columbus to the West Coast	01-13-2004, 05:52 PM theres a huge difrence between lifting weights and breaking breaking is all motion..your always stretching out your arms and legs..extending your body..how can something that does that stunt your growth..i'd think itd help if anything
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bboyarfen the muffin lives on... Respect: 1 Posts: 2,216 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: pittsburgh	01-13-2004, 06:06 PM even if it was similar...weights don't stunt your growth
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GraffitiMachina Registered User Respect: 1 Posts: 763 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Abuh?	01-13-2004, 06:32 PM Yeah, and you can snap your neck doing headspins Its BS. If anything it helps because you are moving your muscles as opposed to sitting and letting them contract. Its even less likely to do that if you strech before each session (Like you are supposed to do). If your joints were being over used, sometimes you get cists (It sounds like sists) which are parts of the cartilage and such that gold your joints together. Sometimes they just poke out a little when you use a joint alot (I got them when I had to carry a 50 pound drum on my sholders for 4 hours at a time and got something called bakers cists on the back of my knees), and rarly they can pop out and stop the full rotation of a joint. Again, very unlikely to happen if you strech. Lifting weights CAN stunt your growth, but only if you start really young, like 10 or something around there, and thats just stupid. Otherwise if doesnt This is from not only my experience from what doctors tell me, but sites on the web and the trainer at my school (I read this thread at school, im home now). So stop worrying about it and go out and dance
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Avalon2000 Shadow Caster Respect: 1 Posts: 176 Join Date: Sep 2003	.. - 01-13-2004, 06:47 PM Of course breaking doesn't stunt your growth. There isn't a lot you do in breaking that would stunt your growth, but in breaking you have exersize, cardio work outs and everything that doctors say is good for growth. The only draw back is while practicing you tend to slam your body around a lot. That won't stunt your growth, it will leave u with some bruises.
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Posts: n/a	01-14-2004, 08:57 AM Let me clarify... your growth can only be stunted if you're still growing. yes, weights does stunt your growth if you do them while your still growing. The way you stretch in breaking in comparison to basketball is VERY different. breaking can stunt your growth... but it's not like it's going to have a significant impact on how much you grow... is it even a considerable issue?
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