Hey guys,
this is my personal quest to achieve greater heights... literally.

I'll start off by listing my statistics.

Ethnicity: Asian
Height: 5'11
Weight: 145 lbs
Age: 18 yrs
BMI: 20.5
Training: Rowing/Running/Weight-training

I'm very active; I weight train almost everyday and run or row every other day. I don't take any special supplements besides Whey Protein for faster recovery.

However, I recently noticed QuickMass was a popular supplement people who wanted to beef up quick (I work in Nutrition House). I've never taken any of these special supplements before because I was scared of the effects that it might have on my body (like getting fat??).

I've been recently training to get taller for rowing training in the coming fall; my goal is to reach 6'0 by September.

Now here's MY theory on height growth...
a person's BMI is based on body weight and height correct? I've found that my BMI has stayed fairly consistent in my life (within the range of 20 - 21). And in order to INCREASE my height, I have to increase my body weight as well (in order to keep the BMI constant). However, I've found it very hard to gain weight in my previous experiences, and I've long given up on it. But now, I'm ready to try some supplements to help me gain weight and potentially help me grow taller!!

Now my question to you experts out there is...
-what do you recommend? (QuickMass?? Mammoth 2500?? MutantMass??)
-what sort of training and nutrition should I take along WITH the weight-gaining supplement?
-what do you think about this whole theory in general?



I apologize for the length of the thread. Thank you for taking your time to read it. Look forward to hearing some great feedback from you guys!

Hey guys,
this is my personal quest to achieve greater heights... literally.

I'll start off by listing my statistics.

Ethnicity: Asian
Height: 5'11
Weight: 145 lbs
Age: 18 yrs
BMI: 20.5
Training: Rowing/Running/Weight-training

I'm very active; I weight train almost everyday and run or row every other day. I don't take any special supplements besides Whey Protein for faster recovery.

However, I recently noticed QuickMass was a popular supplement people who wanted to beef up quick (I work in Nutrition House). I've never taken any of these special supplements before because I was scared of the effects that it might have on my body (like getting fat??).

I've been recently training to get taller for rowing training in the coming fall; my goal is to reach 6'0 by September.

Now here's MY theory on height growth...
a person's BMI is based on body weight and height correct? I've found that my BMI has stayed fairly consistent in my life (within the range of 20 - 21). And in order to INCREASE my height, I have to increase my body weight as well (in order to keep the BMI constant). However, I've found it very hard to gain weight in my previous experiences, and I've long given up on it. But now, I'm ready to try some supplements to help me gain weight and potentially help me grow taller!!

Now my question to you experts out there is...
-what do you recommend? (QuickMass?? Mammoth 2500?? MutantMass??)
-what sort of training and nutrition should I take along WITH the weight-gaining supplement?
-what do you think about this whole theory in general?



I apologize for the length of the thread. Thank you for taking your time to read it. Look forward to hearing some great feedback from you guys!

p.s. some of you might have noticed that I posted the same thread in the Nutrition section. I just wanted to get more feedback and I know that there's always a lot more people viewing the Weight Training section, so I posted here too. Sorry for the inconvenience!

training can't do much in making you taller. What are you talking about BMI? If you start gaining weight doesn't mean you will grow taller! Nutrition plays a role and getting optimal nutrition will help you reach your potential height (which is pretty much determined by genetics) but it won't help you grow anything beyond that.

The only argument that can be made for weight training increasing height (that I'm aware of) is that big exercises makes the body release more growth hormones.

Unless you are badly malnourished, you will arrive at your pre-destined height, which is exactly that - pre-destined.

Some anatomical features just can't be changed without extensive surgical procedures and height is one of them.

You should only post once. I merged the two threads into the one in the weight training section since it seems you want it here the most because of the traffic.
Also, there being two posts with the same question from AZN is my fault, I'm not so good at merging

I don't know about the nourishment part... from my personal experience I kept growing despite a huge lack of nutrients for a very long period of time. Compared to my sisters who eat more than me and always have, I'm taller than them and I'm still growing, whereas it seems they have stopped. It might be that I ended up with a slightly different set of genes than them, but I'm still surprised that I have lived a much unhealthier life nutritionally and manage to grow taller than them (I'm also the youngest out of the three of us).

But, these guys are right-- I don't think theres any correlation to exercise/weights to your height. You seem to be a decent height already, and if you don't grow anymore you can always wear some platform shoes...

Sorry, but you are stuck with your height. Now, at 18, you may or may not be done growing. You might still get another inch and reach 6'0". But that will either happen or not happen regardless of what you do.

Is there a reason why it's important to you to reach 6 feet? Really, it's just a number. If you lived in the metric world, you would be 180 cm tall wishing you were 183, which of course sounds less important than being an inch short of 6 feet and wishing to be 6 feet. I can't imagine being an inch taller would really make all that much difference in atheltics either. Sometimes I wish I were six inches taller for, say, basketball or for catching the frisbee when it's up high during an ultimate game. But an inch doesn't really make much difference.

You are about the height and weight I was when I was 18. At that age, I had no fat and no muscle beyond what was necessary for long distance running. Although I've gotten in better shape within the last year or two, for the ten years that followed my high school graduation, I was pretty much just gaining fat and not muscle. Through a proper diet and exercise, you can avoid the mistakes I made during and after college as far as letting the love handles get bigger and bigger. At your current size, you can try to get big and gain a lot of muscle mass for strength and speed, you can try to stay light and be an awesome endurance athlete, or some combination of the two. In the one case, your body weight will increase, and in the other, not so much, but with either, you can keep your body fat to a healthy level, feel good about yourself, and be competitive in a variety of sports. Regardless of what you choose to concentrate on with regard to your fitness, you'll be 5'11", which is really a great height to be, coming from someone who is.

i read that athletes whose growth was stunted grew until they turned 28 !!!!!

I've read that a teenagers development can be stunted if they have highly stressful lives (losing parents, suffering abuse etc) because the release of growth hormones are inhibited. This can reduce their height and secondary sexual features like breasts.

Do you mean female gymnasts whose puberity was delayed intentionally with the use of drugs?

I'd assume that's what she was referring to. It's not atypical that competitive gymnasts have growth spurts after they stop competing.