Is it healthy for 13 yr olds to do push-ups!?

Tell me please because i do 20 push-ups 4-5 times a week and is it healthy?

because i heard working out isnt healthy caz i can get short, and im feeling like my arms are getting shorter...:cry:

20 pushups won't kill you. :P They'd kill me however...fidosim

Yes, your arms will break, and then possibly fall off. I don't know about everyone else, but puberty's gonna be tough for ya.aaaaarrrrggggg

I find exercise I don't want to do unnecessary. I could care less if I was fat, I'd still be a sexy thang. Greatgone12

I find exercise I don't want to do unnecessary. I could care less if I was fat, I'd still be a sexy thang. Greatgone12

i dont wanna be fat, but how could u be a sexy thang lol

[QUOTE="Greatgone12"]I find exercise I don't want to do unnecessary. I could care less if I was fat, I'd still be a sexy thang. suckypc-ps360

i dont wanna be fat, but how could u be a sexy thang lol

Exactly... You're just not to question it.

Push-ups are fine. What you're talking about is body building. Younger teenagers who get into weight-lifting from an earlier age (13, 14, 15...) often have their growth significantly stunted if they're putting themselves through consistant weight-training workouts.

20 push ups is nothing. It wont even build up any muscle. You need to do way more than that. :P

It sounds like he's trying to brag. Reminds me of another thread a while back.SpiritEmu

Nah, 20 push ups? :?

"I'd also point out that activities such as running and jumping 
create forces on the body that are six to eight times one's body 
weight. The compression forces on his legs and spine are far 
greater in running and jumping than they will ever be in 
squatting or pressing over head."

Tell me please because i do 20 push-ups 4-5 times a week and is it healthy?

because i heard working out isnt healthy caz i can get short, and im feeling like my arms are getting shorter...:cry:

suckypc-ps360

Push-ups are fine. What you're talking about is body building. Younger teenagers who get into weight-lifting from an earlier age (13, 14, 15...) often have their growth significantly stunted if they're putting themselves through consistant weight-training workouts.

20 push ups is nothing. It wont even build up any muscle. You need to do way more than that. :P

Ninja-Vox

Is that true because in my freshmen football team we go to the gym everyday. Would doing power cleans or benching stunt my growth?

[QUOTE="SpiritEmu"]It sounds like he's trying to brag. Reminds me of another thread a while back.Ninja-Vox

Nah, 20 push ups? :?

20 pushups won't kill you. :P They'd kill me however...fidosim

Hey, I'm 20 and have been doing push ups for a while now. I do 400 per day in sessions of 100 each, so it`s 200 in the morning and 200 in the afternoon it hasn't stunned my hight I'm 1.80 meters tall ;) and quite skinny too 65 kilos lol

Hey, I'm 20 and have been doing push ups for a while now. I do 400 per day in sessions of 100 each, so it`s 200 in the morning and 200 in the afternoon it hasn't stunned my hight I'm 1.80 meters tall ;) and quite skinny too 65 kilos lol

Alfie87

Wow 400 a day? I can only do 200 push ups, 50 push ups at a time. I'm only 5'6, though, I've been short since forever.

[QUOTE="aaaaarrrrggggg"]Yes, your arms will break, and then possibly fall off. I don't know about everyone else, but puberty's gonna be tough for ya.suckypc-ps360

There is no sense in over working your body during puberty because the rapid natural body growth can be slightly counteracted with working out too hard (because in reality working out/lifting weights is actually destroying old muscle tissue and rebuilding it with newer/stronger tissue)..wait till you hit 17 or 18 before you start seriously working out...but 15-20 pushups a day though wont hurt ya..

don't do press-ups at this age, ill tell you why, You will slowly develop arthritis in the elbows and by the time you are 54 your arms will disintegrate :o