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“working out stunts your growth”- BUSTED
Last Friday, June the 13th,
two young scientists concluded one of the largest
experiment successfully
conducted at Waterloo university. Jon Louise and
Vincent Roy set up this
experiment on May 4th,
earlier this year, to gather
data about impact of
weight lifting on a teen's
body.
They chose over 1000 athletic volunteers between
the age of 13-19 from Waterloo C.I. campus to train
at the campus gym for 2
months. Then, they noted
and compared these individual's result with a nontraining teenager. The result surprisingly, indicated
that weight lifting at a very
young age has no significant impact on these teen's
body.
Jon Louise, 23, one of the
two researcher says "I never quite understood when
my parents stopped me
from working out at 15.
They said it will stunt my
growth. even at the time,
however, there were no
studies suggesting that lifting weights strain the muscles or weakens the bones.
These were all tales. And
I'm happy to have found
data against them." Joy and
Vincent's data shows no
consistence impact on any
of the 1000 teen. The only
change any participants
ever suffered was common
cold due to the virus going
around.
Vincent Roy, 24, partner of
Jon also comments that " I
am very happy with the
result of the experiment.
Happy to be able to tell
apart myths from facts. I'm
hoping that this infor-
mation would bring a positive change -Hoping that I
brought teens around a
world a step closer to
healthy, fit lifestyle." Mr.
Roy who was a former
body builder himself also
gives advice to the young
readers, saying "Everyone
should train and stay fit.
Just remember not to push
yourself too far, and you'll
get the results. "
According to Waterloo,
this Data is expected to rise
the number of teens in the
gym by about 7%. That is
a major improvement for
the decade. As for the experiment, it surpassed the
participants and popularity
amount by a lot. The previous largest successful experiment involved 700 people during a flash mob
back in 2008.