Growth hormone just for extra height for high level junior sports?

[Anonymous]

So, am I crazy or are the kids in high school taking growth hormones just to be taller for sports? I am not kidding. There are two girls I know who after the age of 15 just shot up in height and they are in a sport where height is important.Not an inch or two, almost a foot! Both looked completely done growing and one was pretty tall as it was. Parents are not tall and she is now hitting 6ft. The other also seemed done growing but is now growing in height and in muscle, but not just regular exercising, like body building huge for a teen girl. The boy is very skinny and way taller than his parents and there are other kids here in this sport who are somehow growing past genetic potential, by a foot or more than their same gender sibling. I can see few inches, but foot taller than Dad's height and in a sport where height is needed? Am I nuts or are parents that crazy these days to give growth hormone just for sports purposes? Yes, I am a busy body and curious if we as a society are that insane.

[Anonymous]

Some might be? And it should disqualify them.

However, they would put on weight as well.

[Anonymous]

I mean one tall boy is skinny, the rest of the boys are quite bulky as well. I wouldn't say hugely overweight because they are muscular, but my DS is in the same sport and can barely gain weight because how much they train and the other kids are becoming huge, not just height but overall. Heck, not barely gain weight, can't gain weight and is almost 6' tall and considered tiny when both DH and I are taller than many other parents on both boys and girls teams.

[Anonymous]

Very possible the boys are on steroids.

[Anonymous]

I put on 15-20lbs of muscle in my last 2 years in high school. It was just about training like a crazy person...certainly not about what I ate or supplements. I look back on some of the newspaper photos of me in action and just think I can't believe that's me. I was ripped.

Now I'm just a 30-something lady with ornamental arms. They have no muscle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, am I crazy or are the kids in high school taking growth hormones just to be taller for sports? I am not kidding. There are two girls I know who after the age of 15 just shot up in height and they are in a sport where height is important.Not an inch or two, almost a foot! Both looked completely done growing and one was pretty tall as it was. Parents are not tall and she is now hitting 6ft. The other also seemed done growing but is now growing in height and in muscle, but not just regular exercising, like body building huge for a teen girl. The boy is very skinny and way taller than his parents and there are other kids here in this sport who are somehow growing past genetic potential, by a foot or more than their same gender sibling. I can see few inches, but foot taller than Dad's height and in a sport where height is needed? Am I nuts or are parents that crazy these days to give growth hormone just for sports purposes? Yes, I am a busy body and curious if we as a society are that insane.

How do you know that they used growth hormone?

[Anonymous]

I hope you're nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very possible the boys are on steroids.

Actually the girls have started using because they can get that cut look

An alarming number of American girls, some as young as 9, are using bodybuilding steroids—not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field, but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars, experts say.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/steroidgirls/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, am I crazy or are the kids in high school taking growth hormones just to be taller for sports? I am not kidding. There are two girls I know who after the age of 15 just shot up in height and they are in a sport where height is important.Not an inch or two, almost a foot! Both looked completely done growing and one was pretty tall as it was. Parents are not tall and she is now hitting 6ft. The other also seemed done growing but is now growing in height and in muscle, but not just regular exercising, like body building huge for a teen girl. The boy is very skinny and way taller than his parents and there are other kids here in this sport who are somehow growing past genetic potential, by a foot or more than their same gender sibling. I can see few inches, but foot taller than Dad's height and in a sport where height is needed? Am I nuts or are parents that crazy these days to give growth hormone just for sports purposes? Yes, I am a busy body and curious if we as a society are that insane.

Yes . Kids grow at sporadic rates and you are noticing the exceptions to the rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, am I crazy or are the kids in high school taking growth hormones just to be taller for sports? I am not kidding. There are two girls I know who after the age of 15 just shot up in height and they are in a sport where height is important.Not an inch or two, almost a foot! Both looked completely done growing and one was pretty tall as it was. Parents are not tall and she is now hitting 6ft. The other also seemed done growing but is now growing in height and in muscle, but not just regular exercising, like body building huge for a teen girl. The boy is very skinny and way taller than his parents and there are other kids here in this sport who are somehow growing past genetic potential, by a foot or more than their same gender sibling. I can see few inches, but foot taller than Dad's height and in a sport where height is needed? Am I nuts or are parents that crazy these days to give growth hormone just for sports purposes? Yes, I am a busy body and curious if we as a society are that insane.

How do you know that they used growth hormone?

I clearly state that I don't know 100% but that I am suspecting it. Or that I might be nuts. Haven't been nuts about much so far. A girl with both parents under 5'5" hitting 6 feet after 15,16 years old? A Dad handing out 5 pills to his son before the game? Could be just vitamins, I guess. Kid at 15 with a full man beard, like any grown man would envy? When most 18 year olds can barely grow fuzz? As I said, I might be nuts, but I am talking kids looking at enormous college scholarships and rich parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very possible the boys are on steroids.

Actually the girls have started using because they can get that cut look

An alarming number of American girls, some as young as 9, are using bodybuilding steroids—not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field, but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars, experts say.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/steroidgirls/

[Anonymous]

There's a lot of variation between individuals. Don't assume and MYOB.

[Anonymous]

Kids are growing taller today than in the past, partly because of better prenatal care and generally better nutrition and health. A lot of parents in their late thirties, forties, early fifties never reached their genetic potential for height because their moms were told by their obs to severely limit what they ate during pregnancy so as not to gain weight. I know people whose moms only gained 15 or 16 pounds during pregnancy and then gave birth to very small babies.

People know more about nutrition today and their overall health is better because of vaccinations and antibiotics. When your body isn't fighting off infections and childhood illnesses and you're receiving high quality nutrition on a regular basis, your body can put more of its energy toward growth and reaching your potential.

[Anonymous]

HG will only give you 1-3 inches. It's not going to make you 6' tall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very possible the boys are on steroids.

Actually the girls have started using because they can get that cut look

An alarming number of American girls, some as young as 9, are using bodybuilding steroids—not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field, but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars, experts say.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/steroidgirls/

Thank you. That explains why the girl who got hugely muscular also has a mustache now and not just a few hairs, a real got honest full mustache.