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I think that for most people any (safe) strength training is the best programme. I'm also a bit sceptical about monstrous squats - enough of those and you'll co

I think that for most people any (safe) strength training is the best programme. I'm also a bit sceptical about monstrous squats - enough of those and you'll compress the discs in your spine and end up shorter! I recall a Polish friend telling me that when Polish blokes came back from their military service they were generally a couple of inches shorter and a foot wider from all the intense lifting.

dpark 9y ago
> I'm also a bit sceptical about monstrous squats - enough of those and you'll compress the discs in your spine and end up shorter! No you won't. You're only spending a few minutes under the bar per day, even if you're a serious powerlifter.
- Boothroid 9y ago
  A quick google doesn't resolve it either way it seems, perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't think there is clear evidence.
  - dpark 9y ago
    There's literally no evidence. If lifting heavy weights made you shorter, there would be plenty of evidence.
mslate 9y ago
Citations, please