text: will lifting weights make me shorter by any chance? hi ive been lifting weights recently at the weight of 10 kg's on each arm, and doing 300 bicep curls, and i do it every two days. do you think its possible that it could stunt my growth?. as right now i am 19, and approximately 175 cm tall which is around 5ft 9, but i wanna be taller but i am worried that my addiction to lifting weights could stop that from happening, do you think that it is possible? nah, my friend lifts weights all the time and says it wont