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azuth89 t1_iu1v227 wrote

It does, it just doesn't work alone. There are other triggers in your body for growth that work along with it and determine how "receptive" you are to it for lack of a better term. Additional HGH in your early to mid teens while most are still rapidly growing will cause additional growth. A few years after that your body is no longer receptive to getting bigger that way. You can add muscle, put on bone density in response to stress, etc... but your frame isn't going to grow the same way it does when you're younger.

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BlazeObsidian t1_iu332zx wrote

Wait, can you elaborate on putting on bone density in response to stress ? Never heard of that one before.

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Cautemoc t1_iu34rah wrote

They probably mean stress on the bones, not like, anxiety stress. Bones get denser when you do weightlifting.

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azuth89 t1_iu42j7p wrote

Stress as in physical stresses. Heavy weightlifting like the other guy said, but you'll also see it from impact like people that get really into martial arts or who swing tools for a living. It tries to build up where you see micro fractures but it can't recover stronger from major damage like true breaks.

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