Does heavy weight lifting (bench press, squats, etc.) without adequate protein and sleep close the growth plates faster?

If someone, 15-16m, performs heavy weightlifting (including squats) with poor form five times a week for 6 months without adequate rest and protein, would this cause their growth plates to close faster or their bones to mature faster (perhaps due to stress on the growth plates or microtrauma)? I didn't injure myself, but my knees felt uncomfortable during squats (but not afterward, so no injury).

Since I'm still growing, I'm concerned that lifting heavy weights with poor form may have caused premature closure of my growth plates or accelerated bone aging, or at least slowed my height growth. I'm also concerned that the stress on my knees and joints may have compromised my long-term bone health and height potential. I didn't grow while I was going to the gym, likely because the nutrients were going to my muscles rather than my skeleton.

https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/108/11/903/1903896?login=false

In this case, for example, the article states that it was probably the excessive strength training that caused the closure of the early growth plates (no way to know if this is actually the case or not, as this is an isolated case).

TLDR:

Does heavy weightlifting (bench presses, squats, etc.) for 10 hours a week, without adequate protein and sleep, close growth plates faster than normal, even without serious injury? Or accelerate bone aging? If a 15.5-year-old male does it for 6 months?

Can the stress on my knees when squatting (discomfort but no pain afterwards) affect my growth plates?

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VanilleHonig
4 months ago

Heavy workout with bad technology definitely hurts your body no matter how old you are!