Workouts That Make You Grow Taller: Does It Actually Work?

By G. Tan


Would you like to grow a couple of inches taller naturally? Unless you're 6' 6", anyone would like to gain a few inches to their height. Then it is time to involve yourself in some workouts to grow taller. These workouts are not some mystical yoga magic but exercises based upon sound logical and scientific methods.

Do workouts to grow taller really work?

Yes they do! Amazing, suspicious, and borderline crazy to think that somebody past teenage years could grow taller.

1) Stretching

Stretching is one of the most fundamental workouts to grow taller. This method might look like common sense and it is. Not only does stretching relieve stiff joints and tight muscles, it will help you improve your physical performance, posture and help you increase height. Stretches include: bow down stretching, stretching while standing, wall-assisted stretches, toe touches, standing twists, car stretch, cobra stretch, the bridge, the table, super stretch, and more.

2) Hanging

Hanging will help you increase height by stretching out your spinal column and joints. Because your spinal column has actually been extended while sleeping, when you wake up in the morning you are always a little taller than late in the evening. As you function throughout the day, gravitational force compresses it back down. Hanging will help maintain the extended state of the spinal column so that it compresses less as the day goes by.

There are two main methods to approach hanging. The simplest and most efficient method is to utilize a chin up bar and dead hang from it. Preferably, you'd want to do 10 ~ 15 sets of 15 ~ 20 secs each for a minimum of 30 minutes a week. Twisting back and forth and lateral leg raises will also help, but avoid swinging your body.

The second method is to buy an inversion table, strap your legs down, and hang upside-down. This is more effective compared to the chin up bar but will be more inconvenient.

3) Yoga

Yoga is an excellent way to instantaneously gain height since it helps with posture and will make you stand straighter. The stretches and poses inherent in yoga are also some of the key techniques to growing taller. Some of the more useful ones are: mountain poses, downward facing dog, simple supported back-bends, and simple reclining twists.

According to yoga teachers, if you do yoga 2 to 3 times a week for a year, you will gain up to an inch in height.

4) Swimming and various other sports

Ever notice how athletes are just taller than non-athletes? This could be due to the fact that taller people gravitate towards and excel at certain sports. It is likewise true that playing certain sports from when you are young will help you grow taller compared to if you did not play sports. That is because sporting activities naturally encompass all the stretching, exercises, and nutrition needed for optimal development.

Out of all the sports, swimming is one of the best to be taller. This is because water negates the gravitational compression of the spinal column and also since having your head below your heart sends much better blood circulation to the thyroid glands which helps in the production of growth hormones. Particularly, the breast stroke motion stretches the body in a perfect way to gain height. This is since you stretch out with your arms and kick with your legs at the same time in opposite directions.

Physical exercise not only makes you fitter, stronger, and stretches your muscles and skeletal system, but it even stimulates your pituitary glands to create more HGH. It is widely acknowledged that exercise promotes the natural production of HGH but no one understands why. Just know that it is true and let's go do some yoga!




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