Exercises Taller

Exercises Taller

How To Grow Taller Through Exercise

Do you want to grow taller? Have you been told you are past your growing stages or past puberty and you can't grow any taller? Would you like to find out about exercises you can start doing today to grow taller?

You can add 2 to 4 inches to your height by performing certain exercises. In general, these exercises reduce spinal compression, improve posture, improve flexibility and strengthen muscles. The proper combination of these factors can add inches to your height. You'll discover the exercises that will make you taller. For example, pullups are a great exercise that helps you get taller.

Exercies Taller and Your Spine

Your spine consists of alternating bone called vertebrae and fluid filled discs. Due to gravity, the fluid filled discs compress over time. The overall effect is your spine shortens and your height decreases.

One of the most effective things you can do to grow taller is to reverse this spinal compression. You can do that by reversing the effects of gravity by performing a hanging stretch. You simply grasp an overhead bar and hang, suspended by your arms for twenty seconds. This causes gravity to pull downward on your legs and hips, stretching the spine. This stretching causes the discs to inflate lengthen the spine and making you taller.

You can improve the hanging stretch by performing pull ups. Instead of just hanging, you use your arm and back muscles to pull yourself up to the bar and then release back down to a hanging position. You repeat until exhaustion. Pull ups have all the benefits of a hanging stretches, plus you add muscle and correct posture. You also perform high intensity exercise when you do pull ups. High intensity exercises has been shown to naturally increase human growth hormone in your body.

Exercise Taller Stretches

Stretching and Yoga can increase your height.

Cobra Stretch
Lie face down on the floor with hands down on the floor under your shoulders. Begin to pull your head and torso off the floor leading with your chin. Do this using your low back muscles and allow your hips to remain on the floor. Arch as far back as possible. Hold each stretch for 15 seconds, return to the floor and begin again.

Leg Stretch
Sit down and spread your legs far apart. Reach for your toes. Keep your knees as straight as possible. Now move into reaching for the toes on the other leg. Be sure to keep your spine straight and move from your hips. Do not arch the upper spine.

Bridge Stretch
Lying down with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor as close to your butt as possible, grab your ankles and hold onto them while you rise your hips up and arch your spine, lifting your abs towards the ceiling. Lift your abs as high as possible. Go back down. If you can't hold onto your ankles, keep your arms to the side and use them to push yourself up.