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hey guys I've been trying to grow taller these days. I'm 19, guy, and I'm not sure if I can anymore. I'm 5"10 and I've been stretching, hanging, bicycling a lot these days in hopes of finding an inch or two somewhere. I was just wondering, can these things really help you grow taller? If so, what are some other things I can do? If not, can I still grow taller? Thanks in advance =P
You are 19 and not likely done growing. You might grow an inch or two more. The other things you mentioned, while not going to make you taller, will certainly help make you healthier.
5'10 is not short and actually above average.
Have you tried 'bar fix'? You know, pulling yourself up from a horizontal bar? I hear that that does make people become taller.
Also, swimming does help to grow taller. Only thing, I'm not sure if that works at that age... I've been swimming for four years, and stopped two years ago, and I'm 1m73, that makes about 5"77
Can you please cite a credible source that proves that swimming helps you grow taller?Quote:
Originally Posted by Unknown008
Hanging will "stretch" the cartledge in your spine and will help make you seem taller for a short period but gravity will compress it back to its original size (and as you age, smaller, which is why older folk seem to get shorter).
Nothing but age and genetics will help you grow taller. Healthy bones certainly helps as well as posture, but that's not height either.
Well, I don't have a 'specific source' for that, but that's only a rumour, that I have experienced to be quite true. I have many friends who were shorter than me, then grew taller after they were swimming in a club.
By swimming, I mean, at least twice weekly for a good two hours, and that's training swimming programs for competitions.
How old were they?Quote:
Originally Posted by Unknown008
There's a range, some 12, others 17. Also, the friends I met in my swimming club were all tall... they were in the twenties.
I'm not saying that it works for everybody, for this is only an experience I have, but it can work. Ah, I remember one that was not that tall, and he was 18, now must be in his 20s. That person was also 'body building'.
That's the opposite here, lifting generally makes people shorter.
So your growing teenaged friends got taller? Swimming had nothing to do with it other than they were likely healthy.
Incidentally, lifting making people shorter is also circumstantial evidence.
Taller people could be more inclined towards sports that benefit height (long legs help swimming) and stockier guys could be more inclined to compensate for smaller height with bigger muscles.
Either way, none of it affects height.
Lifting weight does not make people shorter unky. Shaquille oneal started lifting weights when he was in his teens and now he's 7 foot
Ok, I was just saying that it does generally. Anyway, I know also most of it are genetics. If your parents were tall, then you'll more likely be too.
Oh, another thing. There was a documentary I watched long ago, saying that stress makes people taller. However, you won't put your health at risk, would you?
Well, good luck Noney :)
From a scientific (genetic) point, the height of your mother's father can be a good indicator of your potential height.
My father is 5"7 and my mom i 5"1 and I'm 5"10 wanting to be 6" my grandpa is 6"2
Wow! Seems that you'll be like your mom though... I mean, you'll perhaps inherit the height of your mom, which is probably already the case. :/
You might make it, you might not. Eat well, get plenty of calcium and stand up straight. You should be close enough. And if not... don't worry about it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by none12345
What do you mean unky?Quote:
Originally Posted by Unknown008
Lol I hope I do, if not ill just wear an inch boots to make me 5"11 and ill be happy lolsQuote:
Originally Posted by stevetcg
Hello none:Quote:
Originally Posted by none12345
I don't know... But, I have an opinion...
It seems to me that when bones are growing, and stress is put upon them, they grow... It also seems to me that when you're stretching, you're pulling on your ligaments that are attached to the bone, thereby pulling on the bone...
I think I saw a documentary about some little person who had his leg bones stretched through some surgery with pins and an adjustable device on the outside to keep the pressure on the bones, and stretch them...
I'm not suggesting you do THAT. I'm just saying that I wouldn't be so quick to discount stretching from making you grow taller. Besides, it doesn't hurt, and can only help.
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So can we all agree that stretching can make one taller an inch or two? I got an ebook online and it says it does. So I don't know if I should put the effort into stretching if it doesn't have any results.
I have heard if you run with ankle weights and than tangle your leg off an edge with weights it can make your legs longer. Do you guys think its true? =P
Stretching does two things, it makes you sore, and makes you look like a nut .
I agree with this.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevetcg
Good nutrition is important and lack of stress, since children who don't get good nutrition or are severely stressed can end up a lot shorter. But that's probably not relevant here. I'm guessing that none is getting excellent nutrition and he does not sound like he has a stressful life. :)
But stretching, bicycling, swimming? I would be amazed...
It is true that bone is constantly being remodeled through the interaction of two kinds of cells--osteoclasts, which break down bone, and osteoblasts, which build it up. Even adults have this going on all the time, so you can change the shape of bone by changing the way you use your muscles. Running and jumping will make your bones denser. (Bicycling, oddly, predisposes people to bone thinning, probably because of the lack of compression on any bones.) MAYBE if you spent an hour on a torture rack every day and didn't manage to destroy your joints, you might get longer bones. I don't know. I don't see it!
Epiphyseal plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Around the end of puberty, the epiphyseal cartilage cells stop duplicating and the entire cartilage is slowly replaced by bone, leaving only a thin epiphyseal line.[1] Once the adult stage is reached, the only way to manipulate height is modifying bone length via distraction osteogenesis.
And check this out.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/...ext.pdf?page=1
It basically says that static (unchanging) strain on bones doesn't alter bone formation, but dynamic (changing) strain does. So a constant pressure doesn't do that much but jumping and running will increase bone mass.
I'm 19 year old female and I'm only 5'2
I want to at least be about 5'5
Do you think I can stll grow? Both my parents are like 5'5 and my bro is probably 5'7
Doubtful. Maybe an inch or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlove09
:pstretching does not make you sore! It stops you from getting sore from working out! If you go to any pilates or other class, the first thing you learn is to stretch your muscles so you don't get sore. If you are sore after working out it usually means you didn't stretch enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by jmjoseph
No it makes you feel good though
Are there absolutely no way to cheat mother nature to gain a few inches? =P
Hey Noney! Congrats for being now an ultra member! :)
I don't think so... :( I think the last resort remains that you wear high shoes...
awwws. Maybe pull ups or bar ups will stretch my spine. Ima work on it. To be honest unky, I feel kind of short. Im only 5"9 and when I go outside all the other guys look so much taller than me. T_TQuote:
Originally Posted by Unknown008
Thanks just turned ultramember =P
5'9?? You said earlier you were 5"10... Oh, that British system... grr. Does that mean 5 feet 10 inches? If that's so, then that makes me a little shorter than you, by an inch or two.
I thought the '10' was meaning tenth of a foot... sigh. :o
Well I'm 5 feet 10 inches in the morning but by the end of the day gravity pulls me down to around 5 feet 9 inches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Unknown008
Lol I'm not that short unky. XD
So, you see? Lol! Be happy with what you are :) Being too tall has its downsides.
Ionno I would like an even 6 foot. Just a couple more inches T_TQuote:
Originally Posted by Unknown008
How tall are you unky? O_O
I don't believe that exercising will add much to your current height ; maybe 1/2 an inch or so. At age 19 you've probably done all the growing you're going to do so I don't think being taller is in the cards for you. But 5'10" is actually a very average adult male height so why do you feel the need to grow taller? I'm 5'10" myself and have been since I was 16.
Its just I would like to be at least 6 foot, it would be easier to play basketball and whenever I walk around the mall or something, there are so many people so much taller than me I feel under average height.Quote:
Originally Posted by s_cianci
I don't exactly know how to convert, but I'm 1m73cm, that is 5.67 feet, 5"8'
If stretching is making one sore, then it's not being done properly. When done properly, stretching will increase the flexibility of the muscles, thereby increasing their range of motion and reducing the risk of injury. However, I really don't believe that one's height can be increased merely by stretching.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmjoseph
I'm 178cm lol I just converted. =PQuote:
Originally Posted by Unknown008
People here are so tall, it makes me still under averaged. >_<
I don't feel like that, if you ask me. I'm fine with my height. I'll not be too far behind on the 'group photos', people won't tall me to lower my head if ever I was in a cinema hall... etc. I like it that way :)
Maybe you can take steroids noney. Lol. I don't know if it will make you taller though.
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