How to Actually Increase Your Height

Jul 13, 2024

How to Actually Increase Your Height

Introduction

  • Growth plates never close; you can grow taller regardless of age
  • Focus: Ways to increase height effectively

Growth Hormone

  • Crucial for height increase
  • Needed for exercises and stretches to be effective

Ways to Boost Growth Hormone

1. Sleep

  • Majority of growth hormone released in the first 90 minutes of sleep
  • Importance of deep sleep (slow wave sleep)
  • Blood insulin and glucose need to be low for effective hormone release
  • Tips for better sleep:
    • Go to bed early
    • Limit blue light exposure before bed
    • Use screen reading mode or blue light blocking glasses

2. Intermittent Fasting

  • Increases HGH levels, aiding fat loss and muscle gain
  • Suggested schedule: Fast for 16 hours, eat in an 8-hour window (e.g., 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.)
  • Avoid eating 2 hours before sleep

3. Exercise

  • Certain exercises boost growth hormones
  • Sprinting: Sprint for 30 seconds at maximum effort, rest for 1-3 minutes, 2-3 times a week

Stretches to Increase Height

1. Hanging Exercises

  • Hold bar tightly without feet touching ground
  • Relax body
  • Start with 20 seconds, increase time gradually

2. Downward Dog

  • Hands in front of shoulders, raise knees, lift tailbone, push heels toward floor
  • Hold for 30 seconds, repeat 5 times

3. Cobra Pose

  • Lie down, palms down near ribs, legs together, tops of feet flat
  • Use back muscles to lift chest
  • Hold for 30 seconds, repeat 7-10 times

4. Cat and Cow Stretch

  • On hands and knees, press spine up (cat), then switch to cow (scoop spine, lift head, press shoulder blades back)
  • Hold each position for 5-10 seconds
  • Repeat 10 times

5. Calf Stretch

  • Face wall, step forward with right leg, left leg extended behind with heel flat
  • Bend right knee, press down left heel
  • Hold for 10 seconds, then switch legs

Workouts to Increase Height

1. Skipping

  • Mechanical stress on bones helps them grow
  • Do at least 100 skips a day

2. Swimming

  • Stretches body and spine
  • Best style: Breast stroke
  • Swim at least once a week for a few hours

3. Cycling

  • Adjust seat height to stretch legs
  • Cycle for 10 mins a day at moderate pace

Bonus Tip: Mindfulness and Meditation

  • Stress negatively impacts growth hormones
  • Daily mindfulness or meditation can manage stress, improve sleep quality, and support growth

Conclusion

  • Wish you luck in your self-improvement journey