A good height is a boon for every human being irrespective of gender, origin, or profession. Everyone wants a good height and most of the people are willing to give extraordinary efforts to get a good height. Good height gives you confidence, enhances your personality, and makes you stand out from the crowd. People are willing to go to any extent to get a good height. Your height mainly depends on your genes and the kind of diet you follow. A good diet plays a key role in proper body growth. Apart from this, you are bound to get a good height if your parents are fairly tall. However, you can always add a few inches to your height by doing some exercises. Cardio, running, and cycling can help you get good height in your teenage days. Apart from this, you can add a few centimeters or inches with the help of these stretching exercises.
- Bar Hanging: This is one of the most popular exercises for good height. You need to simply hang on a bar with your hands straight and a shoulder-wide grip. While hanging, try to keep your core straight and it will result in your spine getting stretched due to the weight of your lower torso. This exercise can be done by both boys and girls and you can easily add 1 to 2 inches to your height if you perform this exercise daily for a continuous time period. Apart from giving you a good height, this exercise also helps in strengthening your arms. Try to extend your hanging period to 20 to 30 seconds and perform 3 to 4 repetitions of this exercise every day.
- Rope Skipping: Rope skipping has been a part of the exercise for a very long time and it has numerous benefits. Children do rope skipping as a part of sports or fun but it unknowingly helps their body in better growth. You can also perform rope skipping as it involves a lot of jumping. Continuous jumping helps in activating every body part and thus you can get better results from different exercises you do for growing your height. Apart from increasing your height, rope skipping also boosts your stamina.
- Swimming: Another old practice, swimming has been practiced by the human race for ages. However, it transformed from a survival skill to a sport. Till today, swimming is one of the most simple yet beneficial exercises. Not to confuse simple with easy, as swimming requires the knowledge of proper skills and techniques. If you can swim for a couple of hours 5 days a week, your arms, legs, back, and rest of the body are stretched in the process that can boost the body growth and prove out to be very beneficial. Apart from this, swimming also makes your lungs strong and helps in fighting respiratory problems.
- Cobra Stretch: There is nobody part that can’t be worked with yoga. Thousands of asanas and poses in yoga are designed to hit different body parts. One such pose is the Cobra stretch. To perform a perfect cobra stretch, lie down on your stomach on the floor or a mat with your palms facing the ground under your shoulder. Now, lift your head and arch your spine upwards and tilt your head upwards to face the ceiling. Bend as much as you can to create an angle with your arch. Hold for 10-30 seconds. Repeat this motion 5-6 times. This exercise helps in the growth of the cartilage between your vertebrae, causing an increase in your vertical height.
- Forward Bend: This exercise involves touching your toes with your fingertips with your upper body bending downwards in the forward direction. You need no special equipment for this exercise and can perform this both at the beginning and the end of your workout. A well-known exercise, the forward bend move helps in the stimulation of the muscles in your back and calves. Your knees should not be bent during this exercise. However, you can start with a bent knee, try to keep it straight as you start getting command over the pose. This is a good exercise for kids and teenagers. However, this exercise is not recommended for adults as it compresses the anterior head of the vertebrae, especially in the lumbar region, and it could lead to a decrease in your height.
