Grow Taller Exercises

Stretches to Get Taller – Top Exercises to Make You Tall

When it comes to wanting to grow taller, it may feel as though you are fighting a losing battle.  If you have ever thought that it would be nice to add a couple extra inches to your overall height though, you are in luck!  In fact, there are actually a number of different exercises that you can start doing as soon as today in order for you to increase your height.  But with all of the different exercises claiming that they will help you become taller, how are you supposed to know which of them are actually going to work and which of them are just a waste of time?

Luckily for you, here are the absolute best exercises that you can do in order to help yourself become taller.

Exercises That Work at Making You Taller

When done correctly, the exercises that are listed below can help you to become taller, as well as potentially fix any kind of ‘hunchback’ or slouching that you may have.  In fact, some people who do the following exercises on a daily basis claim to have added an extra 2 inches to their height in only a matter of a few weeks.

And what makes these exercises even better is the fact that they are extremely simple to do, and they require literally no type of flexibility or strength at all.  This means that anybody is able to get started doing these exercises to add a couple extra inches to their overall height. On top of that, doing all of these exercises is only going to take you about 5 minutes or so.

With that being said, it is always important to remember that when it comes to any type of exercise, no matter how easy or hard it may be, it is your safety that should always come first.  Yes, it is important to always be pushing yourself to whatever your limits may be in order to maximize all of the effects that these exercises will provide you with, it is even more important to not injure yourself.  So be sure that if at any time you start to feel any type of discomfort or pain, be sure that you immediately stop doing the exercise.

With that out of the way, you are about discover how much fun it can be to grow taller and again, there should not be any point during these exercises or after you have completed them that you should be in any type of pain.  On to the good stuff!

What’s Your Goal?

Each of the following exercises is going to have the very same goal in mind.  That goal is to help you decompress your spine. If you are going to grow taller, your spine is going to need to be in a neutral position so that it can then start to extend upwards.

When you perform the following exercises on a regular basis, you will not only help to correct any type of postural defects that you may have acquired over the past years, but you will also be increasing the amount of spine flexibility that you have, as well as to build up the muscle strength of your spinal muscles.  This is going to be very important as it will aid you in maintaining your posture almost effortlessly.

Exercise 1:  Sushi Roll

The ‘sushi roll’ is going to have three parts to it.  

1. To start, you are going to want to lie flat on your back on top of a comfortable surface that is also flat (for example a yoga mat, bed, etc.).
2. Next, you will need to fully extend your arms and legs vertically, trying your best to stretch out your entire body to its very maximum length.
3. Finally, gently start to turn and twist your body as though you were a real-life sushi roll.  The goal here should be to try and stretch out every single joint within your body in every single direction that you can.  Just be sure that you are keeping all of your movements as natural and gentle as possible.

Exercise 2:  Reach for the Sky

This exercise is only going to consist of two steps.

1. Start by standing roughly a foot or two away from any wall, making sure that your feet are together, and your back is facing the wall.
2. Next, raise your arms up over your head towards the ceiling.  Keeping your legs as straight as you possibly can, start to slowly stretch your whole body backwards until you are able to touch the wall with your fingertips.

While this particular exercise may seem as though it is extremely easy initially, try not to get too far ahead of yourself.  You see, your main goal for this exercise is going to be to do it standing 4 feet away from the wall.

Exercise 3:  Rocking Chair

This one is originally derived from another stretch that is considered to be somewhat of a classic that you are more than likely going to be familiar with.  That stretch being the superman stretch. While this is going to be similar to that, there is also going to be a twist that has been added.

1. Start out by lying face down on a flat surface.  Move your arms so that they are behind you, gripping your hands together by interlocking your fingers.
2. Next you are going to want to raise your legs and upper body so that you are on nothing except for your abdominals, making sure that your legs are as straight as possible, and your knees are not bent.
3. Finally, start to rock your body backwards and forwards several times.  If you have gotten the positioning correct and are performing the exercise properly, you should be thinking that you feel just like a rocking chair.

Exercise 4:  Bird Dog

1. For this one, you are going to want to start in a push up position, but with your knees on the floor as opposed to off it.  So, you will essentially be on your hands and knees on the floor.
2. Now start to lift one of your legs up off the floor and extend it backwards.  Once you have successfully completed this movement, start lifting the opposite hand from the lifted leg off of the floor, extending it out in front of you as far as you can.  Hold this pose for up to 10 seconds.
3. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat with the other leg and the other arm.

When you are doing the bird dog, be sure to keep your head looking straight down towards the floor, keeping the elevated leg and arm as parallel to the floor as possible.  This one may take a few tries until you fully master it, so be patient with yourself and you should have nothing to worry about.

Exercise 5:  Abdominal Exorcism

If you sit for longer periods of time throughout your day, your iliopsoas and hip flexors, which are both going to be part of the inner muscles from your abdominals, can potentially start to become extremely tight.  This exercise is designed to counter that tightness by decreasing the tension and loosening up those very same muscles. Once this has successfully been completed, it will allow you to maintain a straighter posture much more easily.

1. Start out by getting into a lunge position, dropping your left knee all the way onto the ground, with your right foot situated right in front of you.
2. Start extending your left arm over head towards the sky.
3. Start tilting your upper body to your right side.  After a few seconds, start rotating over towards your left side.
4. Repeat this process with your other side, being sure that you switch your lunge position as well.

Exercise 6:  Swing

This exercise is going to require that you use a tool, but it is highly recommended that you try your best to get it as it will aid you in further stretching out your spine, which will in turn increase how tall you can potentially grow.

1. For this one, you are going to need either a pull up bar or a monkey bar with a height that is at the very minimum one foot taller than what your height is.
2. Once you have found a bar, simply jump up and grab a hold of that bar, gently swinging your body in a back and forth motion until your arms start to get tired and you are no longer able to hold onto the bar.

Just make sure that you aware of where you are hanging and what your surroundings are.  That way if you do need to drop off the bar, you can make sure that you do so in a safe manner.

When you incorporate the above stretches to get taller into your daily routine, you will be able to help yourself grow taller faster than you ever thought possible.