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3 Basic Exercises To Increase Your Height

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Things always seem to get more complicated as time goes on, and it's no different with exercises.

Where once you had maybe a few basic exercises to think about, now we have hundreds of different exercises and fitness systems to consider.

When it comes to height increasing exercises though, simple is the name of the game.

These training methods often require no expensive equipment to buy, and no strenuous activity to perform for long stretches of time.

Short bursts of stretching is the name of the height gaining game.

Three such possibilities for growing taller are looked at below.

These all have the possibility of increasing your height naturally, your flexibility, your posture, and more.

1. Side Stretch

This is a very simple stretching exercise the likes of which you probably perform nearly every morning when you get out of bed, linking your hands together and thrusting them up into the air.

With this same method, stretch your arms over your head and then to each side as far as you can, without turning your back. Hold that position for a good 20-30 seconds, and you're good to go.

2. Lower Back and Buttocks Stretch

This stretch is performed while lying flat on your back. Reach for each knee and pull it up and as close to your body as possible, while keeping your back as flat on the ground as you can. Do this with each leg for 20-30 seconds.

3. Free Hang

This stretch will require a bit of strength, and may be difficult the first few times you try it, after which point it should come much easier.

Hold yourself suspended above the ground via a bar or anything else you can use. Just holding yourself up is not the real goal of this exercise though.

Your goal should be to release the tension from your hands, arms, and shoulders, and be as loose as you can be while suspended. Do this for 20-30 seconds at a time.

Exercises To Increase Your Height

Depending on your flexibility and strength, these stretches may prove difficult at first, but stick with it, and they'll quickly become much easier and more rewarding as you do them better and better. Results should surface within 4-6 weeks.