Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Grow Taller Secrets - What Exercise Must I Do To Lengthen My Spine?

This is one of the articles under the series of Grow Taller Secrets where recent new discovery on this subject will examined.

You are reading this because you may want to grow taller by an inch or two. It has been proven that if done right, you can actually lengthen your spine and indirectly by doing so, add some inches to your height? Between the vertebraes of your spine are disc made from cartilages. These are the most stretchable part of your spine and this is where your growing taller exercises should be focus on.

If you would like to be as tall as you can be, you should know what parts of your body you should concentrate on, to be able to grow taller every step of the way. This time around, it is essential to focus on the spine, to decompress the spaces on those vertebraes, and eventually increase height naturally.

Stretching exercises are a plenty - such as cobra stretch, cat stretch, basic leg stretch, the bridge, the table, the bow down, super stretch and twists - to name a few. In your quest to increase height, these stretches to grow taller exercises are extremely important.

Now, if you can get into a gym, you can also look into performing hanging exercises. This is as simple as hanging on a bar, stretching the arms as well as the spine and the back, which you may opt to do for about ten seconds repetitively. You may add a little more pressure by adding wrist wraps for weight lifting if you want to. And then, you should consider doing this for not less than thirty minutes a week. Do this diligently and before long, you will be able to see the results.

For those of you who enjoy swimming, it is one of the best exercise that you cna engage in on your quest to grow taller. Swimming can be enjoyable exercise. Learn it if you have the time.

Breast stroke is the best swimming movement that would help in lengthening your spine. The movement of the arms and legs through a stretching position, makes it very beneficial in lengthening the spine. Being in the pool why performing the breast stroke movement, makes it more effective as an exercise for growing taller. This is for the reason that, having the whole body in a pool of water, makes you counterbalance the gravity that compresses your spine.

The writer hopes that you would have benefitted from reading this article as it is meant to encourage you to start to do something about your height.