In general, in a long term it could cause problems in the spine; if someone wants to achieve more height he/she would have to use it for a long time.
Quote from: NewHeights on January 03, 2015, 06:25:17 PMHi all. I am part of a small group on this forum who wants to explore alternatives to LL. I considered LL (am still considering to some degree) but because I only want a .5 inch to 1.5 inch height increase (currently 69.2" with a 70.5" arm span), I am exploring if there are alternatives to LL which can help me reach my goal. I have heard that people have gained up to 1" of extra height through inversion table or gravity boots and up to .8cm from using glucosamine supplements. All of this height was gained in the spine.
Has anyone experimented or plan on experimenting with either of these alternative remedies?
Here is the glocusamine study: average height gained after 8 weeks (page 3) was .39 cm with a standard deviation of +/- .44cm, so some gained .8cm (~1/3 inch)
Appreciate any comments. Thank you
I'm glad that this topic was brought back to the top. Read the OP was like reading my own thoughts. I started out at 5'9 morning height, 5'8.5 evening height before starting back with yoga a week ago. Currently, I'm just below 5'10 in the morning at 5'9.8 or so barefoot. In the evening I typically shrink to 5'9.25 eventually and drop to 5'9.1 if I work out very hard for about 4-6 hours on that day. I know that the height gain temporary but if taking this supplement could help me continually retain my 5'9+ evening height then I would be glad.
I just ordered a bottle of an glucosamine supplement. I also hope to reach 5'10. It seems as the days go by that the gains are getting slower but I seem to be slowly be creeping up to 5'10, I'm so close and I hope that I can reach 5'10+ as a morning height and 5'9.5 as an evening height at least. I will see. I just started stretching so I guess I will really see if any further results come of this or not in a few months. I know that I have had some really, really, bad posture but did not realize that I may have been 5'10 this whole damn time and didn't evening freaking know it!
I now claim to be 5'9-5'10 which I believe is an honest statement. I do hope to be able to just say 5'10 some day. To reach 5'10.5 morning height and 5'10 evening height would great, that to me only seems possible via this surgery. But I feel that I'd want at least 5'11 barefoot if I did decided that I wanted surgery though. Right now, with lifts that give me .6 inches in extra height I can reach as high as 5'11.75 with shoes on if it's straight out of bed. I can tell my proportions would be out of wack if I got past 5'11.5 or so barefoot. I hope to see some positive results from this supplement as well. So far, I've done yoga each day but less than when I initially started; I do it about thrice a day for about 10 minutes because I want to see more gains over time hopefully. I enjoy doing yoga(big stress relief) but I wonder if I can get to the point in the future to maybe do it thrice a week and still keep the results. I too hope that this or other methods can be a lasting alternative outside of surgery.
P.S. You guys have done well in your research on this forum man.
Hope everyone's height dreams can come true!
Quote from: NewHeights on January 03, 2015, 06:25:17 PMHi all. I am part of a small group on this forum who wants to explore alternatives to LL. I considered LL (am still considering to some degree) but because I only want a .5 inch to 1.5 inch height increase (currently 69.2" with a 70.5" arm span), I am exploring if there are alternatives to LL which can help me reach my goal. I have heard that people have gained up to 1" of extra height through inversion table or gravity boots and up to .8cm from using glucosamine supplements. All of this height was gained in the spine.
Has anyone experimented or plan on experimenting with either of these alternative remedies?
Here is the glocusamine study: average height gained after 8 weeks (page 3) was .39 cm with a standard deviation of +/- .44cm, so some gained .8cm (~1/3 inch)
Appreciate any comments. Thank you
I'm glad that this topic was brought back to the top. Read the OP was like reading my own thoughts. I started out at 5'9 morning height, 5'8.5 evening height before starting back with yoga a week ago. Currently, I'm just below 5'10 in the morning at 5'9.8 or so barefoot. In the evening I typically shrink to 5'9.25 eventually and drop to 5'9.1 if I work out very hard for about 4-6 hours on that day. I know that the height gain temporary but if taking this supplement could help me continually retain my 5'9+ evening height then I would be glad.
I just ordered a bottle of an glucosamine supplement. I also hope to reach 5'10. It seems as the days go by that the gains are getting slower but I seem to be slowly be creeping up to 5'10, I'm so close and I hope that I can reach 5'10+ as a morning height and 5'9.5 as an evening height at least. I will see. I just started stretching so I guess I will really see if any further results come of this or not in a few months. I know that I have had some really, really, bad posture but did not realize that I may have been 5'10 this whole damn time and didn't evening freaking know it!
I now claim to be 5'9-5'10 which I believe is an honest statement. I do hope to be able to just say 5'10 some day. To reach 5'10.5 morning height and 5'10 evening height would great, that to me only seems possible via this surgery. But I feel that I'd want at least 5'11 barefoot if I did decided that I wanted surgery though. Right now, with lifts that give me .6 inches in extra height I can reach as high as 5'11.75 with shoes on if it's straight out of bed. I can tell my proportions would be out of wack if I got past 5'11.5 or so barefoot. I hope to see some positive results from this supplement as well. So far, I've done yoga each day but less than when I initially started; I do it about thrice a day for about 10 minutes because I want to see more gains over time hopefully. I enjoy doing yoga(big stress relief) but I wonder if I can get to the point in the future to maybe do it thrice a week and still keep the results. I too hope that this or other methods can be a lasting alternative outside of surgery.
P.S. You guys have done well in your research on this forum man.
Hope everyone's height dreams can come true!
This may sound like a noob but it seems to me that having a lower body fat can help. The spine has less pressure and it can relax more. I remember from these supposed people that said they grew they were skinny also and inverted with 20 lb dumbbells in each hand.
Quote from: standinstrong1 on September 17, 2016, 01:25:32 AMI'm glad that this topic was brought back to the top. Read the OP was like reading my own thoughts. I started out at 5'9 morning height, 5'8.5 evening height before starting back with yoga a week ago. Currently, I'm just below 5'10 in the morning at 5'9.8 or so barefoot. In the evening I typically shrink to 5'9.25 eventually and drop to 5'9.1 if I work out very hard for about 4-6 hours on that day. I know that the height gain temporary but if taking this supplement could help me continually retain my 5'9+ evening height then I would be glad.
I just ordered a bottle of an glucosamine supplement. I also hope to reach 5'10. It seems as the days go by that the gains are getting slower but I seem to be slowly be creeping up to 5'10, I'm so close and I hope that I can reach 5'10+ as a morning height and 5'9.5 as an evening height at least. I will see. I just started stretching so I guess I will really see if any further results come of this or not in a few months. I know that I have had some really, really, bad posture but did not realize that I may have been 5'10 this whole damn time and didn't evening freaking know it!
I now claim to be 5'9-5'10 which I believe is an honest statement. I do hope to be able to just say 5'10 some day. To reach 5'10.5 morning height and 5'10 evening height would great, that to me only seems possible via this surgery. But I feel that I'd want at least 5'11 barefoot if I did decided that I wanted surgery though. Right now, with lifts that give me .6 inches in extra height I can reach as high as 5'11.75 with shoes on if it's straight out of bed. I can tell my proportions would be out of wack if I got past 5'11.5 or so barefoot. I hope to see some positive results from this supplement as well. So far, I've done yoga each day but less than when I initially started; I do it about thrice a day for about 10 minutes because I want to see more gains over time hopefully. I enjoy doing yoga(big stress relief) but I wonder if I can get to the point in the future to maybe do it thrice a week and still keep the results. I too hope that this or other methods can be a lasting alternative outside of surgery.
P.S. You guys have done well in your research on this forum man.
Hope everyone's height dreams can come true!
So you gained an inch from yoga? That's really impressive man. Can you share what yoga poses you do? I know little about yoga, but hear it loosens your body up, so I guess it loosens the spine and allows it to decompress somewhat.
Quote from: MoveUp on September 19, 2016, 02:51:21 AMSo you gained an inch from yoga? That's really impressive man. Can you share what yoga poses you do? I know little about yoga, but hear it loosens your body up, so I guess it loosens the spine and allows it to decompress somewhat.
Thanks, I was shocked myself because I was not expecting much but after all the years of looking down while I walk, I wonder if I must of somehow developed very bad posture. I know that much of a change seems to be unusual so I blame my bad posture for it.
The stretches I have used are: forward bending, wall bridge, cobra, cat stretch and super cobra. Here are some links to the vids I used:
I plan to incorporate some different stretches to try to get more results. The results still seem to be coming but now at a very slow pace since I only do it a few times a day I guess. Also, I hope that it does not seem like I am promoting the gorwtaller4idiots because I will be the first to say that it is a scam to tell people they are guaranteed any results. I would say to anyone, do not buy the guide because I saw it posted for free, if you just google it, you will see. Also, you can just watch free Youtube videos for info on it I'm sure.
Quote from: bander72 on September 17, 2016, 02:56:40 AMThis may sound like a noob but it seems to me that having a lower body fat can help. The spine has less pressure and it can relax more. I remember from these supposed people that said they grew they were skinny also and inverted with 20 lb dumbbells in each hand.
That's a good point, I'm in the process of losing 25 pounds mainly for health reasons. I'm 185 and trying to reach 160. The hanging exercise seems intense, I can imagine it working. I'd have to see if there is a spot in the gym to hang that way. There is a lat machine that I started hanging from though.
Quote from: MoveUp on September 19, 2016, 02:51:21 AMSo you gained an inch from yoga? That's really impressive man. Can you share what yoga poses you do? I know little about yoga, but hear it loosens your body up, so I guess it loosens the spine and allows it to decompress somewhat.
Also, it seems that stretching out really good before laying down helps. Today I measured myself after I woke up out of bed. I was stretching a good 12 minutes or so before bed. It's only after doing so that I now wake up past the plateau at right at 5'10 on the dot but that is very temporary and seems to quickly shift back down to 5'9.8 after about only 10 minutes or so. I will keep working at it to see if it can last longer or go further. I know this must sound like bs to some people but I will go to the doc to get measured again in a month or so and maybe I can post part of my records anonymously or something.
Yeah go to the doctor. With a stadiometer you will see if the gain is there but don't let them push your head down or they will measure you shorter.
I have also started taking glucosamine, as well as couple other "supplements" 
Wouldnt be surprised to grow taller permanently, as my dad when he was my age was 5'6. He eventually grew up to 5'9.
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