How To Increase Your Height

[wizardsfan23]

First a little about Me:
-15 years old
-5' 2" (5 feet and 2 inches)
-120 pounds

Well, I am trying to increase my height up to at least 5' 6".
My friend told me i should eat good food, play basketball a lot, stretch out, and hang.

I have been doing this but i wanted to ask you guys.
If anyone can help me or give me some tips that would be much appreciated.

Thanks

(Also my first post)

[i cant dunk]

i aksed my doctor how to get taller she said that you can't really. It's like in your gene or something. eating healthy will just prevent you from reaching the peek of your gene. ive heard this some where.

[CySniper]

Well you cant really say anything because im 6'2 and 14 and I go to bed around 1 in the morning and eat a lot of bad food. Also my dad is 5'10ish and my mom is a little bit higher than average women size. It depends how you were born. Dont worry, look at pete maravich he was really short then turned out to be 6'5. Just play what god gives you now.

[Unreal Skill]

I'm not really tall that myself but I'm average. Height has to do a lot with gene, not just your father and mother but also your grandparents.

Just eat a lot, excerise, and sleep well. Get a lot of sleep. Very important.

[i cant dunk]

Well you cant really say anything because im 6'2 and 14 and I go to bed around 1 in the morning and eat a lot of bad food. Also my dad is 5'10ish and my mom is a little bit higher than average women size. It depends how you were born. Dont worry, look at pete maravich he was really short then turned out to be 6'5. Just play what god gives you now.

it doesnt have to work with your parents. You can get a gene from your great great grnad parents that can make you tall. Like havn't you notice that tall guys that have brothers are USUALLY tall as well.

[wizardsfan23]

yeah thanks a lot for the tips.
i guess i will just have to wait and see.

but i really want to start weight lifting.

[qwerty]

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[jamal99]

Im 7'1 (or 7 and a half, not sure, I know in meters - 2.14m). I did nothing to improve my height and did not play basketball at all in period of my biggest growing (12-15,16 now Im 17). Doctors said that Im going to grow inch or maybe 2 more...

[cgunther20]

yeah just be patient, i was. I ended up growing 6 inches between my sophmore and junior year in high school. You can count on growing patterns based on what what has happened in your family. i.e. my dad grew late just like me plus another inch in college. So use that as a reference too. Just fyi I'm 6'4", mom is 5"11", my dad is 6"4" same as me.

[otmtheshank]

You can't really increase your height by unnatural processes. There's a couple surgeries that I think I've read in the news, but by no means are they safe. Just keep eating right.

The only magic solution to increase height is using the torture rack, although, you'd most likely stop living, so I'd advise against that.

[cgunther20]

yeah thanks a lot for the tips.
i guess i will just have to wait and see.

but i really want to start weight lifting.

you can start weight lifting, it's is actually smart to weightlift as you grow therefore it keeps you proportional.

[jamal99]

you can start weight lifting, it's is actually smart to weightlift as you grow therefore it keeps you proportional.

Yeah. When I was growing big time, I did nothing physical, so my shoulders are little narrow, but Im improving that with intensive work on my strength...

[lakears]

I'm pretty sure you can't increase your height, it's all in your genes. Don't work out before 16 out it will prevent you from growing to as tall as you could have been.

[bballer]

First a little about Me:
-15 years old
-5' 2" (5 feet and 2 inches)
-120 pounds

Well, I am trying to increase my height up to at least 5' 6".
My friend told me i should eat good food, play basketball a lot, stretch out, and hang.

I have been doing this but i wanted to ask you guys.
If anyone can help me or give me some tips that would be much appreciated.

Thanks

(Also my first post)

the first step is going to the doctor, having him implant some sort of tumor into your body that can cause gigantism, they you will be about 8 feet tall and would have succeeded your goal!!!

[cgunther20]

I'm pretty sure you can't increase your height, it's all in your genes. Don't work out before 16 out it will prevent you from growing to as tall as you could have been.

What makes you think that you cant work out before you are 16?! It has nothing to do with height and growing vertically.