Make the pull up bar your best friend as you work on your height. Hanging exercises are great for decompressing your spine, strengthening the cartilage and muscles that support your spine, and lengthening your spine by more than two inches on its own.
There are countless horizontal bar exercises that discuss how to get taller, but they could easily cause injury if not done correctly. Here is a collection of the top 5 hanging exercises that need you to simply relax your body for effective results. Do all of these exercises with your fingers facing forward.
1) Cycling pendant: Hang loosely from the pull-up bar with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and start riding an imaginary bike. Relax your body and legs and work the pedals in a big circle. This exercise provides a great boost to the growth of the legs.
2) Hanging Twists: Hang from the bar with your hand grips less than shoulder-width apart. Now build some momentum with your legs and swing them from side to side. Continue twisting slowly for one minute keeping your head steady. Don’t let your body jerk when you change direction.
3) Hanging Splits: Hang with the hand grips shoulder-width apart. Extend one leg forward and the other back. Push them as far as you can. Switch leg positions. Now push your legs out to the sides and stretch them out as far and as high as you can.
4) Pull-ups: Regular pull-ups are fantastic for getting taller exercises as they serve a dual purpose. First, they stretch and strengthen the arms, shoulders, neck, chest, and back. Second, the intense sessions enhance the release of growth hormones in the bloodstream that remain for more than 2 hours.
5) Hanging Knee Raises: Hang from the bar with a shoulder-width grip. Bend your knees completely and bring them toward your chest as you bend your pelvis. Don’t arch your back; round it off. You’ll know you’re doing it right if you feel enough pressure on your abs.
There is no limit to the number of hanging exercises you can do; The more, the better for your height. Although you must be very careful not to injure yourself doing these exercises, you will get better and faster results by increasing the intensity of your workouts. Performing hanging exercises at the end of an aerobic session is the best way to do it.