During your adolescence people tell you to jump frequently if your want to grow taller.

1) Do you think this is true?
2) Did this work for you?
3) Give a logical explanation for or against this.
Your own experiences don’t count. It is covered in Question 2)

whoever thought of this must be really bad at physics. When you jump and hits the ground on your legs, when your legs hit the ground, the G-force applies from falling is neutralized by the ground. In fact it could make you shorter since it is pushing you body together. G-force from the top while falling presses your lower body inward as you hits the ground. Instead stretching could help you grow taller, since it is pulling your body from inward to outward.

put a simple simulation to the test, take a sponge and keep pushing it in repeatedly for a few days and see if it gone smaller.
Take another sponge and stretch it for a few days and see if it gone longer
XD

hope this helps

a sure fire way to make yourself taller is to have the Ilizarov surgery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavril_Ilizarov

1) no idea, but i believe it is likely
2) possibly, since i ended up the 2nd tallest in my extended family. although other factors does play a role. of couse you cant do a comparative study, because there is only 1 "me"
3) that which is trained/stressed get stronger/better? not much idea

of course if you ask does it carry on to your offspring, the answer has to be a solid "no"

Thanks Robert but I am not trying to grow taller.

It is common for basketballers to mention this myth/fact. Base on Keith idea of stretching, that is what basketballers to when jump trying to reach as high as they could. They practise jumping a lot too, hoping the could dunk the ball.

lim00b, interesting question "If it can be passed on to offspring"

swimming, less stress on bones + good exercise + good appatite after swimming.

1,3)all forms of exercise cause release of growth hormone

the basketball training is just to practice the basic skill of jumping which is essential to the game.

1. some even suggest hanging on the tree or metal bars (can be found at playground) increase height.
2. Not sure since i rarely exercise XD

I believe it's possible because all the muscles and tissues growing during adolescent stage. All and all, it depends of what we eat

http://www.healthdab.com/2007/09/30/exerci...ncrease-height/

all i can say is "OUCH"

Basketball player myth.

How do you copy genes by physical action? Like if you paint yourself black, you'll run fast like Usain Bolt?

There are quite a few tall people who have short parents.

1) I believe it's true.
2) Not me, but people i know. Didn't purposely do jumping related exercises but if I did, it could have reached nearer to my potential height My boy is the tallest in the kindy probably because i made him do jumping exercises
3) Good nutrition especially CALCIUM intake.

Any form 5 science student can answer you this.

Height is a continuous variable affected by the environment.

You know when i was a kid, (below 12 year olds)
My family often "sembelih ayam jantan"

This "ayam jantan"'s testicles they cook it together with the meat.
No one want to eat it, and i don't know what is that, i ask brother what is that? they never tell me but instead said "it is very nice one, you eat it..."
So every time we have "sembelih ayam jantan" i will eat it.

Now i am 183 cm tall, i am the tallest one in my family, don't know is this related to what I ate during my childhood or not.

anyways i am now a vegetarian since 2 years ago.

This post has been edited by tanhks: Apr 19 2010, 11:21 PM

any type of food you eat is broken down into it's basic forms.....simple sugars, amino acids, simple lipids....
growth hormone is complex compared to those basic forms.

Maybe its something like Wolff's Law. The jumping causes the body to change it's characteristic to better help the task at hand.

Anyone who answers it that way must be really bad at biology. When your body is exposed to some form of stress (in this case, both the G-force and the reaction force), your body will tend to grow outwards in response to ADAPTING to that external forces.

P.S. the sponge is dead and wont grow. your body however, is not.




As such, we want to know how does the environment affect an individual's height.

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Added on May 1, 2010, 8:49 amOh. adaptability of the bones has been made as a law? O_O

okay. thanks for sharing.

This post has been edited by cheecken0: May 1 2010, 08:49 AM

Sakaic,
What is this Wolff' Law? Can you give me some links, please.

www.google.com > search "wolff's law" > enter > click on the 1st few links > read > learn

Thank, lim00b. So it not a myth then.

Go to this website.. http://taller101.com/
It has exercises, diet, review of height enchancement products, and growth explanation in one handy website..

This post has been edited by beatlesalbum: May 4 2010, 06:09 PM

Thanks BeatlesA,

I am not looking to increase my height. I am past growing tall. I can grow sideway only