LS17 said:I know basketball and swimming supposedly help you grow taller....what about cycling?
Sure, but don't our torsos and arms get shorter at the same time?roger89 said:How about longer legs during the teenage years if we cycle?
You have to balance it out with a bunch of chin-ups. Long legs and short arms look silly.frenchyge said:Sure, but don't our torsos and arms get shorter at the same time?
Are you retarded? You're the same person that wants to listen to MP3s in traffic. Please do and cleanse the gene pool for us.LS17 said:I know basketball and swimming supposedly help you grow taller....what about cycling?
jimmer23 said:Are you retarded? You're the same person that wants to listen to MP3s in traffic. Please do and cleanse the gene pool for us.
Don Shipp said:I am sure that I am taller now than when I first started cycling.
You could probably shave a few inches off if you pedaled backwards now and then.JohnO said:Hey, I noticed the same thing. I started riding bikes when I was about 8. Went from around 3'8" to 6'2" in ten years. Lost interest in cycling when I got out of college... good thing, too, or I'd probably be 20 feet tall by now...
The total amount of disc compression under physiological loading only adds up to a milimeter or two for the entire spinal column. If you completely loosened up the muscles that hold the vertebral bodies together, the discs might swell enough to give you 10mm. Now for the bad news. Intervertebral discs are designed to function under a diurnal loading cycle. Studies have shown that disc degeneration is greatly accelerated by imobilization/lack of compression.dgregory57 said:However, I could see the possibility of someone increasing their height slightly by swimming several hours per day... It would lead to a slight decompression of the vertebral discs, and perhaps increase heights by millimeters... Of course the effect would probably reverse itself quickly if one were to cease spending many hours in a pool.
Sorry but it is not a myth, I was barely 4 feet tall when I started riding a bike, and thanks to cycling I am now 6'4" tall.John M said:All myth. NO sport makes anyone grow taller.
Hah! I wish. Spent much of my teenage years (and still spend much of my free time now) on a bike and couldn't make it over 5'. Then again maybe I would have only been 3'8" without.........wilmar13 said:Sorry but it is not a myth, I was barely 4 feet tall when I started riding a bike, and thanks to cycling I am now 6'4" tall.
You probably waited too long to upgrade from your 20" wheel bicycle. That is a sure way to stunt your growth. Even worse than growth stagnation... many folks ride BMX/freestyle bikes well into adult hood, and they have almost certainly experienced shrinkage since their clothes are so baggy.Eden said:Hah! I wish. Spent much of my teenage years (and still spend much of my free time now) on a bike and couldn't make it over 5'. Then again maybe I would have only been 3'8" without.........
But the wheels on my road bike are sized in metric. That made me go from six whole feet to less than two meters.wilmar13 said:You probably waited too long to upgrade from your 20" wheel bicycle. That is a sure way to stunt your growth. Even worse than growth stagnation... many folks ride BMX/freestyle bikes well into adult hood, and they have almost certainly experienced shrinkage since their clothes are so baggy.
One of these options may help:LS17 said:I know basketball and swimming supposedly help you grow taller....what about cycling?
LS17 said:I know basketball and swimming supposedly help you grow taller....what about cycling?
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