Monday, April 13, 2009

How Cycling Can Help You Gain Height

By Rodney Williams

For more than a hundred years people have enjoyed the fitness and recreation that comes from bicycling. The millions of people who ride bikes for leisure and transportation know that it is one of the best ways to stay healthy. Doctors all over the world recommend bike riding both for weight loss and body strengthening. With so many benefits, it is no surprise that bicycling is also an excellent way to maximize your height.

If you are on a quest to increase height then you may already know that exercise is of fundamental importance. When you exercise, your body releases the Human Growth Hormone, or HGH. HGH stimulates your bones, muscle, and even organs to grow. This includes instructing you bones to lengthen and make you taller. Exercise increases metabolism rates so that you lose weight. Extra weight can cause poor posture and make you appear overall shorter than you are. The natural stretching that occurs during exercise helps your body grow and makes your sleep more effective. Furthermore, exercise can give you a positive mental outlook so that you can imagine yourself taller.

Bicycling may be the most effective exercise because of the many ways it affects your body. This type of aerobic exercise makes your heart and lungs healthier. A healthy heart helps circulate HGH through your body and give your bones and muscles the nutrients they need to gain height. This type of exercise also strengthens you muscles, especially those in your legs and back. This is important because these areas have the most potential to grow, but must be supported by well-toned muscles.

Another reason why bicycling is a superior exercise is that you can actually make yourself taller as your ride. When you extend your leg to push the bike pedal, you body begins to stretch. Stretching conditions your body, helping your muscles prepare and making the HGH be the most effective. All of this occurs naturally when you ride a bike, but you can capitalize on these stretches to make yourself grow.

Start by raising your handlebars so that you sit in an upright position with your feet flat on the pedal. Studies have examined the height difference between groups of cyclist and how it relates to biking posture. Two groups were examined that had similar eating habits and level of fitness. However, the average height of one group was significantly taller than the other. Then, it was observed that the taller group had raised handlebars and the shorter group had lower bars that made them slump forward in a racing position. Posture is important to make your body grow and good posture while riding a bike is no different.

The next step is to make sure your leg fully extends when you pedal. Move your seat height so that you can extend your leg, with your feet flat on the pedal, but maintain an erect position. You should ride you bike in this position for some time until you are very comfortable riding in this manner. Then, mark the position of your seat and raise it one quarter of an inch. This will help you further extend and stretch your legs. Make sure you still pedal with your feet flat on the pedal.

Each time you become adjusted to this new height, raise the seat again. Each time you raise your seat, your will begin training your leg to stretch further so that your foot sits flat on the pedal. When you finally reach this goal, you will know that your leg has grown. Not only will you physically improve your body, but you will improve your mental health as well.

When you see this proof that you have actually grown, it will give your mind the positive motivation it needs to continue your endeavor to grow taller. Exercise in general improves mental health, and seeing such amazing results can stimulate mind to grow further. Believing that you have the power to make yourself taller is just as important as exercise and diet.

Since its invention in the nineteenth century, the bicycle has become the preferred form of exercise for millions of people. Whether you are riding down a path or stationary in a gym, a bicycle is proven to make your body taller and healthier. Also, the stretching and strengthening that occurs when you ride a bike gives you the mental boost you need to grow. A few simple changes to your regiment and some quality time on your bike may be all that you need to achieve your height goals.

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