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Lengthening your bones is the primary focus of any effort to gain height. Although you may not believe it, you have what it takes to make your body grow. The majority of people who think they have reached their predetermined height actually have the ability to grow up to two more inches. A great way to make this happen is to wear ankle weights.

When you were a young child you had very soft, or non-fused, bones because they were growing very quickly. At this age, your body surges with growth hormone triggering a rapid growth. Also, you are very active at this age. As a child, your body is naturally stretching in a way that demands greater stature. Your body compensates for this activity by growing.

At the end of adolescence, your bones started to fuse. At this point, your growth became increasingly limited. You can overcome this limitation by simulating the exercises that forced your body to grow when you were younger. A great way to do this is by using ankle weights.

Ankle weights help you maximize your workout and stretching to achieve your goals for growing taller. They strengthen and tone the muscles in your legs and lower torso. They increase the resistance as you stretch. Ankle weights stretch out the cartilage between your bones and vertebrae. Also, they help you to take advantage of the bone micro-fractures that happen during high impact activity.

High-impact exercises, like aerobics, can cause tiny breaks in the bones called micro-fractures. You do not notice these breaks and there is rarely ever any pain. Without a follow up, these fractures will heal the bone at its current length. Ankle weights pull these fractures apart and force the body to create new bone growth to fill in the break. This makes the bone longer and increases your height. Also, the greater resistance helps your muscles support this new bone growth. Ankle weights also stretch the cartilage between your joints and thicker cartilage leads to a taller you. However, make sure that you do not wear ankle weights during your aerobic exercises or you may cause injury.

Many ankle weight exercises can help growth. These exercises should be strategically planned to optimize your periods of activity and rest. After you perform a high-impact exercise, like running, you should apply ankle weights. Sit in a chair with your legs hanging freely for about 30 minutes, always keeping your legs still. This makes your bones repair themselves in this lengthened position. You should apply ankle weights again about an hour before you sleep. Sit on a chair with your legs hanging freely and swing each leg one at a time. This gets your bones prepared to use the growth hormones while you sleep and it is a great preparation for sleeping with tension. To sleep with tension you will want to attach ankle weights and then sleep with your lower legs dangling over the edge of your bed. This method is more efficient because it puts all of the effort on your lower legs.

If you want more variety in your routine, there are a few more active exercises that will also help you grow taller. For example, stand with your feet shoulder width apart while you are wearing ankle weights. Make sure your weight is on your heels and your toes are point outward. Then, shift your feet so that the weight of your body is on your toes and they point inward, but make sure you are not straining. Next, raise your foot backward and bend your toes forward and backward. Repeat this action with your opposite foot. Another exercise is to plant one foot in front of the other. Bend your knee and lunge right and left and then repeat with the other leg.

Kicks and Pull-Ups are another way you can use ankle weights to grow. An effective kicking routine should have a minimum of 100 kicks daily and then double that amount every two weeks. Kicks should be done gently and in a controlled manner. There are two different ways to do Pull-Ups. First, when you pull up alternate your position so that your head is in front of the bar and then behind it. Then, pull your legs up to your chest as you hang loose and then drop your legs quickly. That technique will really extend the micro-fractures in your bones to help them grow.

These ankle weight exercises all promote growth. You can use them to follow up a high-impact workout or to optimize the benefits of sleep. Wearing ankle weights makes the nutrition and exercise you give your body more effective and can make you gain height.