The best way to grow taller would probably be to perform consistent height increasing exercises. There are many types of height exercises such as yoga for height, body stretching and chin up bar exercises that can help in height increase. Most of them work by stretching your spine and body thus results in a taller body and better posture. Learn all about hanging to increase height in this article.

Hanging is a more extreme type of stretching exercises to increase height, but it often shows noticeable results (if done correctly and consistently) and not require too much time.

Hanging decompresses the spine allowing the discs to hold more spinal fluid. This admits the spine to be pull, lengthen, straighten and lengthen thus increasing the height. The effects of hanging to increase height are temporary, but constant hanging will give you long term height increase effects. It can increase your height by 1 even 2 inches. It also strengthen the wrists, arms, and shoulders.

A chin-up bar, height vertical bar, tree branch or any similar equipment can be used, as long as it's perpendicular to the floor and can hold your entire body weight easily. Moreover, the height of the bar should allow your legs and feet to hang in such way that your don't need to bend them or raise them up off the floor, ideally at least 7 feet off the floor.

If you don't have any high enough bar to hang on at home, you can try a popular hanging equipment such as Door Gym which only requires a door frame to create your own hanging bar without using any bolt or nails. On the right side of this article is an example of such device. You can use it when doing your chin up bar exercises.

Hanging to increase height exercise should be performed 6 days per week, 5 times each day and at least 10 seconds each time, but of course you can hang for more than this basic guideline. The 5 times repetition can be done all at once or split through the day since it can be tedious and tiring at times (although it's not hard to perform). Both give the same result.

To do chin up bar exercises, hang from a bar and hold it firmly with both hands for 10 seconds then land softly to the floor on your feet. Take a 10 second breather, perform the hanging again. Repeat this exercise 4 more times. Increase the duration to 20 seconds with a 15 second break as your arms grow stronger. You can increase the number of repetition too but don't overexert yourself.

Variation of chin up bar exercises:

• Vary your hanging to increase height by holding the bar over-hand one day and under-hand the other day to counterbalance your back, shoulder or arm muscles. At first, this may seem to be overwhelming, but it will get easier once you are used to it.
• Swing your body forward and backwards.
• Move your legs as though as you are biking and stretch your legs as far as you can.
• While hanging, bring your knees into your chest then lift your knees up gently and with control. Count to two then slowly bring your knees back down. Repeat the exercise as many times as you can. Shake your arms after each repetition.
• You can also hang upside down with special inversion boots. This will allow you to hang on much longer than normal hanging to increase height. Inverse hanging also helps in body cleansing and improves the blood circulation, posture and alignment.
• Pull up your body during hanging. Vary it by pulling up with your head in front of the bar and your head behind the bar the next time.
• During pull up, raise your legs upward to your chest, then drop them suddenly.

It's also recommended to wear weightlifting wrist wraps to stabilize your wrists and appropriate gloves to avoid blistering your hands and help you to hang longer.

Consistency is the key to a successful height increasing program including hanging to increase height. The first three months are probably the most hard part, so do try hard to make it a habit and stick to it. This way, you can expect some positive results, i.e. stand straighter and add height to your stature, in the fourth month and probably will want to continue with your chin up bar exercises program.