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Does wearing ankle weight can increase height (lower body- legs)? or hanging? am 18 (weight-54)
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No: There is not a way to increase your height from what it is predetermined genetically to be. You can not be "stretched".
Answered 4/26/2015
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No: Any minor increase in length you may have by hanging , with or without leg weights, disappears when you stand up. The ligaments between your spinal vertebrae and postural change during the event may stretch a few millimeters, giving a transient increase in length that can only be maintained while you remain hanging. Gravity and your genetic endowment decide your height.
Answered 12/16/2015
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