Any Tips On How To Get Taller?

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  • LokeTheSleekPeruvianLokeTheSleekPeruvian Join Date: 2003-08-21 Member: 20054Members
    Can someone tell me how many centimetres is 5'10?
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    You must discover the way of platform shoes if height is what you wish to achieve!

    <img src='http://esuna.thezazi.net/images/misc/shoe.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
  • RedfordRedford Monorailcatfjord Join Date: 2002-04-28 Member: 528Members, NS1 Playtester
    there is nothing you can do to make yourself get taller except:

    1. Big shoes.

    2. Growth Hormone Supplements.

    3. Stilts.

    Otherwise, it's all genetic.
  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    what's with the deal of being tall? Does it really matter?

    I'm huh 1 meter 80 last time I checked and Im 16
    Oh and I'm nearly a head taller than both my parents, and a couple centimeters taller than my big brother
  • LokeTheSleekPeruvianLokeTheSleekPeruvian Join Date: 2003-08-21 Member: 20054Members
    <--- 1 meter 73 cm
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    I'm 180 cm tall (5' 11") and it's a good height. I wouldn't mind getting slightly taller, but since I'm close to being 20, I don't stand many chances, do I? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    But really, being tall isn't great, as some people already said. I know a few people, who are taller and they don't go celebrating over it.

    By the way, there's a math teacher at my previous school, who has to be (by my judgement) at least 230 cm tall (7' 7") and let me tell you, there are those huge, gothic doors... He has to bend down, to go under the frame. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    I'm around 180 Cms myself and I hope I doesnt grow any larger <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Isn't 230 cm something close to the guiness record? <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Close, but not <i>so</i> close. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Robert Wadlow's height of 8' 11.1" qualifies him as the tallest person in history, as recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.  At the time of his death he weighed 490 pounds.  His clothing required three times the normal amount of cloth, and his size 37 shoes cost $100.00 a pair (a lot of money back in the 1930's). Two years later his shoes were provided free by the International Shoe Company.  When he turned 20 Robert traveled for the shoe company, visiting over 800 towns and 41 states. His father had to modify the family car, removing the front passenger seat so Robert could sit in the back and stretch out his long legs. The father and son team traveled over 300,000 miles on their goodwill tour for the shoe company.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Taken from <a href='http://hazardkentucky.com/wadlow.htm' target='_blank'>here</a>. Now don't wish to grow more than that... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    On a serious note, height really is largely genetic. As has been mentioned, there are things you can do to make yourself slightly taller, but you really won't be able to go very far beyond whatever height your genes say you're going to be.

    If you do suddenly shoot up, one piece of advice; <i>never</i> jump down stairs where the ceiling comes down to meet the level of the ground floor at the bottom. Ouch.
  • explodingheadboyexplodingheadboy Join Date: 2003-04-18 Member: 15636Members, Constellation
    A sure fire way to be taller than you are when you read this.

    Step one: Stand the **** up, right now.
    Step two: Push on the ground with your toes.
    Step three: Proceed to balance.

    Do this until you are 21.
  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    males actually stop growing at 23, and the best way to ensure growth is to get 8+ hours of sleep becuase your bones grow when there is reduced weight on them [i.e. lying down]
  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
    23? Really?

    *starts singing* ~Tiiiiime is on my side~
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-JediYoshi+Feb 25 2004, 12:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (JediYoshi @ Feb 25 2004, 12:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> drink coffee. the more, the more coffee you'd have drank. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    coffee stunts your growth.

    milk will give you strong thicker bones but it doesnt nessicarily mean you will get taller.

    and what TeKniKaL said.

    Dont listen to him hes crazy <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Drink milk dont eat it. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    Chances are if you have to eat your milk... erm yea. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    besides platform shoes, wear socks like Esuna's. They also give the illusion of tallness.

    That leg-lengthening surgery is pretty disturbing =x
  • V_MANV_MAN V-MAN Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6217Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-homerx+Feb 25 2004, 05:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (homerx @ Feb 25 2004, 05:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> AFAIK, males stop growing at 21. That means I still have 17 months left.

    I'm already 5'10 3/4, and my goal is to reach 6'0 by the time I'm 21.


    Any suggestions? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I grew an extra 3 inches between 22 and 23 from 5' 9" to 6'; I thought I had pretty much stopped at 19.

    Only thing I can see that might have cause that was losts of exercise that year and losing about 3 stone in weight.
  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    I'm 21 and *grumbles some bitter remark about non-SI units* 6'1" and about a foot taller than both my parents <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    ...Yea, what's a stone now?

    I'm 5'9" (maybe 5'8" - 5'10" ...it fluctuates a little, you know?), I consider 6'0" to be about the appropriate height...the most you'd probably want to go without being overly tall. Not 23 yet (or 21)...so pffft, doesn't matter <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .

    Tall people don't live as long you know, gotta use more heart muscle to get the blood to defy gravity more.
  • Rotten_FleshRotten_Flesh Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9203Members
    edited February 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-supernorn2000+Feb 25 2004, 06:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (supernorn2000 @ Feb 25 2004, 06:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> stand around a group of midgets at all times, giving the amazing illusion that you are a very tall person. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LMFAO!

    I have a really high metabolism and i'm horribly underweight. I'm 6' 05" and weight 120 lbs. No matter what i do (well excercise might help) i cant gain.
  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Feb 24 2004, 11:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Feb 24 2004, 11:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> buy yourself a Rack. each day, you can tighten it a little more... when all your bones pop out of their sockets from the stretching, you know it's working. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <i>damn</i> you beat me to it.
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Rotten Flesh+Feb 25 2004, 02:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rotten Flesh @ Feb 25 2004, 02:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-supernorn2000+Feb 25 2004, 06:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (supernorn2000 @ Feb 25 2004, 06:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> stand around a group of midgets at all times, giving the amazing illusion that you are a very tall person. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LMFAO!

    I have a really high metabolism and i'm horribly underweight. I'm 6' 05" and weight 120 lbs. No matter what i do (well excercise might help) i cant gain. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    do you mean 6 ft and half an inch, or 6 foot 5 inches?

    either way, I'm in the same boat. I'm 6'6" and was 150 lbs for a long time... I may be up to 170 lbs now but still, I'm not exactly plump. As an added bonus tho, I can suck in my stomach hella far and look like a starving Ethernopian!
  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Feb 25 2004, 11:20 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Feb 25 2004, 11:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Rotten Flesh+Feb 25 2004, 02:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rotten Flesh @ Feb 25 2004, 02:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-supernorn2000+Feb 25 2004, 06:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (supernorn2000 @ Feb 25 2004, 06:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> stand around a group of midgets at all times, giving the amazing illusion that you are a very tall person. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LMFAO!

    I have a really high metabolism and i'm horribly underweight. I'm 6' 05" and weight 120 lbs. No matter what i do (well excercise might help) i cant gain. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    do you mean 6 ft and half an inch, or 6 foot 5 inches?

    either way, I'm in the same boat. I'm 6'6" and was 150 lbs for a long time... I may be up to 170 lbs now but still, I'm not exactly plump. As an added bonus tho, I can suck in my stomach hella far and look like a starving Ethernopian! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    or a zombie!!


    ... =]
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Rotten Flesh+Feb 25 2004, 01:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rotten Flesh @ Feb 25 2004, 01:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-supernorn2000+phear the time!--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (supernorn2000 @ phear the time!)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> stand around a group of midgets at all times, giving the amazing illusion that you are a very tall person. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LMFAO!

    I have a really high metabolism and i'm horribly underweight. I'm 6' 05" and weight 120 lbs. No matter what i do (well excercise might help) i cant gain. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Here's some help:

    1. Sit on [censored]. Preferablly on a couch...maybe a lounge chair...preferablly infront of a TV also (you burn fewer caloreis sitting in front of the TV than sleeping, so go with the TV!).

    2. Eat everything in your house...hell, go over to your neighbors...eat their [censored] too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .

    3. Try not to complain about anything, until you run out of food, then yell at your parents/spouse/friends to go out and buy you some food, [censored]!
    3a. Make sure you don't eat any negative caloric foods...they don't help!

    4. Get fat quick!

    Or yea...just buy some bulking stuff from GNC or something...that way you can get muscle too, instead of just fat.
  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
  • BurncycleBurncycle Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9759Members, NS1 Playtester
    edited February 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have a really high metabolism and i'm horribly underweight. I'm 6' 05" and weight 120 lbs. No matter what i do (well excercise might help) i cant gain.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Sit on your chair playing starcraft for 18+ hours a day

    Avoid all housework (endless "In a minute!" responses)

    Repeat for 3 years.

    Worked for me <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • RenegadeRenegade Old school Join Date: 2002-03-29 Member: 361Members
    edited February 2004
    I doesn't really matter what your "goal" height is, you stop growing when you stop growing. It's embedded in your genetics. It's not something you can control.

    6'6" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I really wish polls were enabled on these forums... I really think the mean height here is like 6'3"... hehe

    lots of statistics I'd like to know about you ppl that polling would reveal... average age, where most ppl are from... there's a lotta 'merkins, a lotta Brits, a lotta Aussies, a few Canadians, 1 Peruvian... that much I know... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    edited February 2004
    It's funny, I'm 5'7", 14 years old, but I weigh 100 lbs (exact). The thing is, I eat more then my 200 lb friend does (especially when he comes over to my house for a LAN game or two <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> ).
    Damn you metabolism! *shakes boney-arsed fists*
  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-XeroSlayer+Feb 25 2004, 04:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (XeroSlayer @ Feb 25 2004, 04:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's funny, I'm 5'7", 14 years old, but I weigh 100 lbs (exact). The thing is, I eat more then my 200 lb friend does (especially when he comes over to my house for a LAN game or two <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> ).
    Damn you metabolism! *shakes boney-arsed fists* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I actually need that back, my damn metabolism rate dropped like a rock for some reason.

    I loved those days back when I could eat all I want and barely gain weight....now wheever I eat a lot I end up being a fattank

    BTW, add 2 filipinos to that list DZ, one fat (me) and one....undetermined :/
  • TommyVercettiTommyVercetti Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13390Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I'm 14 and I'm 6'4". It's really not all it's cracked up to be... Norml pointed out the bad parts, and whenever a stupid family member wants something they come to me.

    My secret?

    Don't drink caffeine and get lots of nutrients. Seriously, I didn't start drinking caffeine regularly until I was 12, which is when I stopped growing.
  • ShloomShloom Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 997Members
    I'm 16 and 6'2 175 lbs. Drink lots of milk.
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