Do you want to grow bigger? Practice kicking

Do you want to grow bigger? Practice kicking

Kicking, of course, is the act of using one's legs forcibly to achieve a goal, whether it is a martial art or a soccer ball.

As we've discussed elsewhere, exercise and targeted stretching in key areas like the legs and spine can produce stretches that effectively increase height. This must also be correct when pedaling? After all, you can't put much more strain on your legs than a powerful kicking motion.

The short answer is: yes, kicking movements over a long period of time could almost certainly have the benefit of stretching your leg muscles and increasing height. However, the long answer is that it's probably not the smartest way to gain altitude.

First, let's look at the science behind this phenomenon. When we study people who perform repetitive kicking movements, particularly kickboxers, we find that their legs are, on average, one to two inches longer than normal. Likewise, soccer kick specialists have a longer kicking leg than their other leg because they perform hundreds of repetitions of kicking a soccer ball every day.

The problem is that replicating these results requires both more time than other "get taller" exercises and much more effort, since repeated pedaling can be extremely taxing on the body.

To achieve the results achieved by these athletes, one usually has to pedal hundreds of times a day, even thousands of times, and this can easily take an hour. It's a great workout with its own benefits, but just in terms of increasing height, it's much more tedious and time-consuming than other routines with similar results.

If you are interested in taking up kicking as a way to increase your height, or as a combination of full training and the added benefit of height gain down the line, consider purchasing a good kickboxing bag.

You need to work on both legs in equal doses, typically doing 20 short kicks on each leg before switching. Do this about 20 times for each leg and then take a break. You should repeat the same training routine again later in the day, resulting in 800-1000 kicks per day on each leg.

If you are already a soccer player or practice a form of martial arts or other training program that involves a high level of kicking, it certainly won't hurt your height to continue doing so.

However, kicking in one form or another with the express intention of getting bigger may not be the most logical choice. Consider doing it in other ways, like the ones just mentioned, if you want to try it, and not just because of the benefits of altitude.

Inspired by Rodney Williams