Do squats reduce height?
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In Chit Chat cuz got to response in other forum. I used to be 6 foot tall when I started doing squats about 6 months ago. My PR is 135. Today I measured my height and I was at an astonishing 5 feet 6 inches.....this is atrocious
I think maybe you answered your own question.
Start doing pull-ups; they are scientifically proven to add inches to your height (everybody know this, right?).
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You were too tall for me at 6', stop squatting now so you'll still be taller than me...1
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You're squatting too heavy. Drop the weight now if you don't want to turn into a midget.4
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Nahh my guess it's not the squats but the cold..cold things shrink don't they?3
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Are getting even shorter since your thread in May? Maybe you should stop the squatting :laugh:2
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Had the same thing happen to me OP. I was able to get back to my correct height by taking a vacation to Australia and doing squats there. Since everything is upside down there squats will stretch you back out.6
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um...0
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If this were the case there would be a lot of short powerlifters.0
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Sure they do.
The closer you come to the ground the stronger the gravitational pull.
Lately (probably due to global warming) even spontaneous brain-drainage while squatting has been reported ...1 -
When I squat over a toilet I usually lose about a pound.7
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If you really have lost that much height so fast get to your doctor not the chit chat forum.
http://blog.aarp.org/2011/09/21/are-you-getting-shorter-what-height-loss-says-about-your-health/0 -
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Soul_Radiation wrote: »I kind of wonder if the opposite is true...like, does inversion increase height (if only a little).
I don't do that because I don't have space for one of those things...and if I hooked up gravity boots on my rack I'd probably never get down
I do stretch out my back on ab straps after squatting though...and oh man...I will get a POP like as if you are cracking your knuckle. Feels amazing.
I should measure my height right after doing that sometime and see if I can say I'm 6 feet tall again...and I'll just put (only for 15 minutes after stretching) in small print.
Barring actual physiological issues, generally yes.
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