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Can Lifting Make You Taller?

CWSpiegel
CWSpiegel Posts: 114
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
OK. Can serious strength training make you taller? I'm wearing the same clothes and shoes I wore 6 months ago, but now my pants are about 3/4 inch too short. Noticeably short. I've lost weight, and my measurements on my quads have not changed at all.

So could I be getting taller?

Show your work.

Thanks,

Chris

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  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    OK. Can serious strength training make you taller? I'm wearing the same clothes and shoes I wore 6 months ago, but now my pants are about 3/4 inch too short. Noticeably short. I've lost weight, and my measurements on my quads have not changed at all.

    So could I be getting taller?

    Show your work.

    Thanks,

    Chris

    Yoga can make you taller. Like magic. ;)
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    Maybe your @$$ is getting bigger. Ask your wife if you look fat in your pants and try not to die laughing doing it.
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    please dear lord i hope not.
  • NormalSaneFLGuy
    NormalSaneFLGuy Posts: 1,344 Member
    my clothes got shorter too. It's the washing machines fault.
  • BR3ANDA
    BR3ANDA Posts: 622 Member
    I dont know if pumping iron can make you taller, but I know for a fact that wearing pumps can! All kidding aside, maybe your waist is more prevalent now, so its making your pants sit above your hips, instead of on your hips.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Wearing your pants at your waist vs. below any belly you might have had would make a difference.
  • apedeb09
    apedeb09 Posts: 805 Member
    Absolutely.
  • Shizzman
    Shizzman Posts: 527 Member
    I suppose there is the possibility it could be helping you have better posture and standing taller
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,511 Member
    Perhaps your posture has improved and you are standing straighter/taller. Otherwise.....nope I got nothing else :ohwell:

    Beaten to it by above poster :laugh:
  • ali_b83
    ali_b83 Posts: 324 Member
    LMAO, because my husband swears he's gotten taller too. I'm going to go with posture improvement, but I wish lifting sprinkled fairy dust to make me taller!
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    it can make your posture better. that shouldn't affect your pants though.
  • Jindra12
    Jindra12 Posts: 256 Member
    I think your back is more straighten up than before.
  • jtslim42
    jtslim42 Posts: 240
    I hope this is true! LOL! Maybe I wouldn't have to date guys that are my height or shorter:ohwell:
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