How To Literally Force Your Bones To Grow Taller (Even after 18)

Summary

The video claims that adults may be able to increase their height by applying repeated mechanical stress to bones, drawing on Wolff’s law and adaptive remodeling. It proposes four approaches:

• Growth plates and hormones: The video says growth plates usually close around ages 18–20 and suggests that lowering estrogen and increasing testosterone could keep them open longer. It recommends avoiding soy, exercising—especially sprinting and skipping—and eating protein- and zinc-rich foods.
• Cycling and adaptive remodeling: It recommends cycling daily with a gradually raised seat to stretch the legs, arguing that this could encourage bones to adapt and lengthen.
• “Maasai jumps”: It suggests doing three sets of 30 jumps daily, claiming that tiny shinbone fractures could lead to longer bones.
• Nutrition and sunlight: It recommends daily sunlight and foods such as meat, dairy, nuts, black raisins, and avocados, citing vitamin D, protein, calcium, iron, and boron as relevant to bone health.

Important health context

These height-growth claims are not established medical advice. Once growth plates have closed, exercise, diet, or hormone manipulation cannot make the long bones grow longer. Repeated jumping intended to cause fractures can cause serious injury, and hormones should not be altered without a clinician’s guidance. A bike seat should be adjusted for safe, comfortable riding—not to force a leg stretch.

Presenters and Sources Mentioned

• Presenter: Not identified by name in the subtitles; the video is from Zolven.
• Sources or examples cited: Wolff’s law, Deon Larret, the Netherlands, the Maasai (also rendered as “Masai” in the subtitles), and giraffes.