Best Ten Exercise for healthy living

1. Skipping/Basketball: One of the popular exercises to increase height. Jumping increases blood supply as well as exerts addtional pressure on the long bones of the body to grow in length and mass

2. Vertical Hanging: Hanging is one of the simple but most powerful exercises to increase height. It extends the cartilages in the vertebrae and make them grow, which ultimately leads to extension of the spine

3. Vertical Bend: Standing with your legs slightly apart, bend down and try to touch the floor. This will flex your spine and enable it to grow in length. Initially, try to touch the floor and gradually, try to place your palm completely on the floor without bending your knees

4. Cobra Pose: Lie down flat on the floor with your chest facing down. Keeping your upper body still, lift your upper body and try to stretch as much as possible(like a cobra). Hold for 15-20 seconds. This is a very powerful exercise to stretch the upper body

5. Standing Vertical Stretch: Standing vertically on your toes, lift your body with arms facing up. Try to stretch your body as high as possible. Stretch for 30 to 60 seconds. Another powerful to stretch the spine. This exercise also increases blood flow to the lower body

6. Lying two way stretch: Lying flat on the floor with your chest facing up, keep both your arms resting on the floor straight above your head. Slowly stretch the arms, and at the same time stretch your legs as far as possible. Hold for 20-30 seconds. Repeat for 3-4 sets

7. Standing Side Bend: Standing vertically on your feet kept flat on the floor, slowly bend your body sideways and stretch as fat as your can. Hold for 15 seconds. Then repeat with the other side of the body.

8. Leg Kick: A very innovative and powerful exercise to increase the length of your lower body. Standing vertically on the floor, kick your lower legs vigorously (don't move your thighs) This will work on the cartilage in your knees, enabling it to grow in mass. This is a popular exercise followed by chinese/Japanese martial art fighters

9. Ankle Weights: Another exercise for lengthening the lower body. Works by tying weights to the anke which stretches the knee cartilages to increase height

10. Inversion Table: This is the ultimate height increase exercise for increasing the length of the upper body as well as the lower body. You need to hang upside down from a exercise equipment known as the "Inversion Table". This exercise will simultaneously stretch both the upper and lower body regions, viz, Knees, vertebrae and thighs at the same time.

The above exercises, when done properly would give you a assured increase in height. And, these can give even better results when combined with protein supplements or HGH(Human growth hormone) supplements. Hope this hub is helpful to you