Erika Gina
I’ve lost count of how many parents have asked me this after class: “Will martial arts help my kid grow taller?” It’s a fair question—especially when you’ve got an 11-year-old launching into Taekwondo kicks five days a week and wondering if they’ll end up 6’2”. Here’s the thing: martial arts is intense. It builds strength, …
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard this one in gyms, forums, and even from teenage cousins after a few rounds of TikTok fitness trends: “If I do burpees every day, will I get taller?” Now, I get it. In the U.S., we’ve got this strange obsession with being taller—whether it’s sports, dating, …
You know what I hear a lot? “Isn’t 19 too late to grow taller?” And honestly, I used to think the same. I figured by the time you hit college, your height was basically stamped in. But the deeper I dug into the science—and yeah, my own frustrations with late growth spurts—the more I realized …
I’ve always found it kind of funny how often height comes up in random conversations—like it’s some quiet yardstick people carry in their heads. You’d be surprised how many times I’ve heard, “How tall is average, anyway?” as if there’s some global truth everyone just missed in high school health class. The answer? Well, it’s …
There was a time—college basketball camp, maybe sophomore year—when a teammate and I swore we were taller before breakfast. I remember it clearly: we’d measure against a doorframe before the morning drills, then again after five hours of drills, sprints, and sweat. And every single time? We were shorter by a sliver. Now, at the …
I didn’t grow up obsessed with my height. I wasn’t tracking inches or measuring myself against door frames. But once I hit 20 and realized I wasn’t going to magically “sprout” a few more centimeters overnight, something shifted. It wasn’t insecurity exactly — more like a quiet itch in the back of my mind. Like, …
You’ve probably looked in the mirror at some point and thought, “Well… I guess I got Mom’s height.” Or maybe it’s your dad’s side—every uncle barely scraping 5’6”—and you’re wondering if that’s just it. The ceiling. But here’s what no one really told me when I was a teenager constantly checking my height with a …
I’ll be honest—when I first heard someone say, “Just do the Cobra stretch to get taller,” I half-laughed. But then I paused. Not because I believed it—but because I remembered all the times I felt taller after a good stretch. That’s the nuance here. In the U.S., especially, there’s this quiet obsession with squeezing out …
I’ve spent more than a decade diving deep into nutrition and human growth—sometimes obsessively, honestly—and the thing I’ve learned? It’s not just about genes. Not entirely. What we eat, especially during those awkward in-between years (you know—childhood through late teens), can shift the curve. Height doesn’t just “happen.” It builds in stages—childhood, puberty, and early …
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stood in the cold aisle of a pharmacy, scanning bottle after bottle of kids’ supplements, trying to find something they’ll actually take without a battle. If you’ve ever tried to convince a five-year-old to swallow a chalky tablet or choke down a syrup that tastes like melted …