People become shorter when they are past a certain age (it's said starting around 40). Should we have reason to believe that life-long swimmers shrink less due to frequent stretching and horizontal positions? Or, are you taller than you would have been had you not been swimming? Wonder if there has been any study on this.
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I don't think swimming makes you taller.
Really muscular swimmers with broad shoulders and big backs tend to hunch over and have poor posture. That alone can create the appearance of being slightly less than your ideal height.
I don't think swimming makes you taller.
Really muscular swimmers with broad shoulders and big backs tend to hunch over and have poor posture. That alone can create the appearance of being slightly less than your ideal height.
