More Fun Facts About Height

  As I was surfing the web I came across some interesting additional facts related to height. Some of them include:

• You grow the tallest in the first year of your life
• The taller you are it raises the risk for cancer
• Height does not have everything to do with family genes
• Being tall is good for the heart

 I did not realize that only 60-80% of height has to do with your genetics! I always looked at my
more average height family and wondered where in the world I got my height from! The website link I am posting goes into more detail about these and other facts.

     Big and Little Facts About Your Height- Everydayhealth.com

Want To Earn More Money? Be Taller...

    Apparently height has more to do with making money than most of us realize! And its not just the fact that we are noticed more. CBS News goes into detail about studies done by the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina (where I'm from) about this claim. Also, they point out in the reading how Americans are gradually becoming shorter than the rest of the world's population!
Read on and find out more about these interesting facts!

     CBS News- The Trouble With Tall People
 
     University of Florida- Workplace Rewards Tall People With Money

All Hail KG!

     Here is Part Two of favorite NBA big man highlights. Kevin Garnett soared to success, going right from high school to the NBA, but the funny thing is you could never tell that by just watching these plays that make him so memorable...

All Hail KD!

             So for fun I thought I would depart from the usual and include some footage of one of my favorite big men in the NBA.....Kevin Durant! I am a HUGE basketball fan and this man is one of my top b-ball role models. Even if you hate this guy you've gotta admit he's got some skills...

Find Long Jeans Here!

     

      Hey so I just recently bought 34 waist 36 length BKE 'Tyler' style jeans at The Buckle. They have really great styles of jeans and I couldn't believe how long they are! Being 6'10" its REALLY hard to find good pants! They were about $70 too so they are not very expensive. So go ahead! Check it out!

Tall = Live Longer

I found some interesting articles recently online about how studies have found a relationship between tall people and longer life spans. Here are a couple of articles that got me thinking:



Height Linked to Longevity- ABC News

The Claim: Tall People Live Longer- NY Times


Of course the whole topic is full of debate, the opposite side claiming that short people own this statistic, but it is still very interesting to read into.

Facts About Weight

     Okay, so my brother-in-law does fitness programs like CrossFit and is really into health foods so here is some advice I learned from him on the subject of tall guys and healthy weight:

     Tall thin guys worry way too much about gaining weight. The best way to gain weight is to grab a bag of unlimited cookies, sodas, chocolate, and potato chips. Move little as possible and play video games all day long for months on end. If you do this until you're 40 you’ll weigh more......Ok that is a joke but don’t worry about the weight in lbs or Kgs. Measure yourself by your body fat percentages.
     A healthy range for males is 6 to 20 percent of body fat. Most tall thin guys are around 6 to 12 % which is on the fit side of the spectrum. Yet they think they are way too skinny. Just forget about it.   
     If you're wanting to gain muscle mass look at the Zone Diet at www.zonediet.com. This diet targets the growth of the body by balancing the macro nutrients—fats, carbs, portions. The downside to this diet is that it only works if you’re working out regularly and consistently, and you have a lot of measuring and pre-cooking to do to make it work.
     Further, to build more muscle do few sets (2 or 3) and high reps (12 to 15) in weight training.

Website for tall men suits!!

     I am involved in the Public Relations club at school and in one of their recent meetings I attended the other day, I found out from one of the presenters that he works for a company called H.M. Cole Bespoke Clothing (Bespoke means "custom made"). His company custom fits business suits to anyone, regardless of their height or weight! All you have to do is send them your measurements and they make the suit!
     I went up and talked to him after and got some more information from him. He said that the cheapest suits start at about $350 but that they do offer students discounts because it is hard to pay that much for a suit when you are in school. I was so pumped to find out about this! They really do have awesome styles and you even can have them put in a certain color of lining for the coat and even have them sew in your name on the inside! You can make the suit look any way you want.
     Their website www.hmcole.com is now available so be sure to check it out!
     If you want to shoot the owner, Daniel McConkie, an email it is: daniel@hmcole.com.
     I will personally be looking into this more because I really need a new suit and am tired of just
wearing suits that drown me!
     Just keep this company in mind when it is time for you to get another suit to wear...

My Intro to TALLtell!

Hello Hello out there!

     So, you're probably asking: What is this blog all about? Well, let me give a little intro to myself first. The bottom line is that I am a 6'10'' guy named Adam and have experienced the normal difficulties that come with being tall ever since I was seriously like 14 years old!
     I have had frustrations about not knowing where to buy clothes and shoes that will fit. I have spent wasteful hours having to walk in and out of a lot of stores just discouraged because I saw awesome clothes that would never fit!
     I have wondered about what kind of foods I should eat and what kind of workouts would help me pack some muscle onto thin Jolly Green Giants like me.
     I have been the odd one in the room that stands head and shoulders over everyone else and you feel out of place and stared at. And, yes, you could add hitting your head in doorways and against low hanging signs and ceiling fans in front of people and feeling stupid haha!
     With this blog I want to reach out to my fellow tall people and say....YOU ARE NOT ALONE! The purpose of this blog is to not only post helpful things about clothing locations, health, fitness, or other useful information. I also want to help us feel proud about being "a little taller than normal." I hope that we can also get lots of helpful information from all you tall guys out there and even from the "more normal height" people too!
     For the quote of the week, Julia Child once said: "Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe."
     So lets spread the TALL "tells" everyone and have fun learning, sharing, and appreciating!