lol! somewhere in all the books I own, I have a book written in the 70/80s? by a woman who lost a bunch of weight and went into fitness and 1 of the things in her exercise reps was hanging w/ her hands wrapped around a towel (to hold onto) hung from some sort of support so her body could hang "dead weight" (door, open stairway) for a few min count! she said it helped decompress the spine!and it makes you stretch taller!! lol