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At Home Workout for Posture & Fitness

Try these exercises in a circuit, for 4 rounds.   This workout will focus on:- Full body movement- Opening up the shoulders and upper back- Improving your workstation posture- Using your core muscles to support your daily demands Circuit:Bum Tap Squats x 60 secondsWall Angels x 10Incline Push Up x 10Split Squat with Rotation x 10/10Quadruped Opposition x 10 each sideRepeat circuit 4 times. Have any questions about technique? Leave it in the comments below. Bum Tap Squats x 60 sec …

Top 3 Ways to De-stress

Top 3 Ways to De-Stress: Physically & Mentally Following up from a previous post, Less is more part 2, we wanted to share with you our top 3 ways to help de-stress, relax, and refocus during hectic times in your world. Let's get straight into it.  I can get very overwhelmed, anxious, irritable, and emotional when I feel like I have too much to do and not enough time.   We all deal with stress differently, so by sharing what works for…

How everyday tasks are ruining your posture

I can't help but analyze most people's posture with the way they walk, their differing shoulder heights, and what compensation patterns they exhibit.  We often think that we can't get injured unless we are being careless and that overuse injuries are for people who spend hours each week playing a specific sport or doing something highly active and repetitive.  But what about the Average Joe just doing tasks of everyday living? Let's put this into perspective.  A few weeks ago I was vacuuming our…

4 Posture Exercises To Get You Started

 4 Posture Exercises To Get You StartedWhen it comes to posture, it is important to recognize how one area of the body can effect another.  A muscular strength discrepancy in the hips can effect your shoulders.  Poor ankle mobility can effect your knees.  Stiffness in the low back can change your gait patterns, which can manifest into shoulder or elbow issues and/or knee problems.  For this reason, I like to focus on a few simple musculoskeletal areas that are most likely affecting you.…

What is Posture?

What is Posture?When we talk about posture, most of us think of sitting up straight, pulling our shoulders back, and walking with a book on top of our heads. Is this really what posture is? Well, ya … sort of. We’ve been taught from a young age to sit up tall.  Why? Because sitting up tall shows others that we are alert, attentive, and listening to what they have to say. It also makes us look leaner and physically fit.…

How does poor posture effect your training? 2 common examples

If you train with poor posture, you will enforce poor posture.Here are 2 EXAMPLES THAT I SEE ALL-TOO-OFTEN....AND IT MAKES ME CRINGE!The first one is rounded shoulders.  You may have been told that to improve your upper body posture, you need to train your back muscles and stretch your chest.  Sounds simple enough, right? The only problem is that you can still do both of these things with poor posture.  Just because you are doing a row movement in the gym, one of…