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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…