Posture is everything. Your body has to obey the laws of physics,
and as such, the forces acting on your body position can alter and
permanently deform your posture if left unchecked. Look around and you
see it everywhere. Heads slumped forward, shoulders rounded and
internally rotated, lumbar spines flexed forward, and hips tucked
beneath us in a retroversion. Then, these same people make committment
to improving their health and fitness by starting a strength training
program, and hurt themselves. And even if they happen to escape injury
immediately, their training performance and progress is thwarted by the
inability to create a stable foundation underneath their exercises. So
ultimately, your posture will determine you risk of injury, training
progress, and exercise performance.
So if you are one
of the many people around you who have poor standing and seated posture,
here is some corrective exercises you can starting incorporating in
your training. This video focuses on head, shoulder, and thoracic
mobility. You need to bring the head up and back, drop the shoulders
down and back, and extend the rib cage upward, while stretching the
front of your shoulders and chest, and strengthening your upper back. A
big part of this whole equation is preventing forward internal rotation
of the shoulder in its socket. Enjoy the video and get started with
corrective exercises.
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Great article. You and the Doc have really taught me that posture is key. Thoracic mobility and "gluteal amnesia" were my biggest problems.
ReplyDeleteI bought the book you guys recommended and it helped me immensely. Here is the authors website.