The greatest lie ever told is that adding exercise will ensure your body will never hurt again.<\/p>\n
Yes, a smart training plan\u00a0can go a long way towards preventing injury and feeling great. But your hard work in the gym can be reversed if you don\u2019t take care of yourself outside the weight room. This where you posture can do more damage than you realize.<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s anything I\u2019ve heard over and over again, it\u2019s that\u00a0most people are\u00a0constantly feeling achy. And the reason is obvious: you spend a lot<\/em>\u00a0more time outside the gym than in.\u00a0Whether you’re on your feet or chained to a\u00a0desk, the reality is life can be a pain in the back. Literally.<\/p>\n You\u00a0spend the majority of your non-training time in one of three positions: standing, sitting, and lying. The goal is to minimize unnecessary muscle activity and imbalanced stress across your joints.<\/p>\n The following guidelines are meant to help put your body in a more efficient position and help you fix your posture without extra time in the gym.<\/p>\n The Correct Position Checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n Common Flaws<\/strong><\/p>\n Quick Fix<\/strong><\/p>\n Perform three quick, small jumps. (Yes, it might look a little funny at a dinner party, so have a good story ready and waiting.)<\/p>\n The jumping should help align your feet and reestablish your balance, which will snap your body back into preferred and ideal posture.<\/p>\n The Correct Position Checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n Common Flaws<\/strong><\/p>\n Quick Fix<\/strong><\/p>\n Place both feet on the floor, raise your arms overhead, and then pull your arms down and drive your elbows down and back. (Image you\u2019re performing a chinup). The arms overhead will help lengthen your spine, and pulling your shoulders back should help open up your chest and prevent the hunched-over desk syndrome.<\/p>\n The Correct Position<\/strong><\/p>\n Common Flaws<\/strong><\/p>\n Quick Fix<\/strong><\/p>\n For a week, try going to sleep on your side with a pillow squeezed between your legs. You\u2019ll train your body to sleep in the correct position, and by improving your sleep quality the new position should become second nature.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to note that while some postures are more desirable than others, the best posture is a changing posture.<\/p>\n In other words, you don\u2019t want to be stuck in the same position for hours on end. That means you should stand up and move a little at least once every hour.<\/p>\n Your body naturally adapts to the positions it spends the most time in. Regularly breaking these cycles with movement and stretching can help ensure you don\u2019t structurally or functionally adapt to a position that is going to limit your performance or set you up for injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The simple fixes you can make to end the pain \u00a0you feel when you stand, sit, or are even lying down. The greatest lie ever told is that adding exercise will ensure your body will never hurt again. Yes, a smart training plan\u00a0can go a long way towards preventing injury and feeling great. But your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[574,575,576,577,578,579,580],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness","tag-back-pain","tag-neck-pain","tag-pain-relief","tag-pain-when-sitting","tag-pain-when-sleeping","tag-pain-when-standing","tag-posture","bf-level-all-levels"],"yoast_head":"\nLess Pain When Standing<\/h2>\n
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The Posture Mindset<\/h2>\n