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Proper heavy deadlifts are one of the best exercises to help posture. It's impossible to get a good amount of weight off the floor slouched over, and after a f
by twoquestions 6y ago
Proper heavy deadlifts are one of the best exercises to help posture. It's impossible to get a good amount of weight off the floor slouched over, and after a few weeks of training this movement you'll have good posture habits drilled well into your head.
...at least once this whole virus situation clears up. In the meantime, maybe farmer carries with heavy book bags or somesuch? If you're not in proper posture it will hurt, but correct form will challenge your grip strength more than your back. Planks are also wonderful for building up the strength to keep good posture.
Farmer carry demo: https://youtu.be/cBv3NcxqhPM https://youtu.be/cBv3NcxqhPM
- Noumenon72 6y agoOne form cue from deadlifts that's very helpful is to "hold the ceiling up with the top of your head" to finish. When a lot of people "stand up straight" they are pushing their sternum forward and arching their upper back. What good posture really is about is taking the force of gravity and distributing it straight down among all your joints, then resisting it with all your muscles. Your feet are pushing into the floor, your knees are pushing into the tops of your tibias. Hips, ribs, vertebra, head. When you feel the downward pressure on your skeleton it means your muscles are pulling you up. Like a circus tent pole surrounded by guy wires, you're in a perfect balance between tension and compression. I don't know if there's one weird trick for it. Ice skating helps you develop the feel.
- hluska 6y agoThis is a really excellent cue. Thank you very much!!
- andrewflnr 6y agoI think this is the same thing a karate instructor meant when she told me to imagine I'm being pulled upwards by a string attached to the top of my head. Not exactly a "one weird trick", but a very effective mental image.