Why Americans Are Obsessed with Poor Posture

Re:Why Americans Are Obsessed with Poor Posture by vanjajaja1 on Sunday November 24, 2024 @08:56PM (#42232482)

i lifted weights to attempt to fix postural issues that i noticed in my 20s. it made things worse

the issue was that i lifted weights to make big number go up, instead of using weights as a support tool to explore muscles in the body

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Re:Why Americans Are Obsessed with Poor Posture by crazygringo on Sunday November 24, 2024 @09:15PM (#42232592)

Yup, the same happened to me.

The additional strength didn't do anything to fix my posture. It just let me hold my bad posture for even longer, until another muscle would fail.

You need things like Alexander Technique to retrain how you hold and use your body. And things like myofascial release to undo all the new tension you created from all the lifting with bad posture.

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Re:Why Americans Are Obsessed with Poor Posture by vanjajaja1 on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @08:31PM (#42313659)

yep this is exactly what is saving me, and its taking a while. how long did it take you to “complete” the AT/myofascial work?

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