Comments on: 30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: aaron http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-59064 aaron Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:32:37 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-59064 with all of the calls to improve our posture it is easy to forget what holds us out of posture. over development (shortening) of specific musculature while weakening of others leads us to fight our own muscle length just to sit or stand up straight. massage therapy and physical therapy among others can help us to lengthen the shortened musculature while strengthening the others. siting/standing tall was never so easy as after I had my shortened pecs and abs stretched and my weakened erectors and rhomboids activated by exercise. with all of the calls to improve our posture it is easy to forget what holds us out of posture. over development (shortening) of specific musculature while weakening of others leads us to fight our own muscle length just to sit or stand up straight. massage therapy and physical therapy among others can help us to lengthen the shortened musculature while strengthening the others. siting/standing tall was never so easy as after I had my shortened pecs and abs stretched and my weakened erectors and rhomboids activated by exercise.

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]]> By: Amity http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-42130 Amity Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:10:25 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-42130 thanks guys, this is helpful. thanks guys, this is helpful.

]]> By: Command a Room Like a Man | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-39105 Command a Room Like a Man | The Art of Manliness Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:14:40 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-39105 [...] of us were born with Shaq-like height. Don’t sweat it. Just work with what you got. Work on improving your posture. When you enter a room, don’t walk in with shoulders slouched and your head facing down like [...] [...] of us were born with Shaq-like height. Don’t sweat it. Just work with what you got. Work on improving your posture. When you enter a room, don’t walk in with shoulders slouched and your head facing down like [...]

]]> By: 30 Days to a Better Man Wrap-Up | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-34647 30 Days to a Better Man Wrap-Up | The Art of Manliness Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:18:11 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-34647 [...] Day 22: Improve Your Posture [...] [...] Day 22: Improve Your Posture [...]

]]> By: Fitness Blogger » Blog Archive » 30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture | The Art of … http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-34392 Fitness Blogger » Blog Archive » 30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture | The Art of … Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:49:05 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-34392 [...] Brett & Kate McKay wrote an interesting post today on30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture | The Art of <b>…</b>Here’s a quick excerpt [...] [...] Brett & Kate McKay wrote an interesting post today on30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture | The Art of <b>…</b>Here’s a quick excerpt [...]

]]> By: Tess http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33942 Tess Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:12:52 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33942 @ Jesvin "I personally would call a girl with an upright posture a tomboy." You obviously don't know many true ladies. I don't know about you, but I never saw Jackie Kennedy, Grace Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Michelle Obama, or any other real ladies with anything less than impeccable posture and poise. Upright posture shows that, no matter your gender, you are confident, self-assured, and proud. Correct posture isn't just for men, it's for everyone who wants to be their best. @ Jesvin
“I personally would call a girl with an upright posture a tomboy.”

You obviously don’t know many true ladies. I don’t know about you, but I never saw Jackie Kennedy, Grace Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Michelle Obama, or any other real ladies with anything less than impeccable posture and poise. Upright posture shows that, no matter your gender, you are confident, self-assured, and proud. Correct posture isn’t just for men, it’s for everyone who wants to be their best.

]]> By: Dennis http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33774 Dennis Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:49:40 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33774 My dad taught me a trick for developing good posture years ago. Either standing or sitting, raise your arms out to the side and straight up over your head until your fingers touch. Then lower your arms to your sides, not moving anything but your arms. Now you're in proper posture. My dad taught me a trick for developing good posture years ago. Either standing or sitting, raise your arms out to the side and straight up over your head until your fingers touch. Then lower your arms to your sides, not moving anything but your arms. Now you’re in proper posture.

]]> By: A software engineer http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33695 A software engineer Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:18:19 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33695 Pro tip for good posture, paraphrased from Robert Cohen's /Acting One/: In your mind, locate your nipples. Go three inches (7.5cm) straight down from them and find the nearest rib. Imagine a pair of hooks suspended from some wire, pulling up and away from your body at a 45-degree angle. Now you're sitting/standing up perfectly straight. See? Works like a charm for me. Took until my blow-off class senior year of college to finally get some advice on standing up straight that actually works! Cheers Pro tip for good posture, paraphrased from Robert Cohen’s /Acting One/:

In your mind, locate your nipples. Go three inches (7.5cm) straight down from them and find the nearest rib. Imagine a pair of hooks suspended from some wire, pulling up and away from your body at a 45-degree angle. Now you’re sitting/standing up perfectly straight.

See?

Works like a charm for me. Took until my blow-off class senior year of college to finally get some advice on standing up straight that actually works!

Cheers

]]> By: Shaun http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33655 Shaun Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:06:20 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33655 Damn, now I have to re-adjust my monitor height..I'm about 5 inches taller than I was a minute a go :) Damn, now I have to re-adjust my monitor height..I’m about 5 inches taller than I was a minute a go :)

]]> By: » 30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33524 » 30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:23:19 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33524 [...] Here is the original:  30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture [...] [...] Here is the original:  30 Days to a Better Man Day 22: Improve Your Posture [...]

]]> By: mike http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33455 mike Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:18:36 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33455 this is a good article, but it is inadequate in dealing with the problem. your posture is determined by unconscious processes, and cant be fixed by thinking about it and correcting yourself. this works for a few moments, but as soon as you stop thinking about it, your posture returns to whatever it was initially. if you are thinking about it constantly, you can make some improvements, but this is a very inefficient method. if you look at young children, their posture is perfect. they just hold themselves naturally, because they haven't learnt bad habits or wrong posture. bad posture is often a result of a lifetime of bad habits. shy people stare at the ground all the time, until their bodies get used to having the head bowed. if you work too much on developing your pectorals, and not enough on your back, it will pull your shoulders together. if you want to correct your this, you would do it through relaxing your pectorals or building up your back muscles. workouts that concentrate on one muscle group can leave us asymmetrical- too many sit ups will shorten our abs, pulling our heads down, because we haven't balanced this exercise with developing our back muscles. i guess this is a long winded way of pointing out that the best way to correct posture is not just by telling ourselves to sit up straight. we need to relax over-tensed muscles, develop our bodies symmetrically, and help our bodies to do the right thing automatically. techniques like the alexander method are pretty good at this, and the best thing ive ever discovered on the subject is by a guy called Rob Brinded. he made a pretty interesting program designed to improve guys body language to make them more attractive, and i would highly recommend it. its called code of the natural. this is a good article, but it is inadequate in dealing with the problem. your posture is determined by unconscious processes, and cant be fixed by thinking about it and correcting yourself. this works for a few moments, but as soon as you stop thinking about it, your posture returns to whatever it was initially. if you are thinking about it constantly, you can make some improvements, but this is a very inefficient method. if you look at young children, their posture is perfect. they just hold themselves naturally, because they haven’t learnt bad habits or wrong posture.
bad posture is often a result of a lifetime of bad habits. shy people stare at the ground all the time, until their bodies get used to having the head bowed. if you work too much on developing your pectorals, and not enough on your back, it will pull your shoulders together. if you want to correct your this, you would do it through relaxing your pectorals or building up your back muscles. workouts that concentrate on one muscle group can leave us asymmetrical- too many sit ups will shorten our abs, pulling our heads down, because we haven’t balanced this exercise with developing our back muscles.
i guess this is a long winded way of pointing out that the best way to correct posture is not just by telling ourselves to sit up straight. we need to relax over-tensed muscles, develop our bodies symmetrically, and help our bodies to do the right thing automatically. techniques like the alexander method are pretty good at this, and the best thing ive ever discovered on the subject is by a guy called Rob Brinded. he made a pretty interesting program designed to improve guys body language to make them more attractive, and i would highly recommend it. its called code of the natural.

]]> By: Jack http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33448 Jack Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:22:41 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33448 I've always struggled with posture. I would always end up in a lot of discomfort if not pain when practicing good posture. I have (had? It doesn't go away right?) a minor case of scoliosis, I wonder if that has something to do with it. For a while my mom (and I'm not even sure if this really works) used duct tape to try to force good posture on my by having me put my shoulders back and place a long horizontal piece of tape across my shoulders. Didn't work : / I’ve always struggled with posture. I would always end up in a lot of discomfort if not pain when practicing good posture. I have (had? It doesn’t go away right?) a minor case of scoliosis, I wonder if that has something to do with it.

For a while my mom (and I’m not even sure if this really works) used duct tape to try to force good posture on my by having me put my shoulders back and place a long horizontal piece of tape across my shoulders. Didn’t work : /

]]> By: Beat Attitude http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/21/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-22-improve-your-posture/comment-page-1/#comment-33443 Beat Attitude Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:48:56 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3613#comment-33443 suck it in, guys :) suck it in, guys :)

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