Better Posture Workouts

Dr Eric Goodman, Peter Park and LiveStrong are helping America achieve better posture while working out with a series of postural correction exercises.

In the first of a series of instructional, introductory videos on LiveStrong.com, a health, fitness and lifestyle website created by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the pair demonstrate part of what they call “Foundation Training”, setting a the base for a new, powerful way of moving.

When working with athletes, Goodman and Park spend the first 2 months strengthening muscles in the back, neck, shoulders and hips without using any weights. Only once the athlete has mastered the correct movement will they progress with the training.

“The exercises we begin with focus on strengthening the joints that initiate most of our body movements, and we keep a lot of our attention on the muscles responsible for extending the spine and externally rotating the hips and shoulders,” they say on Shine. “In keeping these muscles powerful we are able to quickly see changes in daily posture. As a rule of thumb, the stronger your extension muscles are, the better you are going to feel.”

The above video is a very brief beginning to the training and should be repeated 4 times daily.

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