5 Ways to Have Good Posture5 Ways to Have Good Posture

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="good posture" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16814" height="426" src="http://inspiyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/good-posture.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="640" /></span></h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway !important; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.5px !important; line-height: 28px !important; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gaining good posture is one of the most underrated ways to instantly change your appearance, and in time, your health.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Standing straight and square makes you look fitter and taller (and it improves your alertness and vitality to boot). But the effects aren’t just skin deep; over time, maintaining good posture will help keep your back strong, reducing <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://inspiyr.com/surprising-causes-of-back-pain-2/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 160); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="7 Surprising Causes of Back Pain">back pain</a> and injury.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By staying active and being mindful of your form, you can convince your body that it is years younger – and your appearance will follow suit.</div><h3 style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Five Ways to Have Good Posture after the cut...</h3><div><a name='more'></a><br /></div><h5 style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Stand up</h5><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>How’s your posture right now? Are you slouching because you feel tired at the moment? You can perk up by standing up. Your blood vessels constrict during periods of inactivity, making you look and feel tired. An active, dynamic standing posture will reinvigorate you within minutes. Try lengthening your back while you stand, as if it were being lifted by a balloon tied to the back of your neck.<strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 28px;">2. Try out</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>If standing for a few minutes puts a spring back in your step, imagine how good an hour of activity might make you feel. Trying a new physical activity, especially one that requires attention to posture, will do wonders for your bearing and give you a renewed, youthful vigor as well.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some sure bets for posture improvement are martial arts, <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://inspiyr.com/health-benefits-of-yoga/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 160); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Health Benefits of Yoga">yoga</a>, rowing, and even lower impact activities like figure skating and <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://inspiyr.com/tai-chi-benefits/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 160); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="The Anti-Aging Secret Dr. Oz Recommends">tai chi</a>. With time and practice, that good posture you learned on the rowing machine will bloom into a body awareness that will keep you looking sharp outside the gym.</div><h5 style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Tone up</h5><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>Planks, sit-ups and your gym’s weight circuit can do more than just give you a killer six-pack – strengthening your core muscles will help you stay straight all day. Think of it as posture cross training. You can even get great results from basic body weight exercises like push-ups and bridging if you want to <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://inspiyr.com/how-to-get-in-shape/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 160); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="How to Get in Shape in 5 Simple Steps">get in shape</a> at home without any equipment.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="entry-author" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">by <a href="http://inspiyr.com/author/dr-moshe-lewis/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by Dr. Moshe Lewis">Dr. Moshe Lewis</a></span><span style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 20px;">|</span><span style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="entry-date" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 0px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">on June 18th, 2013</span><span style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 20px;">|</span></div></div></div>

5 Ways to Have Good Posture5 Ways to Have Good Posture

Gaining good posture is one of the most underrated ways to instantly change your appearance, and in time, your health. Standing straight and...

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