develop better posture

i now put my arms behind my back if i am slouching really bad and have started to suck my tummy in a bit

I don’t even know where to start, but I wanna try. I’ve got some issues with week muscles and bad connective tissue, but I so want to do my best by myself. SO, now I try for better posture. Wish me luck!

posture is veryy importat!!
it shows confidence.

my posture is much better these days. My computer’s pretty much at the right height now, and my back muscles are a lot stronger now that I’ve been exercising. When I need to remember to stand or sit up straight, I imagine three lines going from where my neck joins my back (is there a name for that?) to my head and each of my shoulders, and imagine the lines pulled taut. That works :)

The imagining a string pulling the top of your head trick works. At first it was hard to constantly remind myself but it got easier. Now I feel unconfortable when I even think of slouching.

I’m remembering to hold my shoulders back and sit up straight, and over time it’s feeling more natural to do so.

I checked my the list of goals I gave up on today and found a few that I’d accomplished, a few that I don’t really want to do anymore, and a few that I still want to do, sometime in the future. The goal of “qualify to national championships” made me momentarily sad, but that’s all in the past now.

I can’t remember when I had bad posture, but I guess I did. I vaguely recall my mother always telling me to stop slouching and keep my shoulders back, but somewhere along the way, I guess I started listening. Now, people compliment me on my posture all the time. Apparently, it gives me a very elegant bearing. The first time someone told me that, I was so surprised because I didn’t realize that I had actually improved my posture and that it was as easy as just standing/sitting straight more often until it became natural.

I used to have appalling posture, functional scoliosis and lordosis and constant back pain. Now I don’t.

I went to a physio, they gave me some exercises to do at the gym, I did them pretty regularly for a few years. In the first few months, I got about three inches taller just by straightening out my spine!

I now do pilates to keep my back in shape and it’s great. I stand up completely straight for hours after each class! (Then I undo the good work by slumping over my computer… oops!)

Yoga’s actually pretty good for helping your posture too—I’ve had a few classes and they have a similar ‘stand up straight’ effect.

Hope that helps!

i would love to sit up straight but i just cant seem to for more than an hour :P i always forget haha

I love coming here and just seeing my goal… it reminds me to sit up staight.
Other than that… not doing so great with this one so far.