Sandtrap wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:02 am
Reminds me of that “Charlie Brown” comic strip where he calls it his “posture of low self esteem”. Looks kyphotic.
A PT gave me this comic strip 10 years ago and it’s still on my office door.
DW reminds me, stand up straight. I say I can’t, I have no “self esteem”!(silly)
*Actionably and on topic:
Would stepping on a low step stool work for assisted pull-ups for “ExerCise”????
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Love the Charlie Brown quote. I remember one where Linus says, "I'm not fat. I just have a husky stomach."
I'll leave it to the pull-up/push-up experts to answer your specific question. I'll just add what the basic approach is to fixing posture. These are common trouble areas:
1.
Forward Head Posture (FHP) - caused by bending over smart phones and computers all day. Or by low self-esteem where you're walking around with your head down.
Did you know that the human head is heavy in terms of weight? It needs to be supported properly by the neck/spine. When it's constantly lowered, it drags the whole body down.
2.
Anterior Pelvic Tilt (APT) - excessive swayback. The stomach can protrude even though you're not fat, so this may be what Linus was talking about.
3.
Hunched Shoulders - self-explanatory
All three can come about from excessive sitting. Sitting results in weak abs and glutes which are core muscles involved in good posture.
The remediation approach is to figure out which muscle area is the problem then find exercises that target that area.
Many of the exercises you hear fitness gurus talking about are both for full-body toning and for improving posture so it's not like one has to do a super-specialized routine. There's a history of back problems in my family, so for many years I've done a routine that targets the back. The routine wasn't designed for me but rather was an exercise sheet for someone else handed out by a physical therapist. I'd share the name of the exercises, but none of the exercises were named on the sheet. One that I've since found with a name is the Bridge.
The Bridge is an exercise in many fitness routines and is considered excellent for strengthening the core.
https://www.sweat.com/blogs/fitness/bridge-exercises
None of this is a recommendation for you specifically but simply gives an idea of how one might approach tweaking their posture and improving overall fitness at the same time.
Also, I'd add that many exercises recommended today are the same as exercises recommended in previous decades, but they've added the
safety measure of bent knees. I'm not sure if this is to protect the back, knees or some other part of the body, but push-ups and sit-ups come to mind. I understand it's safer to do both of those exercises with bent knees, but that's something the fitness experts on this thread can help you with or you can answer through your own research.