How to improve your sitting posture

Do you often find yourself in a slumped position, leaning on one side or cross legged whilst sitting at your desk? Do you struggle to find time to move? If yes, then doing these 4 week sitting down exercises is a great place for you to start making some changes!

Sitting Down Exercises – The Challenge

Over the next 4 weeks, we will upload a video every Monday morning, each video will contain 3 quick posture improving exercises that can be completed within 5 minutes, without leaving your desk. To get the best results, I suggest you complete the exercises 3 times a day over the next 5 days.  Doing these sitting down exercises will improve your posture fast.

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In the videos, I will show you how to make the exercises easier but as you complete the exercises over the next 5 days you may be surprised how you can now do the full version and/or last the full minute.

Equipment Needed For The Sitting Down Exercises

The only equipment you will need is a chair (ideally you want your feet to be able to comfortably touch the floor with your knees bent at 90 degree angle) and a yoga block or cushion.

Key points of the challenge –

There may be some exercises that make you feel instantly good, looser and/or taller. Make a note of these i.e. week 2 exercise 1 as after the challenge it’s a good idea to continue to do the exercises that make you instantly feel great especially as you have built in a new habit into your day. If an exercise makes you feel good then it’s a sign you are missing this movement in your daily life, so it’s important to keep doing this movement daily.

There may be exercises that don’t make you feel great or you don’t feel any difference. First of all I urge you to rewatch the video again and double check you are doing them correctly. If your symptoms feel worse then it’s a sign the exercise is not right for you at this moment in time. If the suggested modifications don’t remove your ouch then stop the exercise and move on to the next one. Be kind to your body and don’t push through an ouch. At the end of the challenge you may wish to try the exercises that didn’t agree with you to see if this has now changed.

Please remember there is a difference between an ouch symptom and a muscle working symptom i.e. cramping, burning, shaking, if you feel any of these types of sensations then it’s ok to continue with the exercise.

Are you ready for the challenge? Here is the sitting down posture challenge introduction video (remember to subscribe to get the next videos)

At Align Your Body, we help clients restore balance in their body and relieve chronic pain by improving their posture. If you would like to know more, please get in touch for a free consultation, contact us.

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