Correcting your poor posture will directly diminish your feelings of fatigue! How’s that for a profound statement! When you ask yourself why you are constantly rundown, it’s not a common thought to attribute it to your posture. However, it’s been proven there is a strong link between good posture and feelings of well being. Posture itself, of course, relates to your spine and in particular the excessive curvature of the upper or lower part of it. So if you resemble Mr. Burns from the Simpsons or a candy cane, you should really be paying attention right about now.
The quick and dirty on how bad posture contributes to fatigue relies on the fact that your muscles and internal organs are connected and innervated. These nerves are branching off from your spinal cord into each organ. If you compress those nerves with bad posture your performance in the gym, and in everyday life, will suffer as they will not be able to communicate correctly with the rest of your body!
Good posture is characteristic of keeping your head and shoulders pulled back while standing and being seated. A few good drills for that are as follows:
Replace your office chair or computer chair for a swiss ball: This will force you to strengthen your postural muscles and keep your head up and your shoulders back!
Use a broomstick: This is a weird drill but one of the best! Hold a broomstick horizontal, behind your butt with your arms extended down and palms facing forward. This automatically pulls your head and shoulders back into correct position, do this for 5 minutes a day- the longer the better!
