getting a better posture

[musculargirl]

I just read an article on yahoo how sitting all day can affect your posture. I sit all day and to top it off i may be sitting more with another job that i have. I really like those standing home made computers that some people have made, i'm not getting anything like that anytime soon though. I know losing weight, pilates, and not slouching while sitting should help?? I'm guessing there. What exercises are also good for posture. I might try pilates in the future but i want to lose some weight before i do.

[musculargirl]

I was looking on line and they do have some workstations you can buy for standing. It's something i would really might consider in the future. I've seen some that are built with treadmills that go slowly. I wonder how hard it is to work with a treadmill moving. I'm just wondering out loud here, or i guess in word format really. Not seriously considering buying one, right now. Just want to get people's input.

[musculargirl]

Thanks i hadn't heard of them before. I work out of the home so i won't look to funny sitting on one of those. I seriously might consider doing something for the future. I also read that standing you burn 60 calories more versus sitting. Or something like that i may be getting the actual number mixed up.

For my weight loss contest they have some kind of thing to try out pilates. I am so intimidated to try it out at my weight though. I would like to try it though sometime in the furture. It looks like something i may like.

[Boss Man]

I can't think why standing up would burn 60 more calories versus sitting down. In what timeframe would this be?

[musculargirl]

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/menshea ... do-all-day

it says in the article you burn 60 calories an hour standing verus sitting. Yahoo i don't think of as reliable news media though so who knows if that is accurate.

[Boss Man]

That makes some semblence of sense, although it appears to be advocating their theories over exercise, or that's how I interpreted it.

I alos didn't like those sneaky advertisement inserts that look like video play buttons. Not cool.

[topshape]

Try to stand up as much as possible. We spend over 80% of our time sitting. Move your car seat straight up. Change your office chair (if you work at a office) to a pilates ball chair that will make you sit straight up. Work on your back muscles - because we active our front side muscles through our everyday tasks focus on exercising your back muscles as much as possible. These are just a few tips in how you can change your posture.

[Athene]

Pilates is really great for posture - I bought those Windsor Pilates tapes from an infomercial 10 years ago and used them on and off for about 2 years - it made a huge difference.

If you want to find some rehabilitative exercises to do at work or at home, you can also go to mobilitywod.com - it's a free daily mobility/stretching exercise blog.

[suzyaraneta]

Hello to everyone,

I'm a newbie here and I need advise from real experts. I've been working as a virtual assistant for almost a year now and I'm worried of having a slouch posture which can affect my approach to people and my self confidence. It's been almost a year and I'm only sitting for about 8 hours in 5 days of the week when I'm in the office. What would be the best exercise that I can work on for me to have a good posture.


Suzy Araneta

[Boss Man]

There is growing evidence that the best posture is not actually a straight upright seated posture, but more a back slant. Supposedly this is more beneficial to the back and may create the ideal conditions that vertebrae like, from what I remember reading a while back.

This explains more

Posture study

[Trish0102]

Since you are sitting all day, why not exercise during your free time off from work. Try to stand up also once in a while during work.