How good posture can change your figure

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

More depends on correct posture than you think. It is she who determines how your figure looks from the side. Many are faced with the same problem: they strongly arch their back, thereby protruding the stomach and making it visually larger. Below we will explain why this is happening and how to get rid of it.

Recently on Reddit I came across which cannot figure out what it is doing wrong. He trains, eats right, but he gets the feeling that his stomach is only growing and his back is weakening. He described his diet, training program and parameters, and also threw off some photos of his belly in a relaxed and tense state. Take a look at them:

In a tense state, even the press is visible. But you can't walk 24/7 with tight abs. The trouble is that when you relax, your stomach sticks out strongly. The reason for this became clear when the guy showed pictures from the side:

Due to the fact that the muscles of the back, abs and buttocks are disproportionately developed, a strong deflection appears. In English, there is even a special term for this posture, which translates as "the posture of a pregnant woman."

Many people face this problem, including myself. Stand in front of a mirror and look at the arch in your back and your belly. If the deflection is strong, and the stomach protrudes, then this problem has also affected you. But it's not so difficult to solve it:

The main thing is to learn how to walk and stand correctly. Train in front of a mirror: the shoulders should be pulled back a little, the head is looking forward, the back creates a straight line.
Exercise your abs, especially the plank. Prolonged static load strengthens the abdominal muscles.
Do lunges. They stretch and load the quads and hips.
Do pelvic raises while lying down to strengthen your lumbar spine.
Make sure to stretch your lumbar spine. For this, the cat pose and the yoga camel pose are good.

These tips were provided by other Reddit users, but I confirm their relevance. It is really possible to achieve the correct posture and gait with a ten-minute set of exercises, and it is definitely worth it.