Do you notice that you usually experience pain in your neck, back, or trunk? Yes No
Do you find yourself sitting in awkward positions and cannot get comfortable in class? Yes No
Do you ever have a feeling of breathlessness or hard to breath? Yes No
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If you answered yes to any of these questions then maybe you have a strength imbalance or are enrolled as a full time student.
Posture is one thing that we take for granted and do very little to maintain but we suffer the effects of poor posture all the time.
By sitting in the same position all day cramming information into our brain we are sitting ducks for muscles imbalance issues. Forward heads, rounded shoulders and slouching posture are all hallmarks of poor posture.
These five exercises are not a replacement for a cardiovascular workout but a supplement to
deter the effects of student hood that are desk friendly.
Try these exercises at your desk during a study break or after a class.
Sit as tall as possible in your chair and hold this pose for 12-15 seconds. Then try to touch the ceiling with one arm and relax and then try the other arm.
Try to touch your ear to your shoulder. Make sure not to raise your shoulder to your ear, and hold this for 12 seconds. Remember to breath.
Sit up as straight as possible and try to touch your shoulder blades together behind your back. Hold this for 12 seconds.
For this exercise you need to suck in your six or eight pack like you are trying on a pair of jeans that are too tight. Or in other words suck in your belly button straight back not up. Hold this one for seconds to minutes, I dare you.
Once again sit up straight and look up to the ceiling and hold this for 12 seconds.
