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As we go about our days at work, many of you are sitting at desks staring into computer screens….slouched and shoulders rounded towards the front. One of the major postural defects encountered most frequently in our society, where many spend countless hours in the sitting posture, kyphosis (rounding of the upper thoracic spine).
This bad position of the upper body is most often due to the hypertonic state of the muscles approximating the shoulder blades and the external rotators of the arms or the hypertonicity and pre-dominance of the development of the chest muscles in men. In weight training, focusing more on the pectorals or overtraining in bench presses can also contribute to this postural defect. With powerlifting and and heavy deadlifts it is important to avoid the rounding of the shoulders to the front as it can restrict the power of the lift.
It is important to perform postural re-balancing by practicing specific exercises to straighten the shoulders, such as the pec deck rear-delt laterals, bent over lateral raises or external arm rotations at a cable machine. Don’t forget to work those back muscles…your posture will thank you!
-Judy Mensen
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