Wall Exercise to Look 15 Lbs Thinner

Posture Correction Also Relieves Pain

The good news is that walkers can eliminate bad posture with a simple exercise and with attention to what good walking posture feels like. Perform this three times a day, it can be done anywhere there is a wall.

• Stand next to a wall with your heels touching the wall and knees straight.
• Make buttocks touch the wall.
• Make shoulders touch the wall - do not flatten them fully against the wall, but square them and have them touch the wall at one level.
• Make the back of your head, with chin level, touch the wall.
• Hold this posture for a minute.
• Raise your hand and tuck it between the wall and the small of your back. If there is lots of space it shows that you have lordosis (too much S-curve). You want to work on reducing that by flexing you lower abdominal muscles to draw the small of your back closer to the wall.
• Now step away from the wall and try to maintain this posture while walking around.
• Repeat this three times a day. This is the posture you should try to develop for walking.

Another way to check this posture is to think of a string attached at the top of your head drawing you upright. Straighten up your body as if you are hanging from that string.

To work on reducing the space at the small of the back, get a foam ball, such as a Nerf ball, and place it there to squeeze back against.

Look Like a Winner

The long, upright body this exercise gives you will make you look pounds thinner, more confident, and develop the right body mechanics for relieving lower back pain and walking easier. I can't promise it will lead to promotions, compliments on your appearance, and walking medals, but it is worth a try to look and feel great.

Next page > Loosen the Shoulders > Page 1, 2, 3

• Part 1: Posture Problems
• Part 2: Stretch to be Thin
• Part 3: Loosen Shoulders

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• Is Your Walking Style Helping or Hurting You?
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• Back Exercises

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