How to maintain posture while you exercise
Proper posture can help you maximize your workout results and avoid exercise injuires. Sharecare Fitness professional Wendy Batts demonstrates how you should stand when working out.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] Hi, I'm Wendy Batts, one of your expert fitness professionals on Sharecare. And I'm going to talk to you about how and why to stand
properly when working out.
It's extremely important that you maintain proper posture throughout the day and when you're working out. Maintaining ideal posture will help keep your muscles aligned
so when you're lifting, you're using the muscles that you're trying to target, which will lead to better results while decreasing your chances of injury.
So what is proper posture? You're going to want to begin with your feet about shoulder to hip width apart.
You're going to make sure that your second and third toe stays lined up with your knee at all times. From here, we want to also maintain a neutral position
in the spine. We do that by making sure you bring your belly button in towards your spine and then, also, squeeze in your glutes.
Next, we move up to the shoulders. We want to make sure that we're not too far forward or too far back. So we also want to make sure we're right in the middle.
So if I looked at you from the side, your shoulder and hip would stay lined up. If we move up to the neck, we also want to make sure that it's not too far forward or too
far back. So, once again, ears are in line with shoulders. Shoulders are in line with hips, knees, and then ankle. If you can maintain proper posture,
you will be able to lift more weight, reduce unnecessary stress being placed on your joints, and feel better after your workout is complete.
For more information on proper posture and other fitness tips, don't forget to check them out on sharecare.com. [AUDIO LOGO]
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