Achieving your ideal physique: From the fundamentals of standing, sitting, and walking correctly

To achieve your ideal body shape

Start with basic daily activities

To prevent our bodies from becoming crooked, what are the proper postures to learn? Here are three basic movements for "standing," "sitting," and "walking," teaching you how to master correct posture. In daily life, correct posture not only looks attractive but also doesn't burden the body. By mastering these secrets, we can cultivate a healthy and beautiful body in our daily lives.

Perfect posture

Ideal standing posture

With a stable pelvis, keep your body in a straight line, as if there is a shaft running through you.

Standing is the foundation of all movement, so what is the ideal way to stand?

When standing with your heels touching, from the side, the line from your heels to your shoulders should be a straight line. Maintain a graceful curve from your waist to your hips, and let your spine present a beautiful S-curve.

Besides hunchback, an unnaturally protruding abdomen and buttocks, and an unnatural tilt in some part of a person's body when viewed from the side, will also cause a flat-buttocked person to have a hunchback.

Shifting your weight slightly inwards towards the inside of your body helps maintain balance. Continuously shifting your weight to the outside of your body can lead to bowlegs ("O" shaped legs).

Stabilize the pelvis, stretch the back muscles, and keep the body in a straight line, as if there is an axis passing through it.

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By centering your weight on the inside of your body, you can maintain your balance.

Secondly, rock your pelvis back and forth and side to side to find the most comfortable position to stretch your spine while maintaining balance. Find the position that is easiest to balance and requires the least effort.

It's important to engage your abdominal muscles at this time to keep your pelvis stable. You need to master the "compression breathing technique" to increase abdominal pressure while maintaining balance.

Specifically, this involves engaging the muscles below the pelvis and the anal sphincter to tighten the pelvic area. This easily increases abdominal pressure, stabilizes the pelvis, and tightens the lower back.

Tightening the waist, stabilizing the pelvis, and straightening the back are achieved by tightening the buttocks inward, which in turn extends the spine upward.

Only by standing tall and straight, stabilizing the lower body and waist, can one achieve a graceful posture.

Correct posture and proper breathing can bring peace of mind.

The next testing point is the upper middle back (back of the chest). Because of the bad habit of constantly bending this area, a hunched back is easily formed. People with a tendency to hunch their backs should slightly tilt their chests back, while simultaneously pulling upwards at the base of the neck and the seventh cervical vertebra where the shoulders meet, to achieve the correct chest posture.

Yoga views the spine as the largest channel for airflow. When the chin protrudes forward, the airflow around the neck is obstructed. The airflow naturally passes through the spine, flows over the head, and then exits at the top of the head.

The chin naturally tucks in to regulate body balance.

First, tighten your lower body and pelvis. Then, work your way up your spine, through your face, head, throat, chest, and sternum, engaging your shoulders while relaxing the rest of your body. Radiate the force outwards from your pelvis. This is the secret to maintaining a graceful standing posture.

Incorrect posture compresses the chest and ribs, making breathing difficult. Avoid straining areas that shouldn't be strained, as this will slow your breathing. Natural, calm breathing promotes peace and tranquility. From the side, an "S"-shaped curve in the spine is considered ideal posture.

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Start with basic daily activities

Master the technique of supporting your body weight with your buttocks!

Leaning back in a chair, crossing your legs, sticking out your buttocks, etc. These are all postures that disrupt balance. They may look comfortable at first glance, but in fact, the force exerted by the wrong parts of the body has disrupted the body's balance.

The base of the pelvis stabilizes the body, and the balance of power is in the lower back, allowing you to maintain a graceful sitting posture without needing to exert extra force.

While seated, try moving your waist, hips, and abdomen forward, backward, left, and right. Maintain balance by placing your upper body weight directly on the chair. When you're not supporting your weight through your pelvis, your spine and lower back will be compressed, and your abdominal muscles will be strained excessively.

The chair back is a source of strain on the spine and lower back. Avoid leaning against the chair back and using your muscles to support your weight.

If you support your weight on just your hips, you won't be able to maintain good balance.

Therefore, by tightening the bottom of the pelvis and stretching the back while sitting properly, the waist and spine can be fully stretched.

Once all of this is done, the best sitting posture is the same as when standing: neck and shoulders in a straight line, without straining the rest of the body.

To maintain ideal posture, the key is to choose suitable furniture and a comfortable environment. First, the height of the chair and desk should be suitable for you; for computer users, the screen angle must be suitable.

Maintaining the ideal posture requires skill. Creating a suitable environment is also very important.

Support your weight with your hips to maintain balance.

Use your lower body, below the knees, to push off the ground!

The most important thing when walking is to push off the ground fully.

If you don't push off the ground with your feet, it's like shuffling along in the snow, and your muscles will gradually atrophy. If your shoes don't fit properly, your feet will suffer from walking in them every day.

If you don't use the muscles below the knee correctly and only rely on your thighs to walk, the strength of the muscles attached to the calf and the front of the lower leg will weaken.

When muscles tighten, they pump blood upwards. Failing to strengthen muscle contractions can lead to a decreased metabolic rate, increased fat accumulation, and swelling/balance.

The optimal way to walk is to fully utilize the muscles of your thighs and below the knees. Bear slightly more weight on the inside of your body, pushing off with your big toe, not your little toe. Extend your leg fully as you lift it, then land on your heel first.

Because it's difficult to maintain balance while completing this continuous movement, first focus on the push-off motion when walking. Once you're proficient, then practice landing on your heels first.

Climbing stairs is an excellent form of physical exercise. Engage your big toe and rhythmically tighten your calf muscles.

His confident and stylish gait looks very comfortable. Let's start practicing tomorrow!

Push off the ground fully to move forward, using your big toe, not your little toe.

Land on your heels first. Swing your arms naturally in coordination with your leg movements.

Stretch your back muscles, thighs, and below the knees.