If You’re Sitting Down, Get Up & Do This Exercise!
Published: Sat, 08/24/13
Recently I attended a Jerry Seinfeld stand up comedy
show here in Tampa and he joked that in today's society
all we do is move from seat to seat.
show here in Tampa and he joked that in today's society
all we do is move from seat to seat.
We wake up and sit in our breakfast seat. We drive
to work in our car seat to sit in our office seat. Then
it's back home to our dinner seat and ultimately the
couch seat, or if we have plans for the evening we'll
be lucky enough to sit in a "show seat".
Okay maybe it's not quite that bad, but we do sit a lot
putting our bodies in a constant state of flexion which
leads to chronic back pain.
The number one exercise you can do to alleviate an ache
back is called a standing back extension. To perform
simply stand up and place your hands on your top of
your pelvis.
Next arch backwards and return back to standing. With
each repetition try to go further and further. Your feet
should be about hip width apart.
to work in our car seat to sit in our office seat. Then
it's back home to our dinner seat and ultimately the
couch seat, or if we have plans for the evening we'll
be lucky enough to sit in a "show seat".
Okay maybe it's not quite that bad, but we do sit a lot
putting our bodies in a constant state of flexion which
leads to chronic back pain.
The number one exercise you can do to alleviate an ache
back is called a standing back extension. To perform
simply stand up and place your hands on your top of
your pelvis.
Next arch backwards and return back to standing. With
each repetition try to go further and further. Your feet
should be about hip width apart.
This exercise has been shown to be beneficial for 95%
of the people with back pain.
Quick Fix: Do this back extension exercise 3-4 times
per day for 5 repetitions whenever your back feels tight
or sore. Your back should feel loser and better.
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Personally I've been dealing with chronic back pain on
and off for over two decades. If you're in the same boat
you'll be excited to hear that Rick Kaselj and I put together
Keep training hard,
Mike Westerdal
CriticalBench.com