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Hello everyone!
So lately I've been trying to go from average to excellent in terms of posture.
Some while ago I came to a somewhat frustrating realization that working on too many fundamentals simultaneously is not going to get me the results I want. I have read the articles here that explicitly warn of this but alas I was too greedy - too much, too fast - so I had to learn the lesson the harder way. Oh well, life.. Now I'm focusing solely on posture while other fundamentals are on the backseat.
I think Chase mentions three weeks as the time it takes for a new habit to get cemented. Okay, me and many others here aren't such learning machines! I'd be more than happy to get to permanent results in 4-5 weeks. I'm on day 42 now and while things are looking better it's still not what I would like it to be. So, I guess my process has had a few flaws in it.
This is what I have been working on:
* bring shoulders back
* straighten up
* chest opened but not too puffed out
* head up, not looking down
and later I added to that
* not being stiff while doing the above
What I've noticed that early on there were some specific trigger-situations where would I would focus on posture. Usually when I had some extra mental energy too spare. Leaving my house, walking to the bus stop etc. By now, I almost always remember to remind myself to correct myself by now. A counter-point would be sitting at the computer and getting some work done. It sucks up almost all of the focus and the habit-building process has been much slower in that specific situation.
So it's not universal. Neither is it unconscious. And the posture goes back from great to average after the mind's eye wanders off. Hard to say, it's possible the average is better now compared to beginning.
Some questions to the wise and experienced:
* Should you feel a slight stretch in your upper chest near the shoulder when you pull your shoulders back
* Or should it feel completely natural and effortless?
* Is it more important to go through the motion of consciously improving your posture as many times as possible or doing it less but focusing on keeping the posture correct for a longer time (as it does feel a bit uncomfortable)
* If the former, then how often? 20 times per day, 100? 500?
* Or more broadly how much conscious effort should go into developing a new habit/fundamental
* How would one know whether they need to do some corrective exercises? (There seem to be loads of videos on Youtube etc.)
In brief, how do you get from yourself from the clumsy learning phase to unconscious mastery as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
Looking very much forward to hearing back from you guys!
So lately I've been trying to go from average to excellent in terms of posture.
Some while ago I came to a somewhat frustrating realization that working on too many fundamentals simultaneously is not going to get me the results I want. I have read the articles here that explicitly warn of this but alas I was too greedy - too much, too fast - so I had to learn the lesson the harder way. Oh well, life.. Now I'm focusing solely on posture while other fundamentals are on the backseat.
I think Chase mentions three weeks as the time it takes for a new habit to get cemented. Okay, me and many others here aren't such learning machines! I'd be more than happy to get to permanent results in 4-5 weeks. I'm on day 42 now and while things are looking better it's still not what I would like it to be. So, I guess my process has had a few flaws in it.
This is what I have been working on:
* bring shoulders back
* straighten up
* chest opened but not too puffed out
* head up, not looking down
and later I added to that
* not being stiff while doing the above
What I've noticed that early on there were some specific trigger-situations where would I would focus on posture. Usually when I had some extra mental energy too spare. Leaving my house, walking to the bus stop etc. By now, I almost always remember to remind myself to correct myself by now. A counter-point would be sitting at the computer and getting some work done. It sucks up almost all of the focus and the habit-building process has been much slower in that specific situation.
So it's not universal. Neither is it unconscious. And the posture goes back from great to average after the mind's eye wanders off. Hard to say, it's possible the average is better now compared to beginning.
Some questions to the wise and experienced:
* Should you feel a slight stretch in your upper chest near the shoulder when you pull your shoulders back
* Or should it feel completely natural and effortless?
* Is it more important to go through the motion of consciously improving your posture as many times as possible or doing it less but focusing on keeping the posture correct for a longer time (as it does feel a bit uncomfortable)
* If the former, then how often? 20 times per day, 100? 500?
* Or more broadly how much conscious effort should go into developing a new habit/fundamental
* How would one know whether they need to do some corrective exercises? (There seem to be loads of videos on Youtube etc.)
In brief, how do you get from yourself from the clumsy learning phase to unconscious mastery as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
Looking very much forward to hearing back from you guys!