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If you're planning on engaging in postural muscle strength activities in an effort to improve your posture, you should probably understand what you're trying to achieve. If all it took to improve your posture was exercise, why do so many people at the gym have bad posture?

I know, I know, not everyone at the gym is in good shape. Still, check out the people that are of average height and weight with average muscle tone. Shouldn't they have decent posture? It certainly makes sense that someone who sits at a computer all day and never exercises might develop bad posture, but how is it possible to work out and still not change your posture?

Typically, the exercises that people choose are not postural muscle strength activities, they are just activities. If rolling your shoulders forward and slouching are causing your problem, why would you hop on an exercise bike and slump over the handles? You are still maintaining the bad posture even while you exercise!

What about running? Running doesn't necessarily cause you to have bad posture, but there isn't a lot of back strengthening going on during this activity.

If you're going to set out to improve your back and your posture, choose postural muscle strength activities that actually work your postural muscles. Swimming certainly can increase back strength. Have you seen the big latismus dorsi muscles on olympic swimmers?

When heading to the gym, realize that working the front of your body really means that you are not working the back. Work on your back muscles twice as much (at least) as you work your front. Many people (mostly men) like to be able to look in the mirror and see their big chest muscles and big bicep muscles. There's certainly nothing wrong with that as long as you're not sacrificing your back muscles for the sake of your front.

This really just means that if you want the big chest and arms, you're going to have to put in more work on your back muscles. The goal is to have good posture and thus be free of pain and look your best! In order to do this, you're going to have to give your postural muscles a fighting chance by strengthening them as often as possible.

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