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The Importance Of Back Training For Professionals
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One of the most important body parts to train if you sit at a desk all day is your back.
Hours of looking into a screen can cause exaggerated kyphosis (rounded shoulders).
Hours of looking into a screen can cause exaggerated kyphosis (rounded shoulders).
This can result in your head moving forward, thus causing you neck pain, headaches, and a hunchback over time.
From a social point of you, your body language will also be more closed off which can make you look less confident/dominant.
From a social point of you, your body language will also be more closed off which can make you look less confident/dominant.
SOLUTION
To fix this, you want to focus on strengthening your upper and mid-back via pulling and rowing exercises.
This will help balance out the front and back of your body.
To fix this, you want to focus on strengthening your upper and mid-back via pulling and rowing exercises.
This will help balance out the front and back of your body.
Exercises such as:
- Deadlifts
- Rack pulls
- Face pulls
- Rear delt flies
- Horizontal rows
Will help pull your shoulders back and correct the hunched posture.
- Deadlifts
- Rack pulls
- Face pulls
- Rear delt flies
- Horizontal rows
Will help pull your shoulders back and correct the hunched posture.
If you’re someone who struggles with this issue, I’d also recommend training your back with a 2:1 ratio to your chest.
For example:
Monday - Back
Wednesday - Chest
Friday - Back
For example:
Monday - Back
Wednesday - Chest
Friday - Back
Combined with stretching and mobility drills, this will lengthen the muscles that are pulling the shoulders in and create a much more natural, pain-free posture.
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