How To Instantly Improve Your Posture

We all know that for better or worse, people form opinions of us before they actually get to know us, before we even say a word. That is why fashion and fitness have become multi billion dollar industries. But I think the thing that gets the least amount of money and least amount of attention, your posture actually has the biggest impact on how people perceive you. How confident you are, how attractive you are, how much of a leader you look like. So my goal with this video is to make the ultimate posture video for you. I picked the three most common postural issues that most people have, and I'm going to talk about what causes them. The first one I want to talk about is the forward head. And I'm exaggerating here, but to some extent, we all have this in the technology age we live in because we're on our phones and our computers and that's what causes the problem. You look down when you text or you try to get closer to the screen and your head is out of alignment. Your head should just rest on your neck. It should just sit on the vertebrae effortlessly. But by pulling it out, you create dozens of pounds of. You'll notice, wow, I'm standing up straighter immediately as soon as you do it. The third thing that I see as a common postural issue is called anterior pelvic tilt, also known as duck butt. And I suffered from this as well. It is where your hips, instead of being parallel to the ground like this, they tilt like that and your butt sticks out. And this is an issue because your spine is all connected to your pelvis. So if your pelvis is out of whack, every vertebrae is not where it's supposed to be. You're creating pressure, you're going to pinch nerves. It leads to health issues, bowel issues, back pain, neck pain. It can really create a ton of turmoil up the chain. It's caused by two things, tight hip flexors and weak glutes. And this mostly comes from sitting. So a really great cure for this is to try not to sit. Get a standing desk. If you have to sit, get up every hour or so and just take a quick walk around like we talked about in the productivity video. Makes you more productive anyway, so it's a good win win. If you do have this tilt, you'll know because if you look in the mirror, your belt won't sit perfectly parallel to the ground. It'll tilt forward. So the forward of your belt will be low and the back of your belt will be high and it creates a weird pot belly and your butt sticks out it's not good, doesn't look good. It's bad for your health. So how do you fix it? Get into a lunge and stretch your hip flexors. Put one knee on the ground and your other foot up so that your legs are forming right angles. And then just lean into the stretch. You'll feel it right away. If you want to intensify it, lean away from the hip flexor that you're trying to stretch, but these hurt. And don't push it because you can tear it just nice and easy. Set a timer for a minute, lean into it, and you'll again, you'll feel it when you're doing it correctly. And then the second thing to strengthen your glutes is called bird dogs. This I'm definitely going to have to demonstrate because it's kind of hard to explain without a visual, so go easy on me in the comments. But this is what a bird dog looks like. And you start with your hands and knees on the ground like you're forming a tabletop. Your torso is parallel to the ground. Then you lift one arm up in front of you using the scapula muscles, the muscles between your shoulder blades. And at the same time, you lift your leg up using only your glutes. Don't arch your back or use your low back in this. Keep your core tight. Lift your leg with your glutes, and lift your hand with the scapula muscles. It's very tiring. Again, it's deceptively difficult, but you will immediately feel it. You'll feel stronger the next day. And if you do this every day, you. You will very, very quickly have strong glutes, a strong back, and better posture. So those are the three horsemen, if you want to call it, of bad posture. It is forward head posture, a hunchback, and anterior pelvic tilt. That's what causes it, the stretches to loosen what's too tight and how to strengthen what is too weak. And if you do this every day for just five to 10 minutes, you will noticeably have better posture and you will see a reaction from other people that you like. So that's how to have a better first. 10 seconds of a first impression. That's not all that a first impression is, unfortunately. You do at some point have to talk when you're meeting people. So Charlie shot a video which has the four emotions that guarantee an amazing first impression. The order you put them in and why most people screw that order up and why that butchers their first impression. If you want to check out that video, you can click this link here. I'll also include a link in the description. And if you want more videos like this, we do one every Monday and every Thursday. You can click the subscribe button and then the little bell and you'll get notified whenever we release them. Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next video myself Doing the exercise against the wall, but I will try it so you start by putting your arms at a 45 degree angle like this, like you're making a snow angel, but against the wall. And then you raise them up. They're parallel to the ground. Create right angles with your arms and then press above your head. Now, it sounds simple, but there's a couple things to focus on. First, you want to have perfect posture before you start, which means heels against the wall, butt against the wall, back against the wall, back of your head against the wall. That's going to be really hard. If you have that forward head posture, don't cheat and tilt back, just put it as far as you can. If you can't get it perfectly flat against the wall, that's okay. And then during the wall angel movement, you want to make sure that you keep your elbows against the wall and your back, your hands against the wall the whole time. This is going to be very tough. If you're doing this right, you are going to be sweating, you're going to be shaking. You're going to be surprised at how deceptively difficult this is.