Over the past 10 years I have listened to people tell me my posture was bad and I walked with slumped shoulders. The word denial works on my part as I thought I was fine – wrong! After watching other men’s upper backs I finally realize I actually was slumping forward.
I would tell people as a teen I was almost 6 feet, but now at 66 I was 5’ 10”. The wear and tear of life took some of my height away; hmmmm again wrong, and again denial…The physical problem was sitting at a desk for years, and being bent over.
What really hit or hurt me was performing squats. 250 lbs was fine, at 275 lbs my upper back would start to protest, go to 325 and then 350 and my upper back would be in pain for a few days. Something was wrong and it just was not age, and it was not osteoporosis. It was my posture and over time I let my shoulders round, and my upper back bend forward.
So yes, my realization of the posture problem has made me take conscious physical action to continually correct my bad back and correct my bent back. Sitting on an aerobic ball while performing desk work also helps my posture.
Like anything in life it looks like me must work on our postures.
