Top 6 Exercises to Counter Sitting
Prolonged sitting can take a toll on the body, especially when you don’t properly stretch or take care of it. Your shoulders can hold a lot of tension, causing your neck and back to become stiff and ache. If you have to sit for long periods for a living, we highly recommend using these specific exercises to counter those effects. These types of drills target the neck, T-spine, upper back, and hips. These have a big time focus on posterior chain activation.
Here are our top 6 anti-sitting exercises:
1️⃣ Chin-tuck (standing or quadruped)
2️⃣ Quadruped extension-rotation.
3️⃣ Face-pull or pull-aparts
4️⃣ Glute bridge
5️⃣ Hinge to block
6️⃣ Reverse lunge
Each one of these exercises have progressions and regressions so you can choose the ones that work best for your body. We strongly encourage you to make these types of drills the meat and potatoes of your overall exercise program and do them often. Choose the one’s that feel best to you and add them into your routine.
Always remember, motion is lotion. We encourage you to Move Well, Live Well™.
If you’re interested in moving, feeling and/or performing better, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We’d be happy to help.