03/14/2023
This is a classic case of demonizing posture. It’s not the position that you sit in, it is the absence of movement.
We could go point by point;
1. Compressed lungs (idk what that means) and heart disease probably a result of not training your cardiovascular system, aka living a sedentary lifestyle.
2. Tight hip flexors and weak abs happen as a result of sitting too long and a lack of resistance training, aka living a sedentary lifestyle.
3. Poor circulation and muscle degeneration are both products of a lack of exercise and associated comorbidities, aka living a sedentary lifestyle.
4. Less oxygen to your brain. You know what circulates more oxygen to your brain? Your heart, when it distributes oxygenated blood throughout your body when you exercise.
5. “Strained neck” and kyphosis do not happen as a result of the way we sit. They happen BECAUSE we sit, and we sit some more without exercising and strengthening the musculature in our neck.
6. Bad back and inflexible spine- holy cow, a lot to unpack with that terrible verbiage. But again, these things happen because we don’t strengthen our backs throughout their available range of motion. A weak back that is unprepared to lift and carry objects is a bad back.
7. Weak glutes. Who has weak glutes? People who don’t train their glutes. Your glutes don’t get weak because of the posture in which you sit on them. They ARE weak because you don’t train them and you sit on them.
The cause and effect here is the lack of exercise outside of your 9 hour work day. Not the position of your body during your 9 hour work day.
It’s not HOW you sit. It’s the fact that all you do is sit!! Not you specifically reading this, but the proverbial you in this diagram I found lol.
