Health and Human Performance e-Newsletter
- Happy Mother's Day
- Posture-Pedic Part I
Happy Mother's Day
Mothers work hard. Period. With a health, fitness, and wellness theme, mothers deserve a stress-free day (wellness), filled with good meals that are cooked by other family members or individually cooked as it is therapeutic for some (health), and some me-time with perhaps a walk, jog, spin, yoga, pilates, or weight training (fitness).
Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mothers!
Posture-Pedic Part I
Moms always say, "sit up straight!"
I have started a posture series on Twitter, but everyone on this list gets a taste of the series as well.
Posture is an important part of your daily lives. So, act to improve it or to maintain its freshness. First up in the posture series is walking backwards. Walking backwards serves a purpose of "killing" your quads yet somewhat stretching out your hamstrings. It's a substitute to walking forward if someone has a vertebral disc problem, which is ultimately exacerbated when leaning forward. Lastly, it is also a tuner of coordination, balance, and strength.
Walking backwards is obviously walking forwards in reverse. Duh! But, several muscles that are mostly strengthened in forward walking (i.e., calves, glutes) are gently stretched in backward walking and vice versa.
Carefully, try it on the treadmill at a comfortable pace. Rev it up outdoors on an open track!
Be fit,
Derek
www.teempt.com
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