Routine good for posture?#1208

Hi,

I’m a 20 year old female. I have really bad posture and I think I have rounded shoulders and forward head posture. I don’t really work out but I saw that strength training can fix your posture, but can also make it worse if it’s not balanced. I came across this routine to find a bodyweight routine that works out all the major muscle groups. Is this routine enough or do I need to have something more specific?

Hey M A :)

the routine in itself will definitely help a lot as it targets well really all the essentially mobility/strength aspects you’d need it to!

Keep in mind that posture is mostly a force of habit thing though, and that slouching etc. isn’t inherently a bad thing, as long as you’re not permanently stuck in that posture! Keeping thingy dynamic is the best way to go :)

Here’s an additional video from Hampton about posture

Oh and of course, just ask otherwise! I’ll be here to help

That’s great thank you. How would I add the wall slides to the routine? Would they be alright to add on each time or would that be overdoing it? Also (slightly unrelated), I can’t squat with my heels touching the ground. Hampton has a video addressing this which basically says to do elevated calf raises and practice squatting whilst holding on to stuff. I recently downloaded the app and it looks like the squat progressions start with assisted squats anyway so if I did the routine would I eventually be able to squat with my heels on the ground or do I need to address it first before starting with the app. Thanks so much for your help :))

They’d frankly be fine to do each day - if you notice that you end up sore from them though, just tone it down a bit! Maybe 3-4x a week to start to err on the safe side :)

Regarding the squat thing, you can absolutely already start with the app while still working on it! If your joints hurt if your heels come off the floor then just don’t go all the way down for now, and if they don’t hurt, then just let em come up and go all the way down! That way you’d still work your muscles through the full range of motion and you’d still separately be working on your mobility after all :)

There may be something else at play too which is hip mobility, see this here: https://support.hybridcalisthenics.com/1143

If you got questions, I’m here!