Hi all,
I have always had bad posture, but now that I am transitioning I realize how gendered my slouching posture was. I consciously try to maintain better posture, but I have heard that there are exercises to build the muscles that hold you in a more feminine position (shoulders back, chest forward, etc). Does anyone have any resources for workouts and exercises that build those muscles?
Thanks so much!
i had this problem too, honestly what I did about it, was I generally take a 3 mile walk every day, and I just made a conscious effort to stand up straight during the entire walk. It was really, really hard and kinda painful, but after a couple days my spine just sort of went 'okay, this is a thing, we should probably start having better posture now'.
Eugh that's a horrible explanation... but basically, if you force yourself to have good posture every possible moment, your body should just generally begin to correct itself and build those muscles. I mean, there are specific exercises for that too, but I've sort of found that they aren't really needed.
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