If you look like a hiccuping turtle doing the backstroke on silks, or you’re 25 but look 1005 in your trapeze video, friend – you have an Aerial Posture Problem. What’s up with that? What is aerial posture? Does it matter beyond aesthetics? Are you destined to resemble a spasming tortoise forever? Let’s point our nipples skyward and find out.
Proper Aerial Posture 101
When we’re not hanging from our arms, you get an A+ if you:
- Press your shoulders down away from your ears – you want a neck like a swan, not Beatrice the Sharp-Toothed Buzzard.
- Now, think of broadening your collar bones, as opposed to allowing the shoulders to round forward.
- Lift your chin, and lightly tilt your chest up. Let your charms (or pecs) point skywards! (Well, not that much, but “When in doubt, boobies out!”).
- You might hear me cue for: broadening the collar bones, opening the chest, casting your nipples to the sky, tits up, proud chest, look for Jason Momoa on the horizon, etc.
The effect should be elegant and expansive! Again, this is when we’re not hanging by our arms; if you ARE hanging with arms extended overhead, you’re looking to elevate and rotate.
Why Posture Matters
- A graceful carriage is lovely to look at! Just by dropping your shoulders an inch or opening your chest, you could go from drabulous to fabulous in 3 seconds! Werk.
- If you’re rounding forward and looking at the floor, people are going to think you dropped money. Lift.
- Good posture is more efficient. Efficiency = more energy to spend on rockin’ out with your bad self!
So, while you don’t need to climb with a book on your head (though I’ll give you mad props if you do), you will want to cultivate lovely lines in the chest and neck. Video can be super helpful here. So, make like Emily Post, grab a couple of cucumber sandwiches, and get crackin’ on that posture! Making the world more beautiful, one back, chest, and neck at a time. Love and pull-ups, Laura
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