BREATHING AND POSTURE
A large number of body issues stem from poor postural habits.
If you sit at a desk all day with your back shaped like a banana, the local/postural muscle system crashes and the global
system needs to work harder to compensate for a lack of stability.
Over time, this can lead to body breakdown. By switching on your local/postural muscle system when training and for the
rest of the day, you will achieve better results.
When you look at yourself in the mirror, you only see part of the muscle system – the moving/
global muscles. There is another key system that’s invisible – the local/postural system – that
does the job of supporting the skeleton.
The postural system only switches on when the body
is lined up correctly. If the postural system collapses because of sloppy posture, the moving
system steps in to support the body. But because these muscles aren’t supposed to be used
for extended periods, they become tired and sore. This manifests itself as niggly aches and
makes people want to slump even more.
