Posture · Hips · Legs
Stand and shift
Position change · Standing
- How to do it
- Stand up. Shift your weight slowly from one foot to the other, letting your hips and shoulders move with it.
- Dose
- 30s
- What you should feel
- Your weight moving through your feet and hips
- Common mistake
- Locking your knees and standing rigidly still.
- Make it easier
- Stand with a hand on the desk.
- Avoid this movement if
- You cannot stand safely.
Stop this movement if it causes sharp or worsening pain, numbness, weakness or dizziness.
Why it's here
Changing position is the point of a movement break. Standing and shifting is the smallest version of that which still counts.
Routines with this move
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