Posture · Upper back
Stand tall and breathe
Position change · Standing
- How to do it
- Stand up. Feel your feet on the floor, soften your knees and let your head float up. Breathe easily.
- Dose
- 20s
- What you should feel
- Your weight settling through your feet
- Common mistake
- Locking the knees or holding yourself stiff.
- Make it easier
- Stand for a shorter time 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
Standing up is the biggest change of position available at a desk. There's no one correct posture; the point is to move into a different one.
Routines with this move
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