Sit Strong: Everyday exercises to stretch and strengthen your posture - Hardcover

Griffey, Harriet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784881449 ISBN 13: 9781784881443

Verlag: Hardie Grant Books (UK), 2018

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Our modern lives mean that most of us spend too long sitting, whether at our desks, watching TV, or travelling. Sit Strong highlights how everyone can strengthen their body and improve their flexibility to specifically counteract the risk of long hours spent sitting. The book is divided into body areas – Head & Neck, Upper Back & Shoulders, Arms, Lower Back & Bottom, Legs, and Full Body Exercises. Former nurse Harriet Griffey explains 50 practical step-by-step exercises that you can easily do at home, at work, or even on your commute – and concludes with a chapter on specialist help, which focuses on when and to whom you can turn for help.

This book will give you the knowledge and guidance to walk tall, stand straight, and sit strong.

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Harriet Griffey is a journalist and writer who writes extensively across the globe. She has published eighteen books, her most recent being: 'I Want to be Confident' and 'I Want to be Happy'.

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Our bodies are built for movement, but our modern lives mean that we spend much of our time in sedentary occupations, whether that s at our desks, commuting long distances by car or even just at home watching the television. Back aches, migraines, RSI and even digestion problems can all be caused or aggravated by long hours spent sitting. In Sit Strong, Harriet Griffey shows you what you can do to strengthen your body and improve flexibility to help counter the very real health risks caused by excessive sitting. Divided into five main areas head and neck; shoulders and upper back; arms; lower back and bottom; and legs each section provides a series of gentle, movement-based exercises, designed to target areas that can be badly affected. Illustrated throughout, these exercises can be easily combined and incorporated into a personalised routine and fitness plan. With advice on specialist help and alternative ways to stretch and strengthen, Sit Strong gives you everything you need to improve your overall health, posture and core strength. Start today and feel better immediately.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hardie Grant Books (UK)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1784881449
• ISBN 13: 9781784881443
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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