Why makes the breasts go saggy in the first place?It's Springtime! Time to think about preparing for summer fitness goals. Last month I talked about how important it is, especially for the guys, to eliminate health mysteries by getting every test you can; and by doing so, you can know the best course of action to orient your fitness activities. This month it's the ladies' turn.
This past week I did a 2-Session Posture Makeover introductory package for a lady. In just two sessions of Reposturing, her bust line lifted a full inch-and-a-half. If you've ever had any Reposturing done by any of our Certified Practitioners , you know that this kind of results happen much of the time. What's remarkable for this lady is the fact that it happened so quickly, even without the exercises I usually recommend. So, what makes the bust line go saggy in the first place, and how can you prevent or reverse it?
According to statistics quoted in a recent article in Hilary Magazine , the most popular reason women get implants is, "enlargement of breasts in patients who have less breast tissue than desired". What I have discovered in my practice at The Vitality Center is, the body uses fat-and-water in the breasts and upper arms as a front-to-back weight-balance system. If the shoulders are rolled forward, the breasts go lower and either get smaller, or get larger and hang more pendulously. At the same time, a woman may develop more upper-arm fat, to balance the weight of the body on it's own mid-line. This is your body naturally following Newton's Third Law: Every action has an equal and opposite re-action.
So how can we use the laws of nature to help restore the natural height and (perhaps) the natural fullness to your bust line? It's a three-pronged approach:
Strengthen your upper-back muscles (rhomboids and trapezius) to be so strong that they ultimately hold the shoulder-blades so far back that they almost touch the spine.
Stretch your chest and shoulders (pectoralis major, minor and anterior deltoids), so that having your shoulders way-back is effortless for you.
Strengthen your lower-back muscles into the upright position, so being upright is easy and normal, all the time.
The exercise of the month is one of my favorites for exactly this purpose. Although not shown, you can even do this in a chair, from a seated position. The video-clip shows me and my crew doing a set of 8 repetitions in each direction. You can access the exercise for free on the web site, or you can download it for just $3.99 from the Shop page. Here is my guide for how you can approach getting results that really count in just 21 days: If you are:
Interested-- Do 2 sets of 8-10 repetitions twice per day, for a total of up to 40 reps per day.
Motivated-- Do 2 sets of 20-30 repetitions twice or three times per day, for up to 180 reps per day.
Ambitious-- Make it 3 sets of 30+ repetitions three or more times per day, for at least 270 reps per day.
Win* a free Posture Makeover Package worth up to $1,000! Do this exercise of the month. Share your before and after electronic photos with us (upper-body, front and side views) along with your name, phone, email address, and 100-200 words about what having great posture will mean for you. Deadline for all completed entries is April 25, 2007. Our committee will choose the best entry and you'll be notified by phone, and your story featured in next month's Vitality Newsletter.
*Some restrictions apply. For details, see http://www.myvsi.org/index.php?page=posture-makeover-package-qualifications or call the Vitality Center at (650) 347-4565
