Egoscue posture exercises - anyone doing them

Yes and yes.

Luckily dont have back problems but do have a tendency to slouch so trying them out in hope may help both cycling and golf..too early to judge for sure but I would say so far so good.

Exercise 7 is a killer. Quite used to stretching but this is a new one to me. Got to admit
- I assumed (because I did not want to hear otherwise) the "hold for 60 seconds each side and repeat 5 times" is a misprint. I try for a couple of reps and am happy if can do this.
- I cheat a bit after 30s each rep and use hands to help stabilise legs. However as with all exercise, the more often I do the easier it gets and the longer I can keep hands off.

I was reassured by fact that couple of weeks after starting exercises I went to Cyclefit to get measured up properly (strongly recommended btw.) A video showed I was not bending correctly at the hips and "exercise 7" was recommended as a way to build up flexibility to help with this (which in turn helps lead to a flatter back and get your backside helping turn the pedals). Further reassurance was provided by a youngster in Team GB kit (afraid I did not recognise him) doing the very "exercise 7" while waiting to come in for a fitting after me.

cannonfodder wrote:

These sound good - do you know which Cycling Weekly it was?

Thanks

Sept 11 edition

i've been doing core stability exercises for about 2 years, after a while you do notice an improvement, but its one that seems to come out of the blue
as for back pains i can't comment as i'm only 17, i was told by my sailing physio that doing core stability exersizes would prevent them, but i do find it incredibly boring doing it

Very interesting, have just downloaded the pdf, thanks ever so much for the link.

Being a chronic back sufferer of around 5 yeas, I'll try anything!!

Am going to an Alexander technique class in 2 weeks (Have already tried sports massage, physio, Chiropractor, Osteopath, Tamars, pilates)

I see there are varying opinions on this Egoscue technique, some people saying it is twaddle, but seemingly plenty seeing benefits, inlcuding you chaps above!

I notice that Play have a related DVD for £12.99, and there is a few books on Amazon for under a tenner. I'll try the pdf, and if that seems useful I may try further media.

Cheers

Dan

Interesting - I've found both the articles (Jan & Sept ones). Will see how this goes because one thing for sure Physio has never helped, actually made things significantly worse so it can't be any worse than that.