Look around at the men slowly returning to ape state, but without the strength and muscularity. Heads jutting forward, shoulders rounding in, buttocks underdeveloped, flat weak handshakes, and flabby faces devoid of a jawline.
Men used to prepare for battle, hunting, protecting their families. Most of this is obsolete for the modern times and so men live vicariously through the battles and victories of actors on the screen, or worse, through pretending to be a hero on a game where the only muscles used are the ones in the thumbs. What a joke.
Modern men sit at computers, eat soft food that requires no chewing, watch porn instead of physically satisfying their partners, and forget to hold themselves erect with pride in their masculinity.
The result is major postural degradation that affects the breathing, nervous system, connective tissue, and confidence. Men don’t realise what it says to other men and women when they display this poor posture.
In order to prevent this devolution physically it requires men to acknowledge that physical posture is an important signal to the world about their sense of pride and capability. Allowing themselves to collapse anteriorly and be pulled down by gravity is obvious weakness. Strength is necessary to stand against the inexorable pull of physical degradation.
Stand up tall, train the back and core, open the chest, breathe deeply and be proud of the physical body. Look at these Costa Rican coffee farmers from the 19th Century, proud and strong men.
There is a lot to be learnt from their posture.
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