balancing a book on your head

my physical therapist told me to try it. i can't tell if it is just working because my skull is bumpy though

ha!

how much of a weirdo will i look like if i do it at work?

bell labs i think i have told u this before but do pushups seriously, afterwards u will feel tuff instead of prissy! this can only be a good thing psychologically & posturelogically both

i have been doing a routine of stuff but i feel like pushups would put to much stress on my neck, which is why i am trying to correct my posture in the first place

THE BOOK IS STILL ON MY HEAD
like 5 minutes

dman it fell

it is a GRE vocabulary word book
hello failed ambitions

remember, you can't spell failure without an "i"

so true.

LOLs
I don't know why but I love this thread

taking a sip of wine while balancing a book on your head is very hard.

oh god the liquor stores closed an hour ago. I really slept in today.

deeznuts i have been doing "corner stretches" instead of pushups but my upper arm strength is fine.

i still haven't mastered sipping drink and book on head

i dunno what corner stretches are, but it sounds like we got different issues - my tension is located in the upper back, & pushups seem to stretch & strengthen that area perfectly, which is not to say i dont still frequently need to pop it

i havent had neck problems so i dunno what theyre like but i would imagine that if i had them i would just rotate & shift my neck a helluva lot, although i guess i get the balancing book thing too (tensing & strengthening the appropriate muscles)

it's about posture and alignment apparently, for me. and also getting other muscles to chill out. the balancing is supposed to teach my spine what it needs to do to be a normal spine.

and the book thing is what most girls did as teenagers? whatever. i will teach myself their coltish, straight-spined ways.

i dunno about anyone else but i would eagerly participate in a live ilx book-balancing honor system showdown, someone set a date & time plz

Underneath these swaying locks, skull like a barn roof. So unless there's a better way to improve your posture within the comfort of your own home, my slouch is permanent. All you flat headers can find an island somewhere where you can have your straight spined utopia with ice cream and fun. I'll be fine here.

maybe i should this try cuz i have some serious neck/posture issues: it is a vicious circle of bad posture=sore neck (oh, and carrying a shitload of heavy pasta plates on one arm 5 nights a week) but actually trying to correct it really hurts so posture just worsens.

i've been thinking that maybe back strengthening exercises (maybe combined with stomach-muscle-strengthening exercises) might help a lot.

but i'm pretty lazy.

once you get this deportment matter sorted out you will be ilx's loveliest debutante, bell_labs<3.

FOR THE COMPETITION
i would be
awesmome until it came to the drinking or taking the subway conpetition
kept awake by donuts and/or soy ice cream'
but i would try very hard, i have a competitiveness streak
k!

<3 estala for l4fe

"i've been thinking that maybe back strengthening exercises (maybe combined with stomach-muscle-strengthening exercises) might help a lot."

^^ PUSHUPS!!! with some crunches thrown in

these are prob the two most basic, simple exercises known to man & they work wonders. ask herschel walker!

whoa this is intense!
I tried it with http://mitpress.mit.edu/images/products/books/0262062666-f30.jpg
I did not go to architecture school, so it fell off.

ya i am srs about the book balancing competition if anyone wants to arrange it, bell labs will likely kick my ass but whatever i can take it

how about tomorrow 8pm EST

i will be on comp tuning into wfmu who wants a piece

deeznuts otm about push-ups and crunching

upper back exercises pull yer shoulders back and hence are superlative

okay i might actually try this.

what about lower back? i have this tender spot just above my tailbone and my whole lower back aches on a pretty constant basis, bending over really hurts. will pushups help this too?

jesus sometimes i feel like i'm 78 not 28

I had two books for about ten minutes. Felt good.

Ruby go to an osteo, that sounds dodgy.

What do you do if your back is over-arched? ie I dont slump so much as have too much of a sway back, so when I stand for more than about half an hour the base of my back starts to seize up... fucking makes going to see bands absolute hell and I'm so sick of it ;_;

Sit ups maybe?

(I should point out that I have pretty major issues with misaligned hips and legs and am knock kneed and am meant to wear orthotics in my shoes and never do so maybe posting all this on ilx is pointless lol oh well anyway)

RR you should swim - v. good for lower back

lol at bunch of msg board posters complaining about bad backs

So much is solved by lengthening the spine/supporting the torso and letting the shoulders fall down and back, instead of hunching or raising them. It gives you a very open & forward ribcage, though, and girls often learn/are taught not to stand confidently because they get a rack early, feel self-conscious, want to avoid attention, want to avoid confrontation, and so on. Suxors.

aw poor girls and their racks, try living with a penis

try balancing a book with your penis, even

getting a rack early was definitely not my problem lol

i had trouble getting a rack early.

is everyone still up for a bookbalancer competition? how about 6'oclock ET tonight?

pushups aren't hard on your neck.

i'm doing this! i am using isaac asimov's "the complete robot", which seems appropriate somehow.

i hope all you people are using hardcover books, otherwise you are filthy cheaters and not proper ladies at that

yeah we need to use somewhat equivalent books in terms of size...how many pages is the complete robot & is it hardcover or soft?

i wish i could do this at work without people thinking i am weird. i did it whlie watching tv last night and i think it's helping a little.

we need to standardize book size -- everyone go out and steal a gideon bible. it's for spinal health.

wonder if it would hamper my gta playing.

bell labs basically has to be in on this for it to mean anything, when do you get off work?

i was planning on using this 'major british writers vol II' book i have, its hardcover & 880 pages, is that overkill?

687 pages, softcover - but to make up for its softcoverness the jacket is very SLICK!!!

i don't know when i get off work tonight probably 6-7ish? and i'm going out afterwards possibly so i dunno.

we can do an exhibition tonight i guess so if you dont make it, no big deal, & that will give the rest of us some solid experience

i really dont think softcover should be allowed btw

^^ every new york conversation ever

xpost bah

i just realised i've been doing this with a level head but usual slumped back/shoulders :/

Look, I have slight scoliosis and I can keep a book on my head for ages, walking randomly around the house, making cups of tea, going up and down stairs, any activity really except for sitting in front of a keyboard...so I don't think it's great for posture necessarily.

Hand, wait, have you ever seen me do this? If we still want to play this I could probably do at least 10 straight minutes. Mah books - 2008 page-per-day leatherbound diary or the larger The Audacity of Hope h/c.

There are no books within reach so I am balancing the STALKER game box on my head. The problem is that I can't touch type very well so I keep having to look down at the keyboard.

stuffonmyILXor.com

BOOKBALANCERS CLUB 2K8 - ITS GO TIME

time to stop being polite & start getting real folks

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2474270530_8b31cc817b_m.jpg
My head hurtz.

This is intense.

Is that Anthony E?

No, it's a book called New York 1960.

haha i have "new york 1900" but it's soft cover

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/2475011142_a2178e4dbd.jpg
i think i am still leaning too forward/jutting my chin out.

ugh my posture is awful this is going to take a lot of work