NHR: I just realized

[mrs.jacinthe]

that I have a "typical" posture. As in, I really like to stand a certain way - apparently all the time. I just saw some photos from my volunteering this weekend (at a semi-local triathlon) and in nearly all of them, I've got my hands on my hips. For example:



I'm the adult sort of in the middle, wearing a red hat.

I'm looking back through other photos - ones taken when I wasn't aware there was a photo being taken ... and I've got my hands on my hips in nearly all of them. WTF?

Anyone else have a typical posture?

[FoxInFiji]

I bet most people do they just don't realize it.

Hey how did it go being in a kayak? Did you tip over or fall out?

[emoflamingo]

Yes lol. Usually hands on hips or, these days, hands on belly. Work it!

[TBM]

I have awkwardly long arms, and I talk with my hands, so they always bent at the elbow and usually caught in motion. Apparently, I don't stand still.lol

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jul 17, 2012 16:32:14 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

I bet most people do they just don't realize it.

Hey how did it go being in a kayak? Did you tip over or fall out?

Actually, I nearly did. I pulled up to a guy having trouble, nose first. He grabbed the front. I was talking to him and trying to get him to breathe deep (turns out a lot of our adult athletes were from MUCH lower elevations and the altitude was NOT their friend), when another athlete grabbed the side of the kayak just behind me, so I had no warning. There was a pretty dang precarious moment there before I was able to lean and counter-balance him.

Fortunately, it wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it would be, though. They gave me a sit-on-top, so I was already familiar with the type and actually had paddled that particular brand/style before.

[FoxInFiji]

Jul 17, 2012 16:52:56 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Jul 17, 2012 16:32:14 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

I bet most people do they just don't realize it.

Hey how did it go being in a kayak? Did you tip over or fall out?

Actually, I nearly did. I pulled up to a guy having trouble, nose first. He grabbed the front. I was talking to him and trying to get him to breathe deep (turns out a lot of our adult athletes were from MUCH lower elevations and the altitude was NOT their friend), when another athlete grabbed the side of the kayak just behind me, so I had no warning. There was a pretty dang precarious moment there before I was able to lean and counter-balance him.

Fortunately, it wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it would be, though. They gave me a sit-on-top, so I was already familiar with the type and actually had paddled that particular brand/style before.

Well that's good. Kayaking is fairly intuitive once you get used to it.

[mrsemilys]

I always have my knees locked. Ugh. Looks horrible in pictures. I try to talk to myself so I don't do it but inevitably I do.

[circa1978]

Not anymore, but my mom always used to joke I was a difficult birth because I was born with my hands on my hips.