Remember you are trying to set the stage for healthy habits - not further stress your body with rapid, extreme and unsustainable change.
The hand further from your body grips the bar in an overhand grip, while the closer hand grips the bar underhanded.
Invest in an ergonomic chair to further protect your body from the strain and stress of sitting in a chair for many hours at a time.
Because you're holding the bar further from your body, your thumbs serve as fulcrums more when bending the steel than in the double overhand grip, requiring stronger thumb muscles.
Once you've begun to wind down and are close to bedtime, having a set ritual will further cues your body that it's time to go to bed.
If you feel pain while stretching, stop immediately or at the very least reduce the intensity of the stretch - pushing yourself to stretch further than your body feels comfortable with will only do more harm than good.
Why not take this even further and help your body cope with any extreme temperature Earth can throw at it by going for a jog on another planet?
If others see your distress, they may push further, so watch your body language and don't slouch.
The ball should be further out from your body than for a push.
