How to walk like an athlete

Regency ball scenes, books on heads, ram-rod straight backs and mechanical movements… history has given deportment a bad name. (Deportment is the fancy word for posture!)

In our contemporary world, the smoothest soft skills often make us stand out from the competitive crowd.

How we present ourselves is crucial, and deportment is at the very heart of it.

While classic female deportment focuses on elegant movement, sitting perfectly and walking with some model-like qualities (think Catherine, The Princess of Wales), male deportment can be trickier to define.

Good posture for men should incorporate good poise, a natural stance, an underlying sophistication and an overall sense of ease.

How to brisk walk correctly

And it isn’t as hard as it sounds.

Standing

Your feet should be a natural distance apart. If they are too close together, your balance will suffer, and if they are too far apart, you will look like a nightclub bouncer.

We don’t want that!

Talking of protection, hands can be lightly clasped gently in front of you, but it’s best to bend your elbows and lift them nearer waist height slightly,

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