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Posture for models: what practice can and can't change
Posture changes how you carry yourself in photos and in person. It never changes your measured height.
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How this affects your score
Posture is a small, changeable factor in our score, and only when you add the optional on-device body photo. It never adds inches: agencies measure you in person.
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What the evidence says
- Exercise programs improved forward head posture in the short term across randomized trials, but the certainty of that evidence is low.[51]
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A 5-minute daily set
Slow, controlled reps. Stop if anything hurts.
- Chin tucks: 10 slow reps, head level, lengthening the back of the neck.
- Wall angels: 10 reps, back and arms against a wall.
- Band pull-aparts or doorway rows: 2 sets of 12.
- Thoracic extension over a rolled towel: 60 seconds.
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Strength on top
- Muscle strengthening on 2 or more days a week is part of the HHS baseline for adults.[52]
Questions
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Will posture make me taller for runway?
No. Standing tall changes how your height reads in a photo, but agencies measure you barefoot, in person. Our score never counts posture as height.
This is general information, not medical advice. If something hurts, spreads or affects your mood, see a clinician.
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