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" Hi, guys! I&amp;amp;#8217;m on vacation this week, so I&amp;amp;#8217;m handing the blogging reins over to Tram and Stephanie, Glamour&amp;amp;#8217;s beauty writer-editors. Happy reading, I&amp;amp;#8217;ll be back September 4! &amp;amp;#8212;Andrea I&amp;amp;#8217;ve become one of those annoying people who lectures everyone on the benefits of good posture (October Glamour has an entire story on it). My trainer, Lisa, has been forcing me to do all kinds of grueling &amp;amp;#8220;core&amp;amp;#8221; exercises to improve my stance. (I&amp;amp;#8217;d love to meet the parents of whoever invented The Plank just to ask if he or she was the type to pull wings off insects.) The fact is, if you sit at a computer all day like I do, you&amp;amp;#8217;ve probably got lousy posture too. What helped: a Harbinger Core Balance Trainer (it costs about $20). Set this three-inch-high squishy PVC &amp;amp;#8220;pillow&amp;amp;#8221; on top of your chair to stabilize your middle muscles, align your spine and sit up straight (even though exec beauty editor Mary MacLean told me it looks like I&amp;amp;#8217;m sitting on a whoopee cushion). I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been using mine for a month, haven&amp;amp;#8217;t taken a nosedive into my keyboard yet and I&amp;amp;#8217;m definitely standing a little taller. &amp;amp;#8212;Tram Knightley: Bauer-Griffin.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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