The Future of Good Posture: UpRight Go Review

Presentation is everything. Our overall persona can be damaged by a simple mess up in bad posture. The new wearable technology device, Upright Posture Trainer is designed to correct your posture. To function properly, the Upright wearable is put discreetly on the skin of your back and under your clothes. The moment you slouch, the device lightly vibrates to condition you away from the bad habit. From an UpRight Go review, the only escape from the irritable vibration is to maintain an upright posture.

The device is about 4.25’ long, 1.5’ wide, and 1’ thick. The product is of silicone rubber material and can be used up to 10 days a single charge. Upright is also connected to your iOS or Android smartphone app, with individual training plan for gradual change.

The wearable device is ultimately inspired by BF Skinner’s operant conditioning theory, in the belief that behavior can be changed through sequences of actions and consequences. From an UpRight Go review, the strict reinforcements in Upright’s gentle vibration delivers a cue to help you remember to sit up.

Barbara Corcoran is best recognized as a Shark tank investor and businesswoman. She has met a lot of Entrepreneurs and can explain what specifically turns her off. “There’s some basic things that I think mothers use to teach. I’m not sure who’s teaching them anymore. You’ve got to have good posture. Underestimated. When I see someone walk on the “Shark Tank” set and they’re hunched over, I interpret that, rightly or wrongly, that they lack confidence”. In being an advocate for the perfect first impression, Barbara explains the significance of good posture. “Good posture. First impression. Looking someone straight in the eye. Creates trust. Some politicians are very practiced at looking someone in the eye, and yet they still can’t be trusted. But if someone’s not looking you in the eye, believe me, you’re not trusting them. You don’t even sometimes even register, it’s just an intuitive thing. “Hm, I wonder what this guy or gal is up to?”

Entrepreneurs are hard workers by nature but fail to neglect the simple cues to making a good first impression. Subconsciously, our looks do make a factor in the workplace. A strong image of a leader influences confidence in the workplace. Good posture defined by Harvard Health is to keep your chin paralleled to the floor, with your shoulders even, spine neutral, in natural position, and arms at your sides with straight, even elbows. Hips are also enforced to be even, creating it very difficult to obtain proper posture. Seeing that it’s more comfortable to slouch, many fall into the category of health damage, poor physical outlook, and more. Upright posture is capable of gradually fixing the habit of slouching.

How you pick to represent yourself will ultimately reflect on people’s opinions of you after, whether or not it’s true or false. There are two more benefits on maintaining a good posture:

Increased Productivity

Approximately more than 13% of startup entrepreneurs fail to produce decent work due to common postural distortion patterns. The cause of poor posture results in blood vessel and nerve constriction, back pain and discomfort, and ongoing problems with your muscles, discs, and joints. The effects forces entrepreneurs to lose a minimum of 6 hours a week from work. The most common symptoms experienced are headaches, back pain, and a loss in concentration. Lost productive time from common pain conditions result in an estimated loss of $61.2 billion per year. 76.6% of the lost productive time was justified by the pain. By maintaining proper posture, this can all be avoided.

Influence Motivation

To look good is to feel good. Confidence is grown heavily when in good health. As Barbara Corcoran explained, when someone is hunched over, the immediate assumption is that they lack confidence. When your nonverbal cues are executed confidently, you look more trustworthy. Confidence is the ultimate motivation.

Product Review

Overall, the product was a joy to try. Set up was relatively easy and was a true “plug and play” experience.

Upon opening the box, I initially became nervous as soon as I saw the charging cables. I thought to myself, “ugh, another product to charge” but after settling and opening the incredible high quality packaging, I noticed that the product was ready to use. Before beginning the UpRight Go review, first, you have to download the app. You can find the app by searching for “UpRight Go” on your app store. Downloading the app was as simple as… downloading an app? Relatively simple. Quick download and an even faster set up option.

Upon loading, you are met with an option to sign up or sign in. Add the appropriate information as expected, and you’re all set! Setting up the app is easy as well. Just read the screens and follow the instructions. The interesting part comes in when you have to add the device onto your back. I read this and thought to myself, “this is going to be annoying!”, but it wasn’t at all. I placed the product into my right hand and placed it as best as I could in the middle of my back. (spine region) I can say that when I first wore the product, I felt like an intergalactic alien with a device sticking out of my body, but after moving around and using it for several hours, it was a joy to have and a great product to maintain good posture.

I completed initial training and even completed overtime. I then began to work and maybe my thoughts on my posture aren’t as bad as I once that. For me, I sit about 10 hours a day and although that can be challenging, I only set the device off four times in the first day. All in which were purposefully set up by myself. I wanted to see the vibration. I wore the device for a total of five straight days, each day for 9 hours. I can say in full confidence that each day I wore the device, I was cognizant of my posture and wanted to make sure that I was sitting up in a healthy manner. Although this is a huge pro for the UpRight Go team, I do not see myself using this product on a routine basis. Great posture is important to my daily life, but from the UpRight Go review, it’s not important enough to get a tool like this.