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I personally think that movements look different, but not necessarily better or worse, on different bodies. Though, I do think that in general, having extra fat around the midsection (as opposed to on the hips/butt/thighs) has a tendency to hide movement and even interfere with it, though this is going to depend on the individual. At least this is the case with me. I have been slowly but steadily losing some weight during the past year and since most of my fat is around my middle and upper torso, that is where most of the loss came from. I think my hip movements show more, and they *feel* better also. for example, before, when I liften my hip, the resulting fat roll between my pelvis and ribcage would be the limiting factor in my movement range.

Obvious exceptions are cases where a person has some kind of condition that is considered abnormal and problematic. For example I have a student who has pretty severe lordosis -- deep curve in her lumbar and anteriorly tilted pelvis -- that is beyond my ability as a teacher to "fix". Her feet are also pronated -- again not an easy fix. Pretty much every move I teach does not look right on her because of her alignment problems. Basically, if your pelvis is tilted forward all your up and down hip movement disappears and moves to the back of the body and becomes a side to side butt waggle.

Since she has already been told by a doctor about the condition, I have merely tried to encourage her to go back to all those physical therapy exercises and stretches the doctor gave her and work on mitigating the problems with muscular strength. I do think she can greatly improve her condition even if she never achieves a 100% normal lumbar curve.

Sedonia