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Balance and Stability Training. Often over-looked in fitness goals, balance and stability play a key component in our daily activities. This component of fitness is usually categorized as skill related, when in reality it should be approached as a health component. No bodily movement can be performed successfully without efficient spinal stability and leg balance. Every step we take forward or up and down the stairs, every running stride, every attempt to sit down or stand up, calls for a sense of balance. Balance is the maintenance of equilibrium during movements. All movements and bodily actions move in multiple planes of motion, calling for a transfer of body weight primarily in the lower extremities. It is important to incorporate exercises that challenge spinal stability and balance into your routines on a regular basis. |
How To Perform Balance And Stability Exercises.
To be safe, you should seek the assistance of a fitness professional if you have complications regarding balance or
spinal stability. Quite often, the first step is to work with a medically licensed physical therapist. After which, the help of
a personal trainer who is well versed in techniques regarding stability should be the next step.
Methods of incorporating balance and stability may include the following:
- Performing basic exercises such as a dumbbell bicep curl on one leg.
- The use proprioceptive tools such as stability balls, core boards, and aeromats.
Almost any basic exercise that can be performed on a bench, seat, or on two legs can also be performed in a
proprioceptive environment with a few simple adjustments. Increasing the weight you use is only one method of
elevating the intensity at which you exercise. Using the same amount of load and switching to a proprioceptive method
of training, is a more efficient way of increasing your intensity. This helps to improve the activities of the tendons, as
well as the signals that are sent from the brain to the working muscles.
Remember this, the muscles themselves are only as efficient as the tendons that connect them to the bones, and the
central nervous system from which they receive their commands.
