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Balance Training

Posted Aug 26 2008 4:12pm

Balance is defined as the ability to sustain your equilibrium (not fall over) when you're either stationary or moving.



To maintain balance, you depend on three types of sensory information. The position of your head is perceived by an apparatus in your inner ear. The position of your body is perceived by the visual input of your eyes, which tells you about your environment, and the sensors in your skin, muscles, joints and tendons, which "sense" the position of all of your body's parts in space (proprioception). When you close your eyes and lift your arm, and you know which way your hand is turned, that's proprioception; it's that internal sense of where you are in space.



Balance exercises, such as the Kneeling Swiss Lateral Raise, demonstrated by my client, Alan , develop both balance and proprioception. In addition, this particular exercise trains your groin muscles (adductors) to work in combination with your core stabilizers while building shoulder strength.



Exercises such as the Kneeling Swiss Lateral Raise are fun and challenging. And, according to Alan, they make for interesting conversation outside the gym.

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