Fit Tip- Add Balance to your Workouts

[Nick Clark]

Adding balance exercises to your fitness program are just as important as your core strengthening exercises. Balance training strengthens the smaller muscles groups that assist prime movers (large muscle groups that perform most of the work for most movements). It also strengthens key muscular sub-systems. These sub-systems are specific muscle groups working synergistically to maintain balance in all planes of motion (forward, lateral and rotational). Picture yourself walking up a flight of stairs. Do you have to hold on to the rails? Efficient muscular subsystems work to keep you balanced. If weaker muscular subsystems are present, then chances for falling are much greater, which can lead to injury. A simple way to incorporate balance is to add functional movements. Functional movements will improve the nervous system (brain), skeletal system (bones) and the muscular system’s (muscles) ability to work together fast and efficient.

So, what’s a balance exercise? Read more HERE!

[Diane Lane]

Very interesting, thank you. I had not heard of balance training. It seems to me this type of training would improve or increase the time for seeing results...for those want to get into shape quickly. ??

Diane Lane, LMT
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