Training on a balance board is a lot like riding a bike. When you were young, operating a bicycle may have seemed like an unconquerable challenge of balance and coordination. Yet, within a relatively short time, you’d mastered the skill. … Read more
Balance is critical to development. From the time a baby lifts its head, the ability to coordinate and balance movement becomes a key life skill. As children grow, that ability becomes more crucial. Yet, the proper training of balance has … Read more
After decades of being ignored, Balance Board training has finally started to receive the attention it deserves as a key component of a rounded fitness program. One result has been that a large number of retailers have jumped on the … Read more
The benefits of balance board exercises are well established. It will improve sports performance, coordination, core strength, neuromuscular integration and it will speed up your reaction time. With all that going for it, you’d think that everyone would be climbing … Read more
In our quest to get fitter, stronger, leaner and healthier we invest a lot of time and energy into the traditional, established training methods; we lift, we run and we jump. But for a long time, most us haven’t given … Read more
Balance Training, as part of a functional fitness program, has been identified as one of hottest fitness trends of 2016 by the American College of Sports Medicine. It should come as no surprise, then, to see a proliferation of balance … Read more
What is a Balance Board?A Balance Board is a device used in training for balance. It consists of a lever setup that is similar to a seesaw. It has a board that the person stands on which sits on top … Read more
Think fitness and what comes to mind? If you’re like most people, it’ll be weight training, running and sweating it out in a spin class. Balance training won’t even come into the equation. In fact, the average gym goer would probably … Read more