Balance Training Exercises Video

I just loaded a video that demonstrates 2 balance training exercises you can do at home with no equipment. They are:

Calf Raise

Toe Points

Learn what muscles those two exercises train and why research has shown those muscles to be so important to your balance.

Click here to read the article and watch the video.

Download The Balance Manual Ebook

Now there's another way to learn about training your balance. It's The Balance Manual Ebook.

An Ebook is just a downloadable version of the paperback. After payment, you are able to instantly download your Ebook to read on your computer. You can save it to your computer and print all or parts of it whenever you want.

If you're looking to get started right away and don't want to wait a week for the book to arrive in the mail, check out The Balance Manual Ebook.

Take a look here.

By the way, it costs a little less because we don't have to pay for printing, binding, packaging, and shipping.

Better Balance in 3 Steps

If you want to improve you balance and prevent falls, there are three things that need to happen.

Step 1. - Understand - You need to understand and believe that your balance can be improved. If you believek, like many people, that your deteriorating balance is solely due to old age, then it makes no sense to train your balance. But if you believe that your balance is poor because it hasn't gotten enough use in the last 10 or 20 years, then it makes sense that it could be improved if you used it more.

Step 2 - Program - Now you'll want to find a book or video that outlines a good system of balance exercises. Your balance isn't going to improve from doing one or two exercises you saw in a magazine. If you wanted to improve your flexibility would you just do one stretch? If you wanted to get stronger would you just do one strength exercise? No and No. You need a well-rounded program with a variety of balance exercises that challenge you.

Step 3 - Consistency - This may seem obvious. You have to do the exercises regularly. Week after week. Many people understand that their balance can be improved, get a good balance training program, and then only do it once a week. Or they do it every day for two weeks and then stop doing it because they don't have the balance of a 20 year old. It takes time. You balance diminished slowly over the course of many years. It will not improve over night.

To read more about these three steps, click here.

What Are You Telling Your Body to Do?

It would be great if we could just talk to our body and say, "Hey, I want to be strong and healthy, and I want to have good balance. Thank you." Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.

We do communicate with our body, and tell it what to do, but this communication is through actions, not words.

When you walk, you put pressure on your bones, and that tells your body, "Make my bones stronger."

When you strength train with dumbbells, that strains your muscles, which tells your body, "Make my muscles stronger so next time lifting that weight isn't as hard."

When you do balancing exercises, that tells your brain, "Improve the coordination between my brain and body so I can balance better."

So what do you think happens when you don't exercise? What messages are you sending your body then? Click here to find out.

Are You Too Old to Exercise?

Too many people think that exercise is only for younger people. That's simply not true. In fact, exercise is actually more important for people over 60.

Your body needs movement.

When you're young, you get that movement in your daily life by playing sports, doing yard work, playing with kids, etc.

As you get older, movement-based activities decrease. Then it becomes necessary to consciously schedule your daily movement. That's what exercise is - regimented, scheduled movement.

So you see that the older you get, and the less movement your daily life involves, the more important it becomes to exercise.

You're not too old to exercise. You're too old not to exercise.

You can learn more about this by reading the full article here.

Top 5 Senior Fitness Mistakes

I've posted a special Fitness for Seniors report that talks about the five biggest mistakes I've seen seniors make. They are:

• Inconsistency - no exercising on a regular basis.
  
• Not doing balance exercises - you've got to do balance exercises if you're over 60.
  
• Using the wrong weight - men usually use too much weight, women usually use too little.
  
• No variety - too many people do the same exercises with the same intensity for years on end.
  
• Starting too late - if you're not exercising, the best time to start is now, not next year.
  

If you're making any of the mistakes listed above, click on the link below to read the report:

Fitness for Seniors - Click it. Read it. Do it!

Ping-Pong and Balance

I was playing some serious ping-pong while at my parents' for the holidays. I must say that ping-pong is probably my favorite sport.

But while I was playing I was thinking that it's a pretty great sport to keep your balance and coordination in good working order. You've got the ball coming at you, your brain has to identify the ball, notice where it's going, and then tell the muscles of your arm where to move the paddle.

At the same time, it also has to control your legs and torso to move you into the right position and keep you balanced. That's a whole lot of stuff going on! This is just what the brain is doing when you're walking down the street. Survey, process, act.

So in addition to being a fun game, it's also a great coordination workout. Try and see if you can find a ping-pong table in your area and start playing.