Benefits of Balance Training

The Many Benefits of Balance Training
By Ryan Krane

In order to improve your balance, and a little thing called proprioception (which I'll explain in a moment), in comes BALANCE TRAINING. But what is proprioception, you ask? It's just a big word for the body's ability to use information about your body and joints are in space.

So what can balance training do for you exactly?
There are numerous benefits, actually! Through balance training, your agility is much increased. Furthermore, your risk of falling over is lessened, due to your improvement in being able to properly balance yourself and better proprioception. Your overall coordination, posture, and balance are all boosted through the proper training. Thus, you'll get injured less, become stronger, and your stability will increase, even as you grow older.

Now that you know more about balance training and how it can help you, how about trying out some exercises to get the ball rolling? Try using a balance/exercise ball, and exercises that require standing on one foot. Yoga and Pilates are two great ways to improve your balance, but try that if you're willing to work on something more challenging!

Here are some visual examples of how we train our proprioception at bootcamp:

Using a stability ball

Using a Bosu

Using your own body weight