Bill from Beyond Fitness Online shows how to improve balance and core strength by fixing your eyes on a target placed at 90 degrees while you lunge. The vestibular system controls balance and gut function, and this exercise trains it by keeping your gaze steady as you move forward, backward, or sideways.
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Hi, I'm Bill from Beyond Fitness Online, and today I want to show you a slight variation on your lunge that can make a huge difference. Now, if you followed me for any length of time, you know that I'm big on not just training your body but also making sure that your vestibular system is working and functioning properly. Now, why that's important is because the vestibular system plays a role in so So many pieces of what your body does. It has a role in your gut health, it has a role in your balance, it has a role in how you move, and pretty much everything you do at some level connects back to the vestibular system. So we can start to incorporate vestibular work into our regular exercises, and today I'm going to show you how to do that with lunges. So all you're going to need to do this is some visual target and then space to actually lunge. And I'll show you that right here. To begin this exercise, set yourself up in a lunge and have a visual target 90 degrees to your body. Keep your eyes on that target while you go up and down. If that angle is too challenging for your balance, you can put yourself at a 45-degree angle and try the same thing, again moving up and down. Now you can do that from a stationary lunge. You can also do the same thing In a lunge where you step forward and step back, you can also do this in a reverse fashion where you step backwards into your lunge. Again, no matter which version you choose, keep your eyes on the target. I hope you found this helpful. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below. Let me know how this went for you, and if you haven't already, please don't forget to subscribe to my channel. I post new updates every Friday, and until next time, live healthy.