A trainer walks through balance exercises that start simple—feet together, heel-to-toe, single leg—then get harder by closing your eyes and adding head movements. Mix and match the positions and challenges to build a routine that works for you.
Today we're going to talk about balance progressions and how to make them work for you. First, we start with foot position. We can go feet together, we can go heel to toe called Romberg's, or we can go single leg stance. To add more to that, we can then try them all again with our eyes closed. Again, feet together, eyes closed, Romberg's, eyes closed, or single leg stance, eyes closed. Now from there, we can also, with the eyes open or closed, Add in different head positions. We can rotate the head left and right with any of these feet positions. You can also go up or down with the head, and then you can also tilt your head left and right as you see here. To add to that, you try them all again with your eyes closed and different head positions. Now from there, any exercise you do standing, you can do any combination of these things to really challenge your balance. While you exercise. Give these a try and let me know how it goes for you, and follow me for more tips and tricks like these.
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