Balance Training
You may have seen the wobble boards, bosu balls, execise balls, etc. Some people claim this “crap” is useless. Others swear by it. The truth? Certain joints need more stability training (and henceforth an unbalanced component) than other joints. The joints which need more stability typically are the shoulder, low back, and knee. For shoulders, I’m a big fan of push-ups on an exercise ball – it recruits more of your rotator cuff which is exactly what more people need if they do push-ups. For the knee, I like single-leg squats as it builds key knee stabilizers. For low back, I like birddogs because they teach proper movement of the hip versus getting the movement out of the low back.
Von
