Balance would be a popular topic in fitness. Chances are, if you're fat, you fall over more than your skinny or fit friends. When you're in good shape, your chances of losing balance are very low.
It's been years since I've fallen over or tripped, literally! The only time I fall over is when I'm tricking or break dancing, and most of the time when that happens, I so happen to be on my hands. Truth be told, most people usually fall over on their hands more than they would on their feet.
And you fall off of a lot of things if you do parkour as well. But this isn't a post about hip and knee damage, that's for next time.
With fitness comes balance, if you run, you will have more balance, if you do calisthenics, you will have more balance, if you dance, you will have more balance, if you trick, you will have more balance, if you do parkour, you will go to school with hip and knee injuries, if you tumble, you will have more balance, if you lift weights, you will have more balance, if you cycle, you will have more balance. Any kind of exercise, will make you stronger, and when you are stronger and you're working your stabilizer muscles unless you're on a universal machine.
Exercise machines don't really help with balance since they specifically target the muscle group you're supposed to use. That's why things like calisthenics and weightlifting are recommended by a lot more than machines. Look it up.
If you want balance, learn how to ride a unicycle. I really should post about learning how to ride one of those because they really are a lot of fun. Since I started riding one, my balance on my feet is even better.
Balance is heavily located in the core. If you have a strong core, your balance is going to be very high. In things like gymnastics and break dancing, the main thing they talk about, is the core. Core balance, if you're tight in your core, you're tight everywhere else because the strength and balance spreads throughout your entire body.
Your core consisting of your abdominals, obliques, lower and mid back. They all are extremely important in balance. It's quite obvious if you think about it, if you're on your feet running, or doing something like a handstand, the part of your body that's higher up is what makes we humans top heavy, so your core is going to keep that steady. That's why your core is surrounded entirely in muscle. For ease in balance and protection of vital organs.
If you can keep perfect control of your legs when your upside down, you're doing pretty good. Handstands, planches, doing stuff in headstands, elbow stands, things of the like, will give you considerable core balance.
If you can handle your body weight excellently on a pull up bar, your core will become immensely powerful. I've done a good number of pull ups in my day, and succeeded in back levers and front levers, toe to bar leg raises, muscle ups, human flag, and a few other things, I'll say that my core has become extremely powerful from constant bar workouts. It really helps, and my balance is excellent.
To have good balance, you need to have a strong core.
Your core consisting of your abdominals, obliques, lower and mid back. They all are extremely important in balance. It's quite obvious if you think about it, if you're on your feet running, or doing something like a handstand, the part of your body that's higher up is what makes we humans top heavy, so your core is going to keep that steady. That's why your core is surrounded entirely in muscle. For ease in balance and protection of vital organs.
If you can keep perfect control of your legs when your upside down, you're doing pretty good. Handstands, planches, doing stuff in headstands, elbow stands, things of the like, will give you considerable core balance.
If you can handle your body weight excellently on a pull up bar, your core will become immensely powerful. I've done a good number of pull ups in my day, and succeeded in back levers and front levers, toe to bar leg raises, muscle ups, human flag, and a few other things, I'll say that my core has become extremely powerful from constant bar workouts. It really helps, and my balance is excellent.
To have good balance, you need to have a strong core.
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