Putting one foot in front of the other seems like an easy concept without much thought involved. After we learn to walk as a toddler, we usually don’t give walking or balance much thought. Balance is a crucial part of life. We usually don’t know it’s not working until it is challenged or gone. Balance helps you sit, stand, get up and down, walk, run, ride a bike and includes everyday functional moves to experience your day.

At InnerStrength University, balance is an essential component of every exercise we do or instruct as part of our Personal Training Programs. Balance involves your core muscles—the ones surrounding your spine. Whether we incorporate a balance exercise for balance itself, for example, the Yoga Tree Pose, or as a part of another exercise, such as a one leg weighted deadlift, every exercise will challenge and give instant feedback to exactly how balanced and strong your core is functioning.

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