Need to IMPROVE Your BALANCE? Can You Pass These BALANCE TESTS?

*How's your balance? Is it something you EVER think about or pay attention to in your training? Try these SIMPLE at home BALANCE TESTS today!*

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So . . . how IS your balance? Do you ever do silly little things when you are in a group, like close your eyes, stand on one foot & try to touch your nose? Well, you really aren't being all that silly in doing this. As we age our balance can become compromised for a number of reasons. But just because it's become compromised or is not what it used to be does not mean there aren't things you can do to improve it.

But how do you even know how good or not good your balance is? Is there any way to TEST your BALANCE? There sure is & in this video I show you 3 SIMPLE AT HOME balance tests you can do to see just where your balance is at!

You ready?!?!? STEADY . . . SET . . . LET'S GO . . .

BALANCE TEST #1
1. Standing on both feet
2. Stand with your feet together and your ankle bones touching
3. Cross your arms and close your eyes
4. Try to hold this position for as long as you can.

***A healthy standard is to be able to hold this position for 60 seconds.

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BALANCE TEST #2
1. Stand on one foot
2. Stand on one foot and bend your other knee to lift the non-supporting foot off the ground without touching the standing leg. (You should do this next to a wall or in a doorway, so you can support yourself if needed.
3.Close your eyes.

*** Try to hold this position for as long as you can.

*** As a baseline for comparison, people age sixty and younger should be able to hold this pose for 29 seconds with their eyes open and 21 seconds with their eyes closed to be considered healthy. People who are 61 and older should be able to hold the pose for 22 seconds with their eyes open and 10 seconds with their eyes closed. Anything less and there’s room for improvement.

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BALANCE TEST #3
1. Stand on the ball of one foot.
2. Stand on one foot with your hands on your hips.
3. Place your non-supporting foot against the inside of the knee of your supporting leg.
4. Raise your heel off the ground and hold the pose for as long as you can.

*** A good threshold to aim for on this pose is to be able to hold it for 25 seconds on each leg.

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[blancaurena]

Hola Coach Tonya!! Son excelentes ejercicios para el equilibrio, normalmente los realizo en la noche. Gracias por su información.💪💪💪💪💪💪👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[-stilllovinggod]

Oh my!!! a hard work out i did all that step and i could not pass any of them my balance is not good i almost fell down many of times I have a seizure disorder and I think that's what messed my balance up

[SLDOQ]

On the one leg up eyes closed I can only last 10-20 seconds. That's bad right??

[TheHounddog]

Where did you get that Success pastor on the wall to your left?

[adamsmith]

The eyes closed was harder than the last one. I would have though my balance was good... gah :(