Balanced Perspective

John Blievernicht
  

• Introduction
• Mr. Universe and the journey into balance training
• Early days of functional training with athletes
• Building the philosophy of BALANCE
• Center of gravity relative to the base of support/core?
• Discovering the balanced perspective on posture, speed, joint rehabilitation, etc…
• Misunderstanding “stability”
• Contracting the core vs. RELAXING into a centered place of movement
• Finding the flow in movement through a sensory approach
  - What do you feel when you do that?
  - What does your foot tell you from this movement? 
• Overriding the intuitive motor response vs. allowing intuition to feel our way there. 
• Balance training misconceptions and unhealthy fads in the industry – education or entertainment?
• Getting back to the basics of balance – starting with the balance beam (2-by-4)
• Using balance training as a diagnostic tool – letting people feel the inefficiencies in their body. 
• Balance vs. alignment - Keeping our balance in out-of-balance ways
• Bringing trainers back to the basics of balance training 
• Watching the arms as alignment indicators.
• Balance is the foundation of movement – balance is speed, balance is strength.
• Taking athletic balance principles into the senior population.
• Looking forward into the Balanced Perspective audio series.
  - Balance and unstable apparatus 
  - Getting dynamic with balance
  

COMMENTS

Magedera, Carl | 16 Jan 2011, 23:48 PM Another hit perspective, this time for balance. Apart from the anti-bosu stance, seems well balanced. Loved the bit about not progressing balance ad nauseum into seal-like feats.