How to Create Balance and Neuro Muscular Control With Functional Fitness Training

Functional fitness means creating balance and neuro muscular control through exercise, an excellent way to improve the quality of sport performance, competition and agility in your golden years. Standing and reaching exercises demonstrate the simplicity of the functional fitness program.

Instructions

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      Stand with your arms relaxed at your sides and your feet just about even with your shoulders width.

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      Lift one leg off the ground with its foot at least two inches but no higher than four inches from the ground. You need to keep the bent leg relaxed.

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      Tighten your abdominal muscles.

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      Breathe normally.

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      Balance your body on the one leg and bend your body at the knee while gliding the body in the motion to touch the ground with the opposite hand.

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      Feel the buttocks and hips tighten as you move the body down and then up.

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      Change the weight of your body as you go down and up. Each time you come up remember to straighten your body so your ending and starting point stays perpendicular to the ground.

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      Notice how you learn to balance your body the more you do the movement of the exercise.

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      Perform this exercise on the other leg with each leg performing the exercise 10 to 15 times.