Wobble board how do they work

Maintaining your balance and body control requires the whole body working in unison, including the mind. This means every single muscle, joint, tendon, and even the brain is being challenged and strengthened. For beginners especially, you can feel it even if you have just been simply standing on the board for a few minutes. In Pilates a strong core is the foundation of the practice.

It is well known, but sometimes unexpected, that training with a Wobble Board directly engages the core in addition to the rest of the body. This translates to not only toning your core, but improving core strength for all of your Pilates movements that take place on the floor or on other equipment. This challenges the visual system and proprioceptive system spatial awareness. Stand with both feet hip-distance apart, feet pointing straight ahead.

Steady yourself and maintain proper posture. Once you can balance and stand still, rotate your head side to side and move your eyes to look up, down, left and right. Move 2: Mini Squat. Plant your feet a little wider than hip-distance apart and practice squatting without losing balance. Slowly bend at the knees and drop into your hips, and then rise.

Move 3: Playing Catch. From standing with feet hip-distance apart and pointing forward, toss a ball with either one or two hands to and from a partner. No partner? Toss the ball back and forth to yourself, either bouncing it off a wall or tossing up in the air from one hand to the other.

Move 4: Kneeling Spin. Place your hands on your hips and kneel on the board. While focusing on your abdominal muscles, begin to slowly rotate your body.

Once you've successfully finished a few rotations, slow down and then reverse so that you're rotating in the opposite direction. Move 5: Side-to-Side Tap. Work up to this slightly more advanced balance board exercise. Stand on top of the board with bare feet.

Slowly lean back and forth, left and right, keeping your balance so that the side of the board touches the ground. Holding a plank position with your hands on the board will develop core and upper body strength. Using the wobble board to do squats, lunges and pushups will increase the dynamic properties of these exercises for greater challenge. To balance properly, you must learn how to keep your center of gravity aligned over your base of support.

Challenging your balance forces the left and right halves of your brain to communicate more, thus improving sensory integration and coordination. If you then move an arm or leg across the mid-line of your body while on the wobble board, you further challenge this neuromuscular communication. By doing slow, controlled balance exercises on wobble boards, you will increase your self-awareness and instill a sense of calmness to improve your mental focus.

By developing proprioception, strength and focus, wobble board exercises help you react to sudden changes in your environment, thus reducing the risk of injury. This is another big advantage a balance board has over using a standing desk all by itself.

These are just a few of the many benefits a balance board offers. You receive none of these from being seated all day, which is one more reason sitting is so bad for your health.

You can begin benefiting from a balance board with your standing desk today. Our Evolve Balance Board has a durable, nonslip top pad and a bottom base that helps prevent slipping on carpet and hardwood.

Order the Evolve Balance Board today to take better care of your back, core, legs, and overall health.