Bullet-Proof KneesEvery skier and snowboarder has heard it more than once in their life: “Bend your knees.” That’s particularly good advice for tense beginners or intermediates who look rigid. But what appears to be “knee bend” in experienced skiers and riders is actually a kind of functional relaxation, something that becomes a habit in all good athletes because of one important fact: Relaxing the knees facilitates balance.
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Keep the Rubber Side DownBetter cycling through balance training.
Click here to read more...Exerpt: A Test of Will: One Man's Extraordinary Story of SurvivalI throw myself into rehab like a man possessed. I have to give myself the best possible chance of success and that means being as fit as possible. But wheeling into the amputee unit's gym, I'm startled at first by the site of all the people with various missing limbs.
Click here to read more...How to Sell: Balance / Wobble BoardsBalance is of course what keeps us upright and mobile. And although one doesn't ever think about training balance, every one of your customers should because it is what allows them to run, walk, skate, ski, hike or run around after their kids.
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