Balance training may sound simple, but if you're serious about keeping fit, the benefits are huge. Challenging your balance engages your core, supercharging your strength, stability, posture, and muscle coordination. By doing so, it helps your body function more efficiently, boosting your performance for maximum results.
Different Types of Balance Training
Balance training is split into two camps: static and dynamic.
Static Training: Static training tests your ability to balance while static, making it great for building your core strength. Snapping a selfie whilst standing by a pool? With good static balance, there’s no chance of making a splash.
Dynamic Training: Dynamic training is the opposite to static training. Rather than testing your balance while stationary, it tests it when you're moving. Perfect for reducing your risk of trips and falls when walking, running, or working out.
Best Equipment for Static Balance
Suffering from lower back pain? Recovering from an ankle injury? Physios are big fans of balance boards and for good reason. Standing on a balance board for as long as you can without the edges touching the floor is an excellent way to strengthen your core muscles and lower limbs without aggravating an injury further. When you’re ready to crank things up a gear, try spinning the board in a circle or tilting it without the edges touching the floor.
Best Equipment for Dynamic Balance
Looking to combine balance training with a cardio workout? Then our balance pads are the way to go. The pads are made from TPE foam which makes them slightly squishy and unstable to stand on. They’re more comfortable to use than a balance board and put less strain on your joints when you’re doing a workout. As well as using a balance pad for squats, knee-lifts, and push-ups, you can place it on an exercise step to add instability to step-ups.
Best All-Rounder
Our balance trainer gives you the best of both worlds. By placing it so the inflatable dome is facing down, you can stand on the platform and use it like a balance board. Alternatively, you can flip it over and stand on the inflatable dome to add instability to crunches, lunges, and other exercises. As an added bonus, it comes with attachable resistance bands, so you can train your balance whilst doing bicep curls and other resistance exercises.
