Beauty of Balance

I cannot believe that the first month of 2017 is already over and that I did not have a single blog entry since the end of November.

Believe it or not, one of my resolutions for the year was being on top of my blog entries. The year still has 11 more months so I think I can still make up for my miss. What do you think? 

I am sure that we all thought about what we want from 2017 and some of us made some resolutions to help the year go by the way we want it. I do see people trying to make drastic changes in life, such as starting to work out 6 days a week when before, not attending the gym at all. On very few occasions, very few, these drastic changes do stick and the individual becomes a "workout addict". Now, as much as I am all about healthy living and keeping the body moving, there should always be a good balance in life so that you can keep that life style for a long time.

Personally, I start with thinking about what I am giving up to make a drastic change. For example, if I am giving up putting bad food into my system then I am on the right path. However, if I am giving up spending 1 hour of quality time with my family then I need to figure out different ways to implement my change.  At the end of the day, that fine line of balance creates the best harmony in life and it requires constant adjustments so that it can become your true life style.

Imagine standing on a BOSU ball with one leg. What does your ankle, leg and arms do constantly? Every millisecond they make adjustments the way they stand so that you can continue to be in balance while you continue to breathe, smile, cough, talk, etc. I feel like balance in life is not that much different.

On that note, here are two fun moves to test that core balance. While you are doing these moves, please try to listen to your body to see how it constantly adjusts itself to keep you standing.

1. Single leg stand - stand on one leg and close your eyes. Hold the position for 20 seconds without touching the ground with your other foot or opening your eyes. Switch sides - if a 20-second hold was too easy go for 1 minute.

2. Single leg stand on bed - do the above move on your bed. Start with a 5 or 10 second hold.

Don't forget to switch sides!

The good balance is there. We just need to make sure to work on it constantly.

Give me a solid Hi Five while holding a one leg stand!!!