CORE STABILITY IS VITAL IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. .. MORE THEN EVER!

CORE STABILITY IS VITAL IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. .. MORE THEN EVER!

In 1996 I started to study at the Chek Institute. My first class was scientific core conditioning. That was the day I started training on Swiss balls & stopped working on flat surface benches. The first quote i heard from Paul Chek was "FLAT SURFACE TRAINING IS DEAD!" . In the last few years, I see all these articles trashing swiss balls or any board which is considered too unstable.

One of the quotes i remember from past seminars is "If the average human being can walk on this earth perfectly balanced against gravity with a fully erected spine, how much stability is too much to stability when it comes to training". That was an interesting point!?

Then specialists started questioning how functional is functional stability training on a swiss ball. Especially when I was viewing a video of someone seriously injuring himself squatting on a Swiss ball.

The truth is that stability is needed more than ever today as we push the boundaries of performance. The latest evolution of transport or commuting to work is now Unicycles, Segways and 2 wheel self balancing boards. Trust me, I have tried every single one of them and when they say "self balancing" , you could not be more off from the truth!

Here is my advice to you if you want to have fun with this new technology. Find yourself a gym with a wide variety of stability boards and swiss balls and train your core, legs and ankles. I own one of these boards and although they are highly unstable, they are a lot of fun!