contact which is helping you remain more stable. When standing and not holding on to anything, naturally you’re your feet are your point of contact. The next term is proprioception and proprioception is your to sense the position, location, orientation body’s ability and movement of your body. A little bit different, if you’re like me and you have an exercise science background, proprioceptors are these little things in your muscles that read what your doing and what your body is muscle’s doing. We tried to break it down so it so complicated and wasn’t why when we talk about proprioception, that’s we’re talking about your sense of what your body is doing. Are you moving? Are you too far forward? Are you too far back? Are there things in front of you to hold on to? Etcetera, etcetera so thinking about our Balancing Act levels, again beginner, intermediate, advanced and there’s action. The beginner level exercises all have a wide base of support, high point of contact. As you progress to the intermediate level exercises, we start to narrow that base of support, start to reduce some of your contact and start to shift your center of gravity. By the time that you get to the advanced level exercises, your base of support as much as you you’ve narrowed can. a point of contact and a You’ve almost eliminated
contact which is helping you remain more stable. When you’re standing and not holding on to anything, naturally your feet are your point of contact. The next term is proprioception and proprioception is your body’s ability to sense the position, location, orientation and movement of your body. A little bit different, if you’re like me and you have an exercise science background, proprioceptors are these little things in your muscles that read what your muscle’s doing and what your body is doing. We tried to break it down so it wasn’t so complicated and that’s why when we talk about proprioception, we’re talking about your sense of what your body is doing. Are you moving? Are you too far forward? Are you too far back? Are there things in front of you to hold on to? Etcetera, etcetera so thinking about our Balancing Act levels, again there’s beginner, intermediate, advanced and action. The beginner level exercises all have a wide base of support, high point of contact. As you progress to the intermediate level exercises, we start to narrow that base of support, start to reduce some of your contact and start to shift your center of gravity. By the time that you get to the advanced level exercises, you’ve narrowed your base of support as much as you can. You’ve almost eliminated a point of contact and a
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