Falling Is Not An Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance

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Falling Is Not an Option is presented in a clear, straight-forward style that is well-suited to the subject and audience. Our class met in a Buddhist Temple in New York's Lower East Side, in a building that had once been a Jewish Synagogue. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. L. Lauder First of His Kind by Dan Sugralinov Banjo Pickin' Karate Kickin' Crime Fightin' Grandmas by Mike Knudson, Vaughan Duck Cradle of Life by R.

Over 40 years ago, I had the good fortune to be introduced to Cheng Hsiang Yu, a Grandmaster of T'ai Chi Chuan, who was born in Shanghai, China.Over 40 years ago, I was introduced to Cheng Hsiang Yu, a Grandmaster of T'ai Chi Chuan (Taiji Quan), an ancient Chinese martial art. I loved this book because it not only deals with improving balance and stability but also how to improve the ability to turn, maneuver yourself around, and walk with increased confidence. They emphasize simple but challenging weight-bearing positions, small movements, and increased duration.

Learn how athletes in sports such as surfing, skating, and skiing remain stable and upright standing on one bent leg, and the implications for creating balance exercises. Locker also contrasts weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing exercises and lists the benefits of the former. The photographs he includes are quite helpful and make working through the Postural Retraining Routine doable. With colored step by step illustrations and instructions, you will understand which postural muscle groups you are improving with each exercise. While this is not a book about the martial side of T'ai Chi, it is about the balance and stability component, which is the most important - and the most challenging.The book ends with a glossary of terms that clearly explain highlighted terms in the text that might be unfamiliar to the reader. Locker has created an enlightening and uncomplicated guide that explains why we need to work on our balance and the detailed instructions on how to improve it. I put it in quotes because they are not really exercises as such; nor are they for example yoga balance postures.

He also includes exercises for arms and hands and illustrates how standing up from and sitting down in a chair can be accomplished in a non-stressful and pain-free manner. Overall, I would highly recommend Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance to readers seeking gentle but very worthwhile improvements to their physical health in the long term. With over 6 million of the world’s best eBooks to choose from, Kobo offers you a whole world of reading. It explains how athletes in sports such as surfing and skiing remain stable and upright, and the implications for balance exercises.In this book, he shares exercises, and the principles behind them, for maintaining balance and moving with fluidity and strength. Falling Is Not An Option (A Way to Lifelong Balance) by George Locker is a revolutionary health and fitness reference manual that benefits everyone who wants to build and maintain a steady and mobile lifestyle as they age.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The discussion of what balance is explains why and how balance is lost or gained, and what kinds of activities best enhance balance. Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance begins with an illuminating discussion about the nature of balance: its inherent beauty, its elusive source, its necessity, and its common loss late in life. With Postural Retraining exercises focused on activating and using postural muscles to ensure stability, taken from techniques used in the martial art form of T'ai Chi, this book gives the reader the simplest tools to create a secure lifestyle. He differentiates between single and double-weighted stances and illustrates how one transfers from the former to the latter.The postures and exercises which do not have to be memorized and can be done at home - emphasize simple positions and small movements that are appropriate for those who have mobile impairments, including several exercises that acknowledge the common elderly struggle to sit down and stand up. The book distills generations of Chinese martial-arts wisdom about balance and stability into a practical and effective exercise system that can improve balance and stability in people of all ages, from seniors with insecure balance to elite athletes looking to improve excellent balance. The words "Mighty Ape" and the Ape device are registered trademarks of Mighty Ape Limited in New Zealand and Australia.