Balance Exercises For “Slow Bike Clubs”

Balance Exercises  For Slow Biking

By Suzanne Stoke, Physical Therapist @ Exercise For Balance via www.exerciseforbalance.com

Balance exercises are particularly beneficial to help seniors stay active and enjoy a healthy and outgoing lifestyle. Stability exercises should be practiced on a daily basis to improve balance before setting out with the “Slow Bike Club.” Recently, there have been a number of bicycle clubs formed to gather individuals who are-looking to cycle at a slower, more leisurely pace than those individuals who ride decked out in Spandex aboard ultra light racing bikes. Bicycle groups such as Slow Bicycle Society in Alabama, Boston Leisure Bicycling, and the Slow Ride Cyclists in Tennessee are drawing greater and greater numbers of participants who enjoy biking at a slower pace. Additionally, the “Slow Bicycle Movement” group has 7,300 members on Facebook. According to Sarah Murray, founder of the Slow Bicycle Society in Chicago, “We are mostly focused on ringing our bells and waving at kids and just cruising around and chatting with the person closest to you in line.” To prepare for joining a slow biking club, it is advantageous to practice balance exercises and improve steadiness to avoid falling off ones bicycle. Please see  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

 Practice Balance Exercises Before Starting A Slow Biking

To maximize your safety, it would be beneficial participate in balance exercises before joining a slow biking club. Additionally, you can practice balance techniques such as learning to center your body weight in the middle of your base of support. Next, you can practice shifting your body weight side to side in a controlled manner that replicates good balance on a bicycle. You can rehearse these balance techniques and specific stability exercises for joining slow biking movement by following along with the equilibrium exercises in the Exercise For  Balance  DVD.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To be safe on a bike,  begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The easy to follow Balance DVD is a well designed tool to use at home or in a group setting. The DVD is loaded with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like slow biking dancing and hiking. In the Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, balance techniques and balance routines from a balance trainer licensed Physical Therapist who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 20 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

Before you join the slow biking movement, start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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