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Balance Exercises?

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ElectricAvenue
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Hey NS, I thought it would be helpful to make a thread about some solid off-mountain exercises to do to to improve your balance. What helps you guys the most? Thanks and happy shredding!
Jan 25 2013 9:37AM
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HWW
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i had one of these during my physio after having an acl reconstruction operation. it was great, and they are not expensive.
Jan 25 2013 9:39AM
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HWW
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sorry for double post forgot pic
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Jan 25 2013 9:40AM
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sNaubi
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and pistol squats on one of these
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Jan 25 2013 9:44AM
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ElectricAvenue
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Also, if you belong to any gym I'm sure they have an airex balance pad. ask a trainer for some tips I heard these are awesome.
Jan 25 2013 9:52AM
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steezyshit
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A slackline could practice your balance too !
Jan 25 2013 10:05AM
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~Gotama~
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crank up the slackline and get bouncin
Jan 25 2013 10:13AM
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Lavieille
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Click for larger imageJust got a few-do board for Christmas from EMS. It's so fun to fool around on. When I watch TV in my basement, I'm always on this thing. Tis the shiz
Jan 25 2013 11:01AM
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jblaski
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My Indo board. I love it, but haven't used it in a LONG time now. I used to watch TV and play PS3 while standing on it, and could do all kinds of tricks. Now, I don't have enough room for it.

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Jan 25 2013 11:10AM
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Stickity
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longboarding/skateboarding
rollerblading
indo board
tramp
tumbling
Jan 25 2013 11:13AM
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stupendous-man
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slackline, and its super easy to make a homemade balance board. just take a skate deck and a 2 liter bottle, fill the bottle and tape the cap shut. they can be pretty fun cause you can do tricks and massive presses.
Jan 25 2013 11:49AM
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TroyAntipasta
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indo's are where its at! Click for larger image
Jan 25 2013 11:52AM
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ESB
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If you don't want to buy any of the above-mentioned apparatuses (although slacklining is the shit), some of the exercises in this video are good for balance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKnP88kWTKA
Jan 25 2013 6:26PM
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Nacho+
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this is wat i use:

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Jan 25 2013 9:20PM
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a_burger
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pvc pipe and a piece of wood
Jan 25 2013 9:40PM
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Chief.
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if you can do squats on a medicine ball you should have pretty decent balance
Jan 25 2013 10:00PM
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Puns
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For physio they got me to stand one foot on a semi-dense foam pad that at home I substituted with a pillow. Then I would throw and catch heavy things, bounce something on a wall and catch it, or close my eyes and hold a heavy object away from my body and move it around in different places.
Jan 26 2013 2:34AM
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kstanz
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Yoga
Jan 26 2013 2:49AM
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Barmski
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Skate deck and two liter bottle of water. One legged squats and one legged Good mornings. Then move into balanced one legged weight training with dumbbells. Its all about the one legged shit. Get a BOSU ball, turn it upside, and do one legged bulgarian squats, good mornings, deadlifts, and squats on it with weight. I can get up to 60 on one leg, but its hard as hell to keep good balance for productive lifts. Practice without weight on a balance board first. If you can do 10 one legged squats in a row without falling, then your ready to move to weight. Anymore questions, pm me. I got all kinds of ideas.
Jan 26 2013 2:52AM
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OGoriginal-gaper
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if you know some one with a boat go scurfing atleast in asummer
Jan 26 2013 3:52AM
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