Structural Balance

How is your posture? One of the things that we emphasize in all of our workouts is structural balance. Structural balance is having proper balance in strength and flexibility throughout the body. There are many people today that have problems with their posture. The usual problems that I run across are shoulders that are rounded forward, forward head postures, tight hip flexors and quadriceps, weak external rotators of the shoulders, weak glutes, abs, and hamstrings. So what does all of this add up to? If your body is not in balance then you need to be careful with your exercise selection so that you are performing exercises that will not make your problems worse. Many people try to perform advanced exercises that their bodies may not be ready for. One of the keys to long term success with fitness training is staying injury free and the way to do that is to be properly balanced and use perfect technique.