Indo Board Balance Trainer Europe

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Balance is all about being centered ...on the INDO Board
Being centered is what makes it easy...
Being out of alignment makes you work harder.
The usual learning curve to get the basics on the Indo Board is approx. 3-5 minutes. (With personal instruction the time can be much quicker.)

Remember that your mind likes you to be comfortable. Being centered on the Indo Board is all about a relaxed upper body holding the head and shoulders upright with hips rolled slightly forward and knees bent beyond the 3-2 inch "comfort zone"!
Breaking at the waist and not bending your knees enough is a result of your mind wanting you to "be comfortable." Maintaining a good centered posture on the Indo Board is at first uncomfortable for some people and they give into the demands of the mind and assume an un-centered stance.

When you think your knees are bent, then go 2 inches lower. Your mind tells you your knees are bent and usually stops you short of where the power position begins. The extra 2 inches actually can feel like 5, but the mind likes to play tricks on you. Understand that this bent knee posture is meant to be the TOP of your range of motion. You never want to operate the Indo Board from a higher position.
LOWER is the key...all the way down to a 90° healthy squat position is the range of motion that commences core training!

Intensive Training by Rocky Snyder

I use the Indo Board with my personal training clients and in my athletic conditioning classes because it adds very crucial elements in training: balance, stability, coordination and proper transference of force between the joints of the body. Typical strength training machines barely scratch the surface. Free weights are as rigid as machines but little stability and coordination is required when sitting or lying on a bench or standing on the floor.

When performing exercises on an unstable surface, the stabilizing muscles become extremely active, coordination is enhanced and the body's center of balance is reinforced. Taking traditional strength training exercises and performing them on the Indo Board has revolutionized athletic conditioning and functional strength training.Rocky Snyder is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) since 1993. The NSCA has the only health & fitness certifications that are nationally accredited. Rocky owns the Pleasure Point Fitness center in Santa Cruz, California.

He has over 20 years of experience in exercise science. Rocky has been voted "Best Personal Trainer" of Santa Cruz County by Good Times Magazine for 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. He has written several articles for fitness magazines and has been interviewed by Muscle & Fitness Magazine, Surfing Magazine and Girls' Surf Life Magazine.