He differentiates between single and double-weighted stances and illustrates how one transfers from the former to the latter. While she shares her amazing stories of travelling to mountains around the world she also focuses on the hard work and determination it took to become a professional extreme skier. He sets out a reasonable goal for anyone who’s willing to work towards greater balance and lessen their chances of falling and being injured. Included in the book are exercises that everyone of every age can practice to help them improve their balance and stability.

Excellent depiction of biomechanics for senior mechanical improvement…well-reasoned plan for balance improvement…easy read…makes sense…great pre-rehab guide to resolve common problem.With colored step by step illustrations and instructions, you will understand which postural muscle groups you are improving with each exercise.

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. Locker explains how the wide stance often taught to seniors will actually lessen stability rather than improve it. 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.Including instructions and clearly depicted exercises, everyone has the opportunity to enjoy an upright and fall-free life! Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. 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. 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.