Balance is Power: Improve Your Body's Balance to Perform Better, Live Longer, and Look Younger

by Jim Klopman, Janet Miller

Fitness books love fad diets, creative exercise regiments, and, most of all, catchy headlines and marketing. But real success in fitness, sports, work, and life all begin with understanding and optimizing the human balance system. Proper balance is the key to unlocking your full athletic potential and can quickly help you become a faster running, smoother pivoting, better aiming, throwing, and hitting performer, with far lower risk of injury. But there’s a dark side to the story of balance. Over the past decade, deaths by fall have doubled and falls have cemented themselves as the leading cause of concussions nationwide. Luckily, your body’s balance system works like magic once its hidden potential is unleashed. The path to unleashing your Balance of Power lies within these pages and when you finish it once, the skill will stay with you forever. For the past five years, Jim Klopman has intensely studied and analyzed the phenomenon of human balance, while developing a game changing training method along with custom made equipment to aid students of all ages in achieving peak physical and mental performance. Balance your body. Balance your mind. Unleash your best.

Genres: Health

182 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Alex Linschoten · Rating 3 out of 5]

Klopman stresses the importance of (physical) balance in our lives, showing how the architecture of our lives is making it less common a skill. The final part turns into a bit of a sales pitch for his own training gear and equipment, which is predictable but disappointing nonetheless. Great as a starter for thinking about balancing work, but beyond that you'll have to look elsewhere.

[Paula ϟ · Rating 3 out of 5]

the art of the slackline:

Fun fact, my profile picture is actually me jumping on a slackline.

Interesting read on balance. Some confirmation bias here, since I already believe that hiking on uneven paths in nature and balance work make a difference in one's own well-being and overall athleticism. 4 Stars overall, I'd say it's a worthy read, I really enjoyed some of the examples regarding athletes, I'll share my favorite quotes here. But I'm knocking off a star for the underlying sales pitch on the author's own balance system.

My recommendation, if you're interested in balance skills, look into some videos on balance boards and slacklining. You can probably skip this book, unless you really want to nerd out on the topic.

[Beth · Rating 1 out of 5]

"The cones are concentrated in the central part of the cornea...." (p72). Wrong. Rods/Cones are RETINAL cells. Inaccurate info. Not well proofread. Couldn't finish. Can't trust an author who make such gross errors.