StrongBoard Balance MINI with Multi-Spring Technology – StrongBoard Balance (SBMN-1)

APPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS:

Active Aging / Senior Fitness Application:

Throw rugs. Wet floors. Cracked sidewalks. Ice. Toys. Steps. Ladders. Bath tubs and showers. All challenges to our maturing bodies. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), each year, more than one-third of people age 65 or older fall. Falls and fall-related injuries, such as hip fracture, can have a serious impact on an older person's life. If you fall, it could limit your activities or make it impossible to live independently. The NIH recommends that balance exercises, along with certain strength exercises, can help prevent falls by improving your ability to control and maintain your body's position, whether you are moving or still.

Strengthening the 29 muscles of your core – comprised of your stomach, back, hips and pelvis – improves all functional movement, increases balance and stability, recovers posture and thereby reduces the risk of falling. Balance board fitness enhances your proprioception, and strengthens the neural pathways to joints and ligaments, providing you with quicker balance reflexes. Additionally, if you have prior injuries, a balance fitness routine will enhance blood flow to the ligaments and tendons, enhancing the recovery process. With better balance and more strength, you can have a more active lifestyle with family and friends. You'll be more independent and confident. Imagine moving on uneven floor surfaces, playgrounds, step stools and more, with confidence, balance and ease. Pick up and carry groceries, and grandchildren knowing you're physically strong and stable.

Physical Therapy / VAMC Rehabilitation Application:

As a Physical Therapist, you can utilize StrongBoard Balance MINI to help increase your patient’s flexibility, range of motion, balance and strength all at the same time. On the StrongBoard MINI Balance Board, the need to balance is a direct result of your own applied body weight. This opens up neural pathways which restores oxygen and blood flow to the injured area while communicating with the brain, strengthening those neural pathways. Repeated exercises will rebuild and strengthen muscles, as well as connect the pathway between your brain and the injured muscle, repairing the connection to a pre-injury state. As your clients gain strength and reduce pain in the injured area, their range of motion will increase, improving blood flow which brings oxygen to expedite the healing process. Balancing also improves Proprioception around the ligaments and tendons joints and tendons. The stronger those are, the less chance of injury.

Purchase StrongBoard Balance MINI on GSA contract - All StrongBoard Balance boards can be purchased from IRON COMPANY® on GSA Contract GS-07F-0104M and CMAS Contract 4-12-78-0066A.

StrongBoard Balance Benefits:

• Experience better overall balance
• Stronger core
• Burn more calories in less time
• Fully functional workout
• Low impact
• Increased flexibility and range of motion
• Huge gains in strength, body awareness and core stability
• Improvements in energy, stamina, and muscle tone
• Increased ROM allowing for mulitplanar movement and training
• Increased motor unit recruitment patterns
• Increased metabolic activity
• Increased anaerobic and aerobic capacity
• Ability to accelerate, decelerate, change directions, and accelerate again
• Better sports performance
• Helps prevent sports injuries
• Increased mental focus and reaction time
• Integrates with existing conditioning routines and programs – individual or group fitness
• Benefits every fitness level and goal
• Versatile enough to appeal to wide range of users, from sedentary seniors to extreme athletes
• Saves time – Work out in 3-5 minute intervals on your own schedule
• Work out in your own space
• Affordable and effective
• Portable and electricity free
• Easy to store and maintain
• Provides a new and unique way to train

OPTIONAL StrongBoard Balance Exercise Poster:

• 15" W x 20" H – Laminated
• Customize your full body workout with five individual 10 minute routines:
• Upper Body – Plank Row | Push-Up | Dumbbell Kickback | Dumbbell Curl
• Lower Body – Lunge | Uneven Squat | Squat | Single Leg Squat
• Full Body Beginner – Side to Side Squat Jump | Bridge | Mountain Climber | Tree Pose
• Full Body Intermediate – Squat to Press | Half Circle | Paddle Board | Windmill
• Full Body Advanced – Reverse Woodchop | Battle Rope | Dumbbell Lawnmower | Single Leg Dead Lift
• Suggested 2 sets of 20 reps per exercise

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OPTIONAL StrongBoard Balance Exercise Manual:

The StrongBoard Balance Exercise Manual is a must have for every gym and StrongBoard owner. This guide is perfect for individual users or personal trainers, as it shows each of the 6 StrongBoard Balance positions and details the primary and secondary muscles being used for each exercise.

• 5" W x 7" H with rugged spiral binding
• Every page is full color and coated with 3mm laminate making the book virtually indestructible
• Comes with 2" x 4" strip of Velcro for easy attachment to the base of the board making it accessible whenever you want to work out
• Offers basic positions, core fundamentals, and restorative yoga poses:
• Basic Moves – Squats | Push-Ups | Lunges | Dips |Half Circles | Step-Ups | Side Planks | Bridges
• Core Fundamentals – Crunches | Scissors | Pull-Overs | Wipers
• Upper Body Routine – Hover Teeters | Mountain Climbers
• Lower Body Routine – Squat Progressions | Teeters
• Upper Body Circuit – Close Grip Push-Ups | Modified Burpees | Teeter Burnouts | Hover Walk-Outs
• Lower Body Circuit – Lunge Pumps | Plank Jacks | Step-Ups with Kick | Side Squat Hops
• Full Body Circuit – Weighted Plank Rows | Side to Side Squat Jumps | Explosive Crossover Push-Ups | Squat to Press
• Restorative Yoga – Downward Dog | Chaturanga | Warrior 1 | Warrior 2

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