Better Balance, More Mobility

Build balance and improve mobility with slow, intentional exercises.

Did you know that moving slowly through a breath-filled muscular routine can improve your balance?

Inspired by tai chi, qigong, and yoga, Better Balance, More Mobility: Gain Greater Stability and Strength at Any Age delivers easy-to-follow therapeutic movement for people of all ages and abilities. Designed to address imbalances from head to toe, you will learn how to incorporate intentional movements with the goal of improving your body’s overall function.

Everyone is likely to experience issues with balance and mobility at some point in life. By using these breathing exercises and movements, you can prevent injury and heal quicker when injuries do occur. Inside you will find the following:

• 99 exercises, including seated, standing, and floor exercises
• 5 sample workouts that can be adjusted to meet your needs
• 7 videos (accessed online using the URL in the book) offering additional guidance on the movements
• An audio clip leading you through guided imagery to encourage relaxation

Throughout the book you will learn about the benefits of tai chi, qigong, and yoga from an experienced pain management provider. Discover how these exercises can help you with the following and much more!

• Feel more confident standing and sitting
• Elevate your energy (chi)
• Improve your circulation
• Stabilize blood pressure by lowering cortisol
• Improve flexibility by increasing range of motion

Movements do not have to be fast or rigorous to reap major benefits. Better Balance, More Mobility introduces a wide range of slow, core-centered exercises that translate into more comfortable and efficient movement in daily life. This book is a culmination of years of proven practice and teaching adaptive therapeutic movement skills. Reclaim not only your balance and mobility, but also enjoy a longer, quality-driven life! 

Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education course and exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes all the course materials and exam.

Note: A URL to access the online video is included in this print book.

Audience

Individuals who want to improve their balance, mobility, and strength, with an emphasis on those over age 50. Also for personal trainers, group exercise instructors, and activity specialists working with these individuals.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I. Assess and Reset
Chapter 1. Balance and Mobility Assessment
Chapter 2. Reset: Breathing Through Stress

Part II. Move and Balance
Chapter 3. The Spine: The 3 Es
Chapter 4. Seated Lower Body Exercises and Stretches
Chapter 5. Seated Upper Body Exercises and Stretches
Chapter 6. Standing Chair-Braced Movements
Chapter 7. Standing Balance and Mobility Exercises and Stretches
Chapter 8. Working the Wall and Feeling the Floor
Chapter 9. Maintain Inner Calm and Balance
Chapter 10. Balance and Mobility Workouts

References
About the Author

Scott Cole is a writer, speaker, motivator, and public figure who has been addressing balance and mobility issues for decades. From national aerobic champion to a star in the iconic Abs of Steel video series, movement master Scott Cole shifted into softer and slower forms of exercise decades ago, creating the Discover Tai Chi series in 2002. Now 65, Cole says, “The proof is in the tai chi pudding. I feel flexible, strong, limber, mobile, and balanced. I have zero joint pain, and I want to share these easy-to-follow insights and exercises with everyone!” His Discover Tai Chi video series has sold over one million copies, and the single title of Discover Tai Chi for Balance and Mobility video has been his top seller for the last 12 years. Cole spent several years in pain management, guiding people through movement protocols (and away from addictive pain meds) to improve their confidence and reclaim their balance and mobility.

Cole has been on Live With Regis and Kelly, The View, The Early Show, CNN Headline News, Soap Talk (teaching tai chi to Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway), The Other Half, HGTV, and the Food Network; as a featured trainer on the show Weighing In; and even in a fun fitness spoof with Greg Kinnear on his 1990s show Later With Greg Kinnear. In addition to his book Athletic Abs, Cole has penned features and has contributed to over 500 publications worldwide, including Men’s Fitness, GQ, Men’s Health, IDEA Fitness Journal, American Fitness Magazine, Shape, Shape Mexico, France’s Pleine Forme, Brazil’s Boa Forma, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and a feature page in AARP The Magazine for balance and mobility.