weight shifting
Moving your center
Weight shifting is the deliberate redistribution of body mass, fundamental to balance and movement.
Athletes, dancers, and martial artists consciously shift weight between feet or limbs: She practiced weight shifting to improve her tennis footwork.
In aviation, weight shifting controls ultralight aircraft by moving the pilot's body.
Physical therapists use weight shifting exercises to retrain balance after injury.
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- balance beamElevated narrow plank for routines
- leanLacking fat; incline
- leaning inTilting body forward
- transferMove between locations
sway · pivot · stance · posture · tilt · center of gravity · redistribute · momentum · center · gravity · footwork · adjustment · equilibrium · body · load · pressure · movement · dance
- balanceequilibrium, balancing, harmony, stability, symmetry
- Balance Trainingbalance board, wobble board, heel-to-toe walk, stability ball, balance beam
- Tai Chitaijiquan, qigong, ward off, forms, stances
- cyclingbikes, bicycles, cycling, cyclist, cyclists
- motor testsbalance test, reflex test, dynamic balance, finger to nose, heel to toe
weight shiftingstanding still
Absence of motion
immobility · motionlessness · rooting · staying put · rigidity
weight shiftingbracing
Refreshingly keen or stimulating
anchoring · stiffening · grounding · locking up · tensing
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