While the fitness industry often promises enhanced muscular stability through training on unstable equipment like balls or wobble boards, true comprehensive stability isn't automatically gained that way. In fact, training on unstable surfaces can often hide weaknesses, create more instability, and encourage poor movement habits. We improve muscular stability through an Internal Performance-based process focusing on:
Contraction Sensitivity
Position-Specific Isometric Challenges
Intensity-Specific Isometric Challenges
Strategic Eccentrics
Atypical Position/Plane Contraction Challenges
Progressive Perturbations
Manual Resistance
Muscle Contraction Sequencing
Muscle "Twitch" Strategies
Speed-Specific Muscular Contractions
Training and Exercise Modification
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A Note on Unstable Surface Training
Training on unstable surfaces may have some benefits and might be useful at certain stages of training. However, it's often used incorrectly, without proper progression, and haphazardly. Importantly, training on unstable surfaces isn't automatically "core" training, nor does it provide the kind of stimulus needed for significant strength development.