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I chose this video as the representation of staying balanced as it does involve an incredible amount of balance to do this move. However, staying balanced with regards to your workouts involves more than literally balancing. It’s important not to overdo any type of workout. Ome reason that people have injuries is that they over work the same muscle groups. If you want nice arms for examples, you can’t just focus on your biceps. You’ve got to also work your whole shoulder girdle (lats, traps, pecs, deltoids) and triceps in addition to your biceps. 

It’s also important to vary your workouts to maintain balance. Too much lifting or too much cardio are also not good for your progress. Also too much of any particular type of workout can be bad. Your body gets used to exercises over time and they begin to lose their effectiveness. This is why you need to either increase weights or the number of reps to continue to see results in lifting. With regards to running, you can do sprint work or hill work to help your body continue to get the most out of your workouts. I do many different types of both lifting and cardio every week to make sure I never get too used to any one thing. Cardio can be boxing, running, stairmaster, dancing, or even walking. With regards to lifting, I have an arm day, a leg day, ab work in boxing, and a little bit of everything in XIT. 

With my lifting, I also make sure that I stay balanced with regards to working both sides of my body. There are many exercises I do that isolate one side of my body at a time, such as alternating lunges or bicep curls. I am a stickler for making sure that I do the exact same number of reps on each side. I can always tell when I’ve worked out one side more than the other so I always try to stay even.