Can you stand on one leg with your other knee raised up, with eyes closed?

[MCheetah]

Just joined a new chiropractic gym today to deal with my newly discovered Scoliosis and height shortness. This is one of the exercises, among the 90 minute session.

Stand on one leg, without bending your pelvis, and raise your other leg's knee up high, and then close your eyes. Do not lean your leg against the other leg, use your arms, or have slanted feet that aren't facing forward.

See if you can do it for ten seconds or longer. You may be surprised. Some of you may be able to do it with your eyes open, if you do yoga, martial arts, or already fairly athletic. But can you do it with your eyes closed, especially not facing a mirror?

If you can't do it, you've now got a new potential New Year's goal for 2023. I can do it easily with my eyes open because I did kickboxing and martial arts for a long time and the "crane pose" was one of the warm-up exercises we did often. But with eyes closed? Not a chance!

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It's easier for women, due to them having wider pelvises. Especially if they're short (5'6" and under) and have a lower center of gravity.

[HighValue]

WTH? Why is it so much more difficult?

I never thought of doing it with my eyes closed before. I can do it with my eyes open for multiple minutes straight and I occasionally challenge students to do it too, but never with my eyes closed.

I just tried and failed after a couple seconds repeatedly. On the 24th attempt I finally got to 32 seconds with my eyes closed. I did it barefoot though which makes it easier for me.

[MCheetah]

You can try squinting first, or leaning your pointer finger against the wall for balance, to practice.
It's usually harder for men and tall people, due to men having smaller pelvises and tall people having a higher center of gravity/center mass.

[Fuentes]

Lol I had a friend growing up with scoliosis and in school he had a brace in elementary but I'm good I find that yoga stuff to be SuS haha but that's me tho reminds me og that azn lady on PBS doing the excercises

[MCheetah]

It's not yoga. I used to have to do something similar for kickboxing class every day when I was still going. And now, I have to do this and suck at it.

And I didn't even know who Lilias Folan or Wai Lana was, until I Googled what you said. Never heard of any PBS yoga shows before.

[Fuentes]

Lol that came on before Arthur came on before school hahaha on channel 7 no cable. watchers know haha

[MCheetah]

I never watched PBS.

[Fuentes]

That's cause u alil older there was a PBS kids channel 7 when I was a kid and when I use to get home from school there was that stupid yoga show that came on and after that it was Arthur and then after Arthur it was Malcolm in the Middle the Simpsons and king of the Hill on fox and the 70s show lol

[MCheetah]

I grew up in the 90s and watched all that other stuff too. I just never got into PBS. "Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego" was really a PBS show and that was the only one I liked, but it didn't come on PBS in my affiliate area; it was on a local channel. I used to watch the DC animated shows and KidsWB instead. Batman, Superman, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Power Rangers, The Simpsons reruns, etc. Google says your yoga show was from 1997. I was eleven in 1997.

[Fuentes]

It came on as reruns in the 2000s and in 97 I was like 4 or 5 hahaha

[7Phoenix7]

I can do it. I took ballet and gymnastics for a long time. Maybe that helped.

[7Phoenix7]

Just read your update and I'm a woman with a wide set pelvis & under 5'6" lol

[Ms_Facesitter]

Yep can also put it in front, back side, ...

[MCheetah]

That shouldn't even be possible with someone like you!

[Ms_Facesitter]

I'm actually very elegant if I want to be. I can stand on my hands as well, but I'm NOT going to try that with my eyes closed.

[MCheetah]

I meant, given your height. Your center of mass would be like, at the five foot tall mark! That's like a wobbling skyscraper somehow not falling over!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7TQz52QmH4
I don't doubt for a second you're elegant, though.

[Ms_Facesitter]

0:17 "let's use this clip for our movie World War Z"

[MCheetah]

0:01 "What the Japanese do when @Ms_Facesitter visits Tokyo and blocks out the sun." (Don't worry though; no atomic breath from her. She brushes and uses mouthwash!)

[A_Bell]

Easy peasy super squeazy. Next challenge drill sergent.

[shortster]

I can usually do it for a minute. Once I find my balance I am good to hold it until muscle strain sets in. Learned how to do it in marching band.

[exitseven]

I had to do this as part of my rehab for a hip replacement. I could not do it at first but after a few weeks I could.

[douride2]

Yes I can do it. Only with my left leg up though.

[420Rachel]

I tried it and started falling over 🤣

[moonpie89]

Easy. I should time myself

[Jennz6]

Sure, it looks easy

[JesseJayNeak]

Not really