8 Benefits Of Slackline For Your Health

Slackline emerged in the United States during the 1980s, but only in recent years has it gained supporters in various parts of the world. In Brazil, it first came to coastal cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, but already finds practitioners in parks in several other municipalities.

The exercise consists in balancing on a rope or ribbon tied at a certain height from the floor. Like all physical activity, slackline has a number of benefits for body and mind. Check out eight of these advantages:

1. Complete muscle work

Balancing on a slackline tape requires that you use multiple muscle groups at the same time. The most appropriate technique is to keep your lower body static and try to move only from your hips upward to stay balanced.

2. Improve the balance

Balance is fundamental in our lives - not only the physical but also the psychological. By enhancing this feature with slackline, all your coordination on other activities will also improve as a result.

3. Improve posture

Most of the strength for the slackline is located in the central muscles of the body. Keeping your posture upright to stay balanced also strengthens your back muscles and spine, preventing poor posture and pain in the area.

4. Meditation

Intense concentration is required so that you do not fall off the rope. In traditional meditation, you reflect on internal affairs. In slackline, this meditation comes out of your body creating a physical and mental challenge to keep you standing. This creates a Zen state with a clear and goal-focused mind.

5. Increase memory

A study published in 2011 showed that slackline practice increased the structural and functional plasticity of the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for memory.

6. Improve Your Attention

To stay balanced, you need an intense focus on the exercise you are performing. Slacking daily helps you have more control over negative thoughts and focus on other everyday activities when you practice them.

7. Vitamin D

Most people practice slackline outdoors, and this sun exposure increases the levels of vitamin D in their body. Not to mention, of course, that appreciation of nature helps in the sense of relaxation and pleasure.

8. Promote social interaction

Hardly anyone starts off on the slackline alone: ​​most people practice the sport together with someone who is knowledgeable about the subject and with friends. This social interaction is fundamental to our mental health.

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