Okay, Try this one out

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Sat 07, 2009 8:32 am

Okay you'll need a way to time yourself down to the seconds. Stand on one foot (you can use your strongest leg), once your on one leg, close your eyes and keep your balance as long as you can. How long before you fall or put down your other leg? You can do anything you like to keep balance such as putting our arms out, but you can lean against anything, and no hanging onto something neither. It's harder than I thought. Post your times and then I'll let you know more.

bbnova · **Posted:** Mar Sat 07, 2009 3:27 pm

Did you mean???

but you can't lean against anything

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Sat 07, 2009 10:03 pm

oops, Can't

bbnova · **Posted:** Mar Sun 08, 2009 8:18 am

Come on, anyone try it yet???

bfnjz52 · **Joined:** Jan Wed 25, 2006 9:03 pm **Posts:** 2668

At my age...if I fall and break something it's curtains :!:

bbnova · **Posted:** Mar Sun 08, 2009 11:19 am

And I'm so sore, I'm having trouble standing on both legs let alone one.... :lol:

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Sun 08, 2009 4:51 pm

When your eyes are open, it's alot easier showing that it's not only the ears that help with balance, it's also the eyes sending signals to the brain.
In a nutshell if you can balance on one foot with your eyes closed for 15 seconds or more, you have a strong brain. If you can not do this amount of time, you should practice it daily and you may want to start eating better as blood flow to the brain has alot to do with it also, or for a more scientific explaination, here you go:

The regulatory mechanism of bipedal standing in humans remains to be elucidated. We investigated neural substrates for maintaining standing postures in humans using PET with our mobile gantry PET system. Normal volunteers were instructed to adopt several postures: supine with eyes open toward a target; standing with feet together and eyes open or eyes closed; and standing on one foot or with two feet in a tandem relationship with eyes open toward the target. Compared with the supine posture, standing with feet together activated the cerebellar anterior lobe and the right visual cortex (Brodmann area 18/19), and standing on one foot increased cerebral blood flow in the cerebellar anterior vermis and the posterior lobe lateral cortex ipsilateral to the weight-bearing side. Standing in tandem was accompanied by activation within the visual association cortex, the anterior and posterior vermis as well as within the midbrain. Standing with eyes closed activated the prefrontal cortex (Brodmann area 8/9). Our findings confirmed that the cerebellar vermis efferent system plays an important role in maintenance of standing posture and suggested that the visual association cortex may subserve regulating postural equilibrium while standing.

bfnjz52 · **Joined:** Jan Wed 25, 2006 9:03 pm **Posts:** 2668

underdog wrote:

The regulatory mechanism of bipedal standing in humans remains to be elucidated. We investigated neural substrates for maintaining standing postures in humans using PET with our mobile gantry PET system. Normal volunteers were instructed to adopt several postures: supine with eyes open toward a target; standing with feet together and eyes open or eyes closed; and standing on one foot or with two feet in a tandem relationship with eyes open toward the target. Compared with the supine posture, standing with feet together activated the cerebellar anterior lobe and the right visual cortex (Brodmann area 18/19), and standing on one foot increased cerebral blood flow in the cerebellar anterior vermis and the posterior lobe lateral cortex ipsilateral to the weight-bearing side. Standing in tandem was accompanied by activation within the visual association cortex, the anterior and posterior vermis as well as within the midbrain. Standing with eyes closed activated the prefrontal cortex (Brodmann area 8/9). Our findings confirmed that the cerebellar vermis efferent system plays an important role in maintenance of standing posture and suggested that the visual association cortex may subserve regulating postural equilibrium while standing.

So Dogg...........did you go to college and get a degree in big words?

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Sun 08, 2009 8:29 pm

Copy and Paste...

kireol · **Joined:** Jan Thu 01, 2004 6:04 am **Posts:** 2563

25 seconds until i willingly put my leg down because my other was tired from working around the house

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Mar Sun 08, 2009 9:42 pm

So you're saying it would be a good idea to be sober when you try this?

GEARJAMMER EXPRESS · **Posted:** Mar Sun 08, 2009 10:28 pm

underdog wrote:

Okay you'll need a way to time yourself down to the seconds. Stand on one foot (you can use your strongest leg), once your on one leg, close your eyes and keep your balance as long as you can. How long before you fall or put down your other leg? You can do anything you like to keep balance such as putting our arms out, but you can lean against anything, and no hanging onto something neither. It's harder than I thought. Post your times and then I'll let you know more.

Man I think you want me to fall down cause I dont ahve a good leg

right now but I will after April 21st. then I'll try it but I bet I'll still fall down

bfnjz52 · **Joined:** Jan Wed 25, 2006 9:03 pm **Posts:** 2668

RICK MILLER wrote:

So you're saying it would be a good idea to be sober when you try this?

I don't think so Rick. It's never a good idea to be completely sober.

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