An expert says that these two surprising activities can improve your balance and longevity, and no, it doesn’t involve standing on one leg

Lots of things in life can affect our balance—injury, muscle loss, inner ear problems—and sometimes, our balance can be fine one day, and impacted the next.

This is a particular problem for older people, who might experience age-related muscle loss or degenerative conditions that impact balance or coordination.

While this may seem inevitable, there are things you can do now to improve your balance according to NASM-certified personal trainer and host of the NASM-CPT podcast , Rick Richey .

Richey insists there are two surprising things that people can do and neither involves specific balance training exercises. You’re probably already doing a bit of both every day. You may like

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