You don't need to be able to perform this particular maneuver, but performing balance exercises on a regular basis plays an important role in building your core stabilizers. These are muscles in your body that help to prevent injury and improve your performance in everything from activities of daily living to improving sports performance. If these muscles are not activated before performing challenging activities such as working out or playing sports, a person's risk of injury is increased. This is due to other muscles compensating for the bodies instability.
One way to incorporate balance training into your workout routine is by standing on one leg while lifting weights. Often, the weight need to be lightened up since the bodies stability is being challenged. Once the lighter weight can be lifted with control, either the weight can be made heavier or the surface can be made less stable such as standing on a Bosu. If lifting weights in this manner is too challenging, then just standing on the Bosu or standing on one leg should be performed without the weights.
