Now try to pick up the pencil without moving your feet or squatting down. It seems so simple, but no matter how many times you try, you won t be able to pick up the pencil without falling. It all has to do with something called your center of gravity. Think of your center of gravity as a kind of balancing point.
Every object has one.
Take a spoon, for example. You can rest a spoon on one finger so that it stays balanced, but only if you have your finger directly below the spoon s center of gravity. If you move it toward one end or the other, the spoon will tilt and eventually fall. It s the same with your body. When you walk, on the other hand, you re repeatedly moving your center of gravity in front of your feet.