Trampoline Exercise

!: Trampoline Exercise

Too lazy to drive to the gym for a workout? Tired of your usual aerobic exercises? Why not start a routine of trampoline exercises, its a new and fun way of shedding off those excess pounds.

Trampoline exercise uses rebounders, more commonly known as mini-trampolines. Several exercises, such as simple jumping, walking, jogging or bouncing can be easily accomplished right in the comforts of your own home. Rebounding offers a low impact exercise that puts minimal stress on the joints. Aside from toning up your muscles, getting on a rebounder also stimulates your metabolism, increases oxygen consumption, increases oxygen circulation to tissues, circulates the lymph, strengthens the heart, improves sense of balance and increases energy and sense of vitality.

A typical workout would start with a five minute warm-up doing the Trampoline Contact Bounce, Trampoline Foot Tap, Trampoline Hamstring Curls, Trampoline Side-to-Side and Trampoline Jog Bounce. This would be followed by a series of stretching exercises comprised of Lower Body Stretch, Bent-Torso Pull, Floor Stretch and Bent-Over Leg Stretch. Stretching minimizes the risk of injuries to joints and muscles prior to the actual exercise. Then comes the actual workout exercises which include Contact Big Bounce, Knee Raise, Jumping Jacks, Upright Rows and Twist Bounce.

Doing a few minutes of cool-down at the end of the exercise winds down the muscles after the workout. Exercises done during the warm-up are repeated for the cool-down.

This combination of exercises, when done regularly and accompanied by proper diet, will result to steady weight loss.