| We have all seen the advertisements on late night | | | | and muscles. Jogging or running, for example, are |
| television. A room full of scantily clad young men | | | | extremely good aerobic and cardiovascular |
| and women exercising to hip hop music. Each one | | | | exercises but they can be brutally damaging to |
| jumping up and down in synchronized unison with | | | | your bones and joints. The repetitive impact of |
| the others on their own tiny little trampoline. The | | | | your feet on the ground is, long term, not at all |
| exercise community calls this kind of trampoline a | | | | healthy for you. Of course, sports shoe |
| rebounder trampoline, a mini trampoline or just a | | | | manufacturers have significantly improved the |
| rebounder for short. At first you might think | | | | cushion and support in modern athletic footwear. |
| those television advertisements are just flashy | | | | But the damage done to your body from |
| exercise gimmicks to take some of your hard | | | | repeated foot impacts is still there. Low impact |
| earned cash and of course they are trying to sell | | | | aerobics was designed specifically to give good |
| you their rebounder trampoline along with some | | | | exercise without joint and bone damage from |
| exercise program. But it may surprise you to | | | | foot impact. But for the ultimate in low impact |
| know that the health and exercise benefits from | | | | exercise nothing beats a rebounder trampoline. |
| using a rebounder trampoline are very real and | | | | Of course, the fun factor is great with a |
| the fun part is there as well. | | | | rebounder. Remember when you were a kid and |
| Ed Russell first invented the mini trampoline in | | | | you had such great fun jumping up and down on |
| 1938. But no one was interested in it back then | | | | your bed? Back then your parents probably put a |
| so it died out. Then in 1977 Al Carter, an exercise | | | | stop to that. Now, you can get that same fun |
| expert and author, brought it back to life and | | | | rush all over again with a rebounder trampoline. |
| marketed his rebounder trampoline to the world. | | | | You start with the basic jumping up and down |
| It became a fad in the 1980s and almost | | | | move. Focus more on pushing down against the |
| everyone was buying one. Like so many other | | | | trampoline than jumping up. Only a couple of |
| exercise fads, it grew to a market saturation | | | | inches are enough to start getting a good |
| point in the late 1980s and almost disappeared in | | | | workout. Before you know it the jumping will |
| the 1990s. But today it is making a comeback, | | | | start to feel natural and you can start trying |
| better than ever, often combined with aerobic | | | | other moves. You only have a limited space to |
| dance moves, modern pop music and even | | | | work with, less than 40 inches for the average |
| martial arts and with cardiovascular and aerobic | | | | rebounder, but you can still do all kinds of |
| benefits for young and old alike. | | | | exercises in that space. Jumping side to side, |
| So why would you want to buy a rebounder | | | | running in place, knee lifts, one leg hops and |
| trampoline? There are, after all, dozens of other | | | | twisting and kicking can all be part of the fun on a |
| types of exercise equipment vying for your | | | | rebounder trampoline. Before you know it you |
| consideration. Perhaps the biggest advantage | | | | feel your heart pumping, your legs start to feel a |
| derived from exercising on a rebounder | | | | little tired and you start to sweat. All are part of |
| trampoline is the low impact on your joints, bones | | | | healthy, fun aerobic exercise. |