One Of The Most Fun Fitness Programmes Ever!
Who wouldn’t be a fan of exercising on a trampoline? They’re tremendous fun, bouncing around like a kangaroo with the hiccups while getting a great CV work-out at the same time. Classes on Trampettes, mini trampolines, have been popular both in gyms and with people exercising at home for a number of years now but now there’s been a revolution!
Skyzone is a new facility which is becoming popular among trampoline clubs in America so I suspect it’s only a matter of time before they are common in the UK. At Skyzone dozens of individual 10 or 12ft trampolines are lashed together with padding in between. You have different zones, for example there’s a cardio-fat burning area where just jogging on the spot becomes exhausting but running from tramp to tramp straight into a wall which, fortunately, is a tramp as well is phenomenal!
If you’re just starting out trampolineing as an exercise regimen start out with jogging and then move on to standing jumps. These are obviously the most basic of all so once you’re comfortable with them and confident that you have control then move along to seated jumps; jumps where you simply land on your rear and then stand again. Once you begin exercising on the trampoline you’ll notice that because you’re working against its tension you’ll burn off up to 30% more energy than you would in a regular gym class.
Cardiolates offer a regime for the home where you can use an 8ft trampoline or mini tramp. Cardiolates puts together Pilates with the trampoline. They calculate that your body is under two Gs at the bottom of the jump than normal and that requires your body to work harder while the trampoline itself absorbs about 87% of the impact making it far easier on the joints. If you’re recovering from an injury this makes it a great way to keep up with your exercise programme and have fun too.
