Fitness Trends:
(PRWEB) January 29, 2000
Fitness trends: “Rebound Aerobics” Small trampolines used to put bounce back into your step
By Albert E. Carter, CEO, American Institute of Reboundology, Inc.
Use “Rebound” in a sentence and most people will think you are talking about the
Stock market or basketball. Not so if you are talking about exercise. Health clubs are finding “Rebound Aerobics” all over again. And it seems to be tapping into a market previously untapped – the over thirty-five age group. Less traumatic and more energetic – more like fun, the older groups are enjoying the classes more.
Rebounding is accomplished by running-in-place, bouncing or jumping on a miniature trampoline-like devise – something that people used to do in the early eighties in front of their television before the flimsy rebounder knock-offs flooded the market. Those who may not enjoy a “step” or “spinning” class may be attracted to this new group Rebound Aerobics class.
Fitness experts agree that Rebounding provides more “bounce for the buck.” The public has an insatiable appetite for new, creative forms of exercise. The interest moves from one form of exercise to another always searching for that mode of exercise that will do everything needed for keeping the body in shape. Although it isn’t the
Magic bullet, the one exercise that fits all, it comes awfully close. Rebounding offers you a full body workout, an eclectic workout. A 30- to 60-minute routine may have you twisting and turning, jogging in place, jumping and hopping from side to side. YouÂ’ll use your legs for spring. But your arms, shoulders and midsection will also come into play to help you maintain balance.
“You’re improving your skill and balance and getting a great cardio workout,” said Lani Lokendahle, executive director of ITIA (the International Trampoline Industry Association.)
Use light hand-held weights to up the challenge on your upper body. Or you can strengthen your abdominals by sitting and bouncing on the rebounder while leaning backwards. Advanced Rebound Aerobics programs even integrate kick boxing in the mix. String exercise moves without a pause, and youÂ’ll maintain the same aerobic intensity you would achieve on the hard ground. And youÂ’ll burn at least as many calories.
All this comes without putting excess stress on the weight bearing joints. For that reason Rebounding is a safe and effective way to train for other sports. “It’s also a good way to get kids active,” Lokendahle says. “It’s tough to get kids to work out on a Stair Master because it is too much like work,” she says. Rebounding is a lot more fun, and that fun aspect is what will keep them doing it again and again.
Now, Rebound Exercise is, well, on the rebound. Including both small rebounders and the larger trampolines. “Nearly 700,000 trampolines were sold in 1997,” says the Eugene, Oregon based ITIA. That is up 260% from 1990.The entire trampoline industry has received a shot in the arm. It is preparing for the fact that performance trampolining has been accepted as a medal sport in the Summer Olympics in Australia. Anybody involved with Rebounding will receive free advertising benefits. However, the real reason people are using the rebounder is simply because with it they can accomplish the reason most people exercise. Besides it being a whole-body exercise, it is safe fun, easy, convenient and very economical.
High-end rebounders cost between $200. and $300., a small price when compared to the low-end treadmill or exercise bike. For more information, visit www. healthbounce. com, www. Rebound-Aerobics. com, www. immunesystem. org or call Al Carter, the author of the 1.3 million best seller, The New Miracles of Rebound Exercise, 1-888-464-JUMP
