Benefits of Rebounding

Do you remember, as a small child, having to THINK about exercise? Did your parents have to beg you to go outside and play? Did your teachers have to beg you to go outside for playtime? The answer, undoubtedly, is NO!
Play gave way to exercise and it was for the pure enjoyment of whatever activity you chose. Cardiovascular and muscular benefits were just side effects that never crossed your mind.
Fast forward to today… what has happened to us? As we have aged, other priorities, schoolwork, jobs, relationships, bill paying and the like have eaten up time. Stress levels have risen and free time has subsided. Exercise for a lot of people is now a chore and no longer always FUN.
Rebounding (bouncing on a mini trampoline) is one way to take you and your participants back in time, back to a time when exercise was fun.

Rebound Fitness will have you “Jumping for Joy” with our high quality home rebounders and online video workouts with plenty of workout variety for the whole family to have FUN whilst working out.
There are many scientifically proven health and fitness benefits of rebounding and it is important to choose a high quality mini-trampoline if these benefits are to be achieved.
Our great Rebound Fitness workouts incorporate important exercises and movement patterns such as squats, lunges, twists, pushes and sprints between bursts of jogging and bouncing, all on a low impact surface. The “basic bounce” move is the foundation move to all our workouts.
Read on to see how your balance is challenged and improved through working out on the unstable surface of the rebounder, how the proper exercise technique is so important to realising the health and fitness benefits, and the amazing positive effect that gravity has on the body when doing rebound exercise.
1. INCREDIBLE WEIGHTLOSS
By exercising on a well-sprung professional rebounder, with good technique (see our basic bounce for the correct rebound posture) and following a well-designed exercise programme you will kick start your metabolism, burn unwanted fat and improve cardio-vascular health. Just 30 minutes of rebounding a day could help you lose 1 stone in 3 weeks, burning more calories than you would by running for the same period – without all the strain on your joints!
Consider when you are running on a treadmill and it asks you to enter your body weight to determine how many calories you have burnt during your run. If you were to enter a much heavier body weight than you actually are, it will show a significantly higher calorie burn.
Rebounding achieves the higher calorie burn because as you bounce your body needs to work harder to push down into the mat then then jump up out of the mat. This continual bouncing movement creates G-Force that causes your exercising body weight to be heavier (up to 3.24 times than normal) which in turn causes your body to burn more calories more quickly and so aids very effective weight loss.
2. LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE
The lymphatic system makes up part of your immune system & plays a vital role in defending your body against harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins. Spread throughout your body, like blood vessels, the lymphatic system removes excess fluid and waste from your tissues and returns it to your bloodstream via the heart which are then excreted out of the body via the lungs, skin, kidneys and bowels.
Periods of poor diet, relative inactivity and stress can put a strain on the lymphatic system and contribute to it becoming sluggish thus lowering the immune system. The best way to stimulate the lymphatic system, give it a boost, and get it working efficiently again is to exercise – Exercising on a high quality mini trampoline, in particular, is incredible for achieving this!
The energising and bio-mechanical effects of Rebounding on your lymphatic system helps flush harmful toxins, bacteria and other waste from your body. By constantly opposing gravity and the up-and-down rhythmic gravitational force caused by jumping on a mini trampoline, the one-way valves of the lymphatic system are forced to open at the top of the jump and close at the bottom of each bounce creating an invigorating lymphatic flush.
Marion has primary Lymphoedema and explains why Rebounding is essential in her daily routine.
3. KIND ON JOINTS
Prehab not rehab is a motto we live (and bounce) by.
Traditional forms of exercise such as running, cycling and power walking place a lot of stress on the joints of the knees, hips, ankles and feet. Low impact exercise or fitness activities are those that do not require you to place one of your limbs in contact with a hard surface. Typical low impact activities are swimming, cycling, rebounding and trampolining.
Rebounding is the “King” of low impact exercise – not only does rebounding reduce 87% of the shock of impact when using a high quality, well sprung rebounder, compared to working out on a hard surface, it is also a weight bearing activity and therefore strengthens bones, larger muscles and stimulates the smaller stabilising muscles in and around our joints improving muscle strength and tone, flexibility and overall joint health.
This means that you can work out even harder and for longer periods with a much reduced risk of injury.
Research has also found that low impact fitness activities may actually promote the healing and recovery of damaged joints, thereby allowing you to return to higher impact activities at a later date.
6. STRENGTHEN PELVIC FLOOR & BLADDER
Having a baby, being overweight, age, illness – there are many things that can adversely affect the pelvic floor and bladder control, and many can feel quite embarrassed by the situation. Exercise can therefore be the last thing on your mind – in fact, rebounding works wonders for improving the pelvic floor and bladder weakness. The sphincter on the bladder is an annular (circular in shape) muscle which, through opening and closing, controls the flow of urine out of the body. Pregnancy and birth can weaken the sphincter muscles; they can lose strength, elasticity and their original shape.
Through low impact exercise, like rebounding, pelvic floor strength can be regained. Rebounding will exert a force on the cell walls of the pelvic floor & bladder, encouraging it to become more elastic and durable resulting in a more comfortable, healthier and freer lifestyle.
Working on the unstable surface of the rebounder will also constantly challenge the deep core muscles thereby strengthening the important muscles of the pelvic floor and sphincter which improves bladder control.
“1 in 3 women suffer the issue of pelvic floor weakness” – Mary Comber, Health & Fitness Editor