Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Exercises For The Mini Trampoline

By Jane Bracken

Exercises on the mini trampoline are a good way to help you lose weight and keep fit. To achieve optimal results, these exercises should be done three to four times a week. In addition to exercise, healthy diet is necessary to see best results.

Warming up before exercise and cooling down after the exercise are important in order to prevent unwanted injuries. Warm-up ensures that your muscles are warm enough and ready for workout. Cool down exercises ensure that muscles wind down after hard work. Both warm up and cool down exercises should be done.

Trampoline contact bounce is a good warm up and cool down exercise. To do contact bounce, keep your feet shoulder-width apart with slightly bent knees and put your hands on your waistline. Bounce gently without your feet leaving the mat.

Foot tap is another good warm up exercise for the trampoline. Keep your body in the same position as for the contact bounce and shift your weight slowly to one leg. Tap your other foot to the side and keep bouncing steadily.

The best starting exercise is the lower body stretch. Keeping your feet shoulder-width apart and your hands behind your back, bend over as if you are trying to touch your toes. Hold for thirty seconds and repeat the movement ten times.

Floor Stretch is another very effective exercise. While sitting on the floor, keep your legs stretched apart and bend your upper torso by pulling yourself toward one thigh. Hold the stretch for thirty seconds and then repeat it on the other side.

Knee raise is the perfect workout for weight loss. To do the knee raise, raise one knee to just above the waistline while bouncing. Repeat the movement ten times on each side. After completing the exercise, go back to the steady contact bounce.

After exercising, it is very important to cool down. Cool down helps you prevent unwanted injuries. If you use this trampoline exercise program three to four times and keep healthy eating habits, you should start to see weight loss results in six to eight weeks. - 16887

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