There are two main times of year when people look at their fitness: in the new year, after the standard Christmas dinner, and at the start of summer, when people want to look their best on their beach vacation.
Getting started on the path of improving your fitness is a fantastic thing. You will look better, feel better and have better health. However, you must find a way to fit exercise into your daily routine as a lifestyle.
The first port of call is usually looking for a gym membership. Then you will most likely have to pay direct debit for a one-year membership. Gyms don’t like that you pay for what you use because the best way to retain people is to lock them into a long-term membership.
If you find that the gym isn’t for you, you’ll end up paying for a year of membership that you barely use and no further progress with your goals.
Some people prefer to exercise at home, and it may surprise you to learn that trampoline or rebound exercise provides a very effective method of cardiovascular conditioning.
Research on trampoline exercise in a 2006 NASA investigation in the journal “Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine” supports that rebounding is nearly 70 percent more effective in physical training than jogging for the same amount of time on a flat track.
People who have busy schedules can definitely use a more efficient form of exercise as they can create a large caloric expenditure by working on their fitness for the same amount of time and therefore lose more weight.
The trampoline exercise is also a lower impact exercise on the joints. This is because the shock of acceleration and deceleration is absorbed by the rebound mat of the trampoline. If you’re running on a hard surface like concrete, your joints will absorb more of the shock because there’s less elasticity. This means that if you exercise regularly on a trampoline instead of jogging, you will cause less long-term damage to your joints and bones.
You’ll find that an 8-foot round trampoline is the best choice for families with young children. This is due to the fact that children can use it to play and parents can perform their bouncing exercises.