Sunday, November 16, 2008

Exercises For The Mini Trampoline

By Jane Bracken

Exercises on the mini trampoline are a good and easy way to keep fit and lose weight. For best results, exercises should be performed three to four times a week along with maintaining a healthy diet. Following this program will cause you to lose weight and be more fit.

Before starting any exercise on the mini trampoline, you should do the warm up exercises to prevent any injury or muscle pull.
The purpose of warm-up exercises is ensuring your bodyas muscles are warmed up and ready for the workout. Cool-down exercises allow your muscles to wind down after working them so hard.

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.

Another effective warm up exercise is the trampoline foot tap. Keeping your body in the same position used for the trampoline contact bounce, shift your weight to one side. Tap your other foot to the side and start bouncing steadily.

Now the best exercise to start with is the lower body stretch. In this exercise you place your feet shoulder-width apart and put your hands behind your back. Now, bend over as if you were going to touch your toes. Hold this position for thirty seconds and repeat the movement ten times.

Another effective exercise is the floor stretch. To do this exercise, sit on the floor with legs stretched apart. While keeping that position, pull your torso towards one thigh. Hold the position for thirty seconds and repeat 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. - 16004

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