Rebounding: A Fun Mini Trampoline Exercise

A very popular type of exercising these days, is to use a mini trampoline. It's said to be kind of like bouncing on the bed when you were young. You had great fun doing that right? And you might not have known it at the time, but it was wonderful exercise too. Maybe rebounding has gotten popular because it's such a fun mini trampoline exercise, or maybe it's gotten popular because it works so well. Either way, mini trampoline exercise is much easier on your joints, and it can be as easy or intense as you'd like it to be.

Even gently bouncing on a mini trampoline can get your heart pumping, tone your body, improve your metabolism and help you lose weight. And once you're more familiar with mini trampoline exercises, you can increase your bounce, add in running style movements, or even add small acrobatic types of moves to really increase your workout too.

When you first start with mini trampoline exercises, you'll need to get used to the trampoline itself. Balancing is a key factor to exercising safely with a mini trampoline, so if you're new to this, then simply stand on the trampoline and get used to balancing yourself.

Most experts suggest doing your mini trampoline exercise with sturdy workout shoes on, but you can do this barefoot as well. You simply need to be careful so you don't injure your feet when exercising.

It won't take you long to feel comfortably balanced on the mini trampoline, and at that point you should try small movements. A small bounce which doesn't lift your feet off the trampoline is a great starting place. You might want to do this initially next to a wall or some other type of support that you can brace yourself with if you feel you're loosing your balance.

Once you've gotten comfortable with the balancing challenges, try increasing your bounce a bit so that your feet are leaving the trampoline surface briefly.