Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Mini Trampoline Exercises For Weight Loss

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.

Warm-up and Cool-Down Exercises include trampoline contact bounce i.e. with your feet placed shoulder-width apart, bend your knees slightly and place your hands on your waistline. Begin the trampoline contact bounce very 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.

Lower body stretch is the best exercise to start. With your feet shoulder-width apart and your hands behind your back, start to lower your torso as if trying to touch your toes. Hold for thirty seconds and repeat 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.

Cool down after exercises is important in order to prevent injuries. To achieve best results, follow this trampoline exercise program while keeping a healthy diet. If these directions are followed, you will start to lose weight within six to eight weeks. - 15343

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