BY TAKING BOREDOM OUT OF EXERCISE

I-BOUNCING OR REBOUNDING IS FUN, EASY, SAFE
AND SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGE GROUPS

Though not widely known, rebounding is one of the most efficient and effective type of exercise for the entire body.

It has all of the benefits of cardiovascular exercise and strength training with many added benefits due to its effect on the
75 trillion cells in our body.

Bouncing to Vibrant Health

Unlike many other aerobic activities, rebounding places virtually no strain on the joints of your body. Compared to rope jumping, there is little or no jarring of the ankles, knees or lower backbone when we bounce on the Rebounder.

For only 15 minutes a day of fun bouncing, you can rebound to vibrant health
by vibrating the 75 trillion cells in your body!

Apart from the recommendations on rebounding in Dr Robert O Young's book, "pH Miracle for Weight Loss"
and Dr Morton Walker's book, "Jumping for Health",
NASA has determined that rebounding is 68% more effective than jogging as an aerobic exercise.


Abdominal Bounce

*The Detoxification Effect of Rebounding

The lymphatic system is the metabolic garbage can of the body. It rids you of toxins such as dead and cancerous cells, nitrogenous wastes, fat, infectious viruses, heavy metals, and other assorted junk cast off by the cells. The movement performed in rebounding provides the stimulus for a free-flowing system that drains away these potential poisons.

Unlike the arterial system, the lymphatic system does not have its own pump. It has no heart muscle to move the fluid around through its lymph vessels. There are just three ways to activate the flow of lymph away from the tissues it serves and back into the main pulmonary circulation. Lymphatic flow requires muscular contraction from exercise and movement, gravitational pressure, and internal massage to the valves of lymph ducts.

Rebounding supplies all three methods of removing waste products from the cells and from the body. Then arterial blood enters the capillaries in order to furnish the cells with fresh tissue fluid containing food and oxygen. The bouncing motion effectively moves and recycles the lymph and the entire blood supply through the circulatory system many times during the course of the rebounding session.

Rebounding is a lymphatic exercise. As stated earlier, it has the same effect on your body as jumping rope, but without any jarring effect to the ankles, knees, and lower back that comes from hitting the ground. Better than rope jumping, however, the lymphatic channels get put under hydraulic pressure to move fluids containing waste products of metabolism around and out of the body through the left subclavian vein.

Trunk Twister

Rebounding's Stabilizing Effect on the Nervous System

Bouncing on a rebounder is an excellent method of reducing stress. It can put the bouncing person into a trance like state and totally relax him or her. Jumping for health and fitness not only stabilizes the nervous system during the exercise period, but continues to help maintain equilibrium after one steps off the device. The result is increased resistance to environmental, physical, emotional, and mental stress. It may possibly help an individual to avoid psychosomatic disease and mental or behavioral instability.

Rebounding may be enjoyed for a lifetime and adjusted to your own particular level of fitness. It is safe, convenient and inexpensive, and its protective effects against degenerative diseases make it one of the most effective forms of motion in the work place, in recreational pursuits, or in simply exercising for the care of your body and mind.

*Star Bounce 

The Physical Muscular Effect of Rebounding

James White, Ph.D., director of research and rehabilitation in the physical education department at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), has explained how jumping for health offers a true physical strengthening effect to the muscles. He said, "Rebounding allows the muscles to go through the full range of motion at equal force. It helps people learn to shift their weight properly and to be aware of body positions and balance."

An advocate of rebounding for athletic conditioning, Dr. White uses the rebounder in his rehabilitation program at UCSD. "When you jump, jog, and twist on this (jumping) device you can exercise for hours without getting tired. It's great practice for skiing, it improves your tennis stroke, and it's a good way to burn off calories and lose weight," said Dr. White. "My students tell me it's so much fun that they often exercise on the rebounders for their own enjoyment."

Dr. White added that jumping for health is more effective for fitness and weight loss than cycling, running or jogging (see Table), and it has the added advantage of producing fewer injuries.

Total Calories Burned: Rebounding vs Jogging

This chart comes from the research performed by Victor L. Katch, Ph.D., Department of Physical Education, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

The gentle bounce of rebounding is effective in returning natural, regular bowel movements to chronically constipated persons. The steady bounce sets up a pulsating rhythm transmitted by the nervous system to the brain area responsible for regulating the intestinal system, which reestablishes one's rhythmical bowel activity. Digestion is improved as well - from Dr Morton Walker’s introduction to Jump for Health book.

"Rebounding exercise is the closest thing to the Fountain of Youth that science has discovered.
We found that jumping on good rebounding equipment is effective in improving the symptoms of over 80% of the patients reporting to our rehabilitation lab."
Dr. James White, U.C.S.D.

Advance Stretch

 Caution
Consult with your health care provider
before beginning this or any exercise program
especially if you are 40 and above and/or have a medical condition or physically challenge.

Contact Information:

Phua Chuan Chin, Ash
Tel:    (65) 9185 9266
Email: ashphua@singnet.com.sg

Disclaimer
This presentation is based on the author's personal research, knowledge, opinion and experience.
It is for information only and no parts of its contents should be construed as medical advice.

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