Saturday, November 22, 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.

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.

The best starting exercise is the lower body stretch. Keeping your feet shoulder-width apart and your hands behind your back, bend over as if you are trying to touch your toes. Hold for thirty seconds and repeat the movement ten times.

Floor Stretch is another very effective exercise. While sitting on the floor, keep your legs stretched apart and bend your upper torso by pulling yourself toward one thigh. Hold the stretch for thirty seconds and then repeat it 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 completing your mini trampoline exercises you should do the cool down exercises to prevent unwanted injuries. If you use this trampoline weight loss program along with a healthy meal plan, you will begin to see a steady weight loss within six to eight weeks. - 15438

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