Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Mini Trampoline Exercises For Weight Loss

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.

To prevent injuries and muscle pull, do warm up exercises before starting to exercise on the mini trampoline. Warm up ensures that the muscles are ready to work. Cool down exercises after the workout help muscles wind down after hard work.

Trampoline contact bounce is a good warm up and cool down exercise. To perform contact bounce, keep your feet shoulder-width apart with slightly bent knees and hands on the waistline. Keeping this position, begin to bounce gently without 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.

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.

Floor stretch is another effective exercise. To perform this exercise, sit on the floor with your legs stretched apart. Keeping your lower body in this position, pull your upper body toward one thigh. Hold for thirty seconds and repeat on the other side.

Knee raise is a very good exercise for weight loss. To do this exercise, raise one knee to just above the waistline. Keep bouncing while raising your knee. Repeat the exercise on each side ten times and then resume 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. - 15432

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