What Exercises Should I Do On My Mini Trampoline?

December 18th, 2008 by Jill Brennan


by Jane Bracken

Mini trampoline exercises are a great way to lose weight and keep you fit. But along with the exercises you should maintain a healthy diet as well. These exercises should be performed three to four days a week to achieve the best result.

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 very effective warm up exercise is the trampoline foot tap in which you keep your body in the position used for the contact bounce and shift your weight to one side. Then tap your one foot out to the opposite side and start 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.