Just a note: We want to address the "No Exercise" rule floating around out there. The rule is actually no excessive or strenuous exercise. Doing stints of 10 minutes at a time (up to 3 times or more a day) is perfectly fine for most of us. Start small and listen to your body. As always, please check with your doctor before changing your level of activity or diet.
Don't have a trampoline or feel unbalanced or dizzy if on one? Keeping the bouncing/rebounding motion in mind, here are a few other exercises and tips that may help:
- Buy a trampoline with a stabilizer bar so you can hold on while exercising
- Use a chair or wall for balance with any standing exercises including rebounding on a trampoline without a bar
- Raise yourself up and down on your toes
- Sit on an exercise ball and bounce
- Sit on the edge of your bed and bounce
- Also use a Shake Weight (c) while doing any of the above for added benefit to your arms
- If you are still up for a challange but have sore joints, try doing lunges instead of jumping jacks
So, long ago when our moms yelled at us for jumping on our beds, we were actually doing our bodies some good. Get to bouncing!
