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21. Dezember 2012 – She Knows (Vereinigte Staaten)
10 Fun exercises that will stick
Trampoline gyms like Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park are popping up all across the country. That's because jumping on a trampoline is excellent exercise — and it's just plain fun.
If you don't have a trampoline gym in your area, create your own jumping workout using a home trampoline. Representatives from Springfree Trampoline suggest performing a total-body strengthening workout incorporating straight jumps, seat drops, pike jumps, hands-and-knees drops and jumping jacks. A 20-minute routine will leave you feeling both exhilarated and worn out.
10. August 2012 – 9 News Sydney (Australien)
2. August 2012 – Fit Bottomed Girls (Vereinigte Staaten)
Jump Your Way Fit With This Trampoline Workout
Everyone loves jumping on a trampoline! Which is why we’re sharing today’s post with you. From the folks at Springfree Trampoline, we have a 20-minute trampoline workout that’s a super fun jumptastic way to tighten, tone and build your core strength this summer on a large trampoline! So what are you waiting for? Get to jumpin’ jumpin’!
20-Minute Trampoline Workout
Here’s how to do the workout: Each move should be repeated for 30 seconds with 30 seconds of active-rest (jumping in place at a low intensity is best) in between. Be sure to include a two-and-a-half-minute warm-up and two-and-a-half-minute cool-down before and after the workout! Warm-ups should include practicing basic movements to familiarize yourself with jumping. And, well, because it’s fun.
1. Straight Jump
- Starting point: Standing straight with feet on trampoline, arms raised straight above head.
- Mid move: In air, hold straight body position with arms raised.
- Landing: Body straight, arms straight above head.
2. Seat Drop
- Starting point: Standing straight with hands at sides.
- Mid move: Jump up in air, moving legs forward.
- Landing: Land on posterior with legs straight out in front, palms down with fingers pointed toward toes.
3. Tuck Jump
- Starting point: Standing straight with hands at sides.
- Mid move: In air, pull knees to chest, hands grasp around knees or ankles.
- Landing: Body straight, arms straight above head.
4. Pike Jump
- Starting point: Standing straight with feet on trampoline, arms at sides.
- Mid move: Point legs out keeping them straight, parallel to bed; reach with arms and point fingers to toes.
- Landing: Land standing with legs straight like the starting point.
5. Swivel Hips
- Starting point: Standing straight with feet on trampoline, arms at sides.
- Mid move: Jump up in air, moving legs forward in seating position.
- Extra move: Bounce on posterior with legs straight out in front, palms down with fingers pointed toward toes.
- Landing: After bounce, perform a half twist and land facing opposite direction.
6. Straddle Jump
- Starting point: Standing straight with feet on trampoline, arms at sides.
- Mid mov: Point legs out sideways at an approximate 90 degree angle apart, keeping legs straight; reach with arms and point fingers to toes.
- Landing: Land standing with legs straight like the starting point.
7. Jumping Jack
- Starting point: Standing straight with feet on trampoline, arms at sides.
- Mid move: Point legs out to the side, keeping legs straight; arms reach above head, clasping hands at top.
- Landing: Land standing with legs straight like the starting point.
8. Half Twist and Full Twist
- Starting point: Standing straight with feet on trampoline, arms at sides.
- Mid move: Turn in air, facing opposite direction for a half twist (or complete 360-degree rotation for a full twist).
- Landing: Land straight with hands at sides in half twist or full twist.
Fun and effective, right? Tell us, do you do trampoline workouts? What’s your favorite move/exercise? Or do you simply like bouncing around? —Jenn
25. Juli 2012 – Fitness (Vereinigte Staaten)
Shake Up Your Summer Routine: The Trampoline Workout
Did you know that trampolining is a recently added sport to the Olympic roster? It sprung (pun intended) on to the scene during the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, featuring displays of acrobatic stunts with athletes jumping as high at 32 feet in the air.
This year, the trampoline event at the Olympics will start Friday, August 3 through Saturday, August 4. To get a head start on the competition, Springfree Trampoline has created a full body-sculpting workout that you can do on your own trampoline. Try doing two reps of each circuit, with warm-up and cool-down jumps for each set. Bounce a little, burn a lot!
1. Straight Jump: In the center of the trampoline, with knees slightly bent jump straight up with arms also straight, biceps touching ears. Land softly on two feet. Try doing 20 reps in 30 seconds, with 30 seconds active rest.
2. Straddle Jump: In the center of the trampoline with knees slightly bent, jump straight up and kick your legs out in a straddle position. Land softly on two feet. Try doing 20 reps in 30 seconds, with 30 seconds active rest.
3. Starfish: In the center of the trampoline with knees slightly bent, jump straight up and kick your legs out in a straddle position. At the same time, shoot your arms out to the sides and slightly up, resembling a star. Try 20 reps in 30 seconds, with 30 seconds of active rest.
18. Juni 2012 – Fox and Friends (Vereinigte Staaten)
8. Juni 2012 – The Seattle Times (Vereinigte Staaten)
Fitness shopping fun with Seattle's Domestic Goddess
To run, sun, pack up or lie down, we've got you covered.
All this talk of physical fitness has the Goddess absolutely exhausted. Goddess does her very best never to schvitz. And so, sweaty endeavors aside, let us begin with a nice lie down, shall we?
Take a load off
We can do that quite nicely in this, the DoubleNest Hammock from Eagles Nest Outfitters with, wait for it, the Insect Shield. This tree sofa for two is treated with Permethrin insect repellent that, the ENO folks assure us, is safe and wards off insects (and by that we mean ticks, chiggers, mites and mosquitoes, oh, my!) for up to six months of exposure to the elements. Oh, sure, they have less-expensive hammocks than this $84.95 model. But this one holds you and your feller.
The hammock is easier to maneuver with the SlapStrap suspension system ($19.95). Hitches to any solid anchor. Of course, you could upgrade to the SlapStrapPRO suspension system ($24.95): 2 feet longer, two extra attachment loops, and 4 ounces lighter. It's America; your choice. Check out eaglesnestoutfittersinc, amazon or rei, all .com. for versions of the hammock.
Lounge or pose in manly style
Here's a previously untapped market: yoga clothes for men. It's high time we tapped that. And if one of the reasons you can't get your guy down on the mat is that he doesn't have a snappy outfit, try this combo: prAna's JD Shorts and Nautilus Raglan Heathered T-shirt.
Cotton-poly blend shirt ($35) with raglan sleeves (makes it easy to strike that Warrior 1 pose). Plus, it's not too yoga-geeky, so he could wear it for a b&b (burger and beer) after class. Comes in four colors. The "next-to-skin" shorts resist wrinkles, wick moisture and dry quickly. Ooo. $40.
Fun fact: prAna's founder is named Beaver Theodosakis. Other fun fact: prAna is ancient Sanskrit for breath, life and vitality of the spirit, in case you find yourself on "Jeopardy" or somethin'.
The guy next to moi at HQ, a very snappy dresser, adores his prAna lounge pants. He likes that he can wear them "kinda all the time." He does not even do yoga and was stunned to discover yoga clothes for men when stumbling upon the prAna store in Portland. Go to prana.com or REI.
Like the stock market, but more fun
We're up, we're down, we're up, we're . . . How can one not snap to for a company motto such as: "The World's Safest Trampoline"?
Springfree Trampoline. You got it, no springs. Superstrong, flexible fiberglass rods mounted beneath the jumping surface. FlexiNet Safety Enclosure System cushions falls, returns bouncers to the mat (not an add-on, comes with each). SoftEdge System maximizes safety around the edge, making it over 30 times more shock absorbent than frame pads. Also, frame sits well beneath jumping surface, away from jumpers.
Got the 2010 Product of the Year Award, United States. And the 2011 Parent Tested Parent Approved Seal of Approval.
The tramps are the product of 14 years of injury-prevention research. Why? Because more than 100,000 kids in this country go to the hospital each year with trampoline injuries. Why? For hitting three things: ground, springs, hard frame. "We have none of those," says trampoline professional Jody Sise.
She also says that 10 minutes of jumping is equal to a 30-minute run. Get your cardio up and on.
28. Mai 2012 – Dear Crissy (Vereinigte Staaten)
Springfree Trampoline
Summer is just around the corner, and that means plenty of outdoor fun for kids of all ages. To celebrate, I’ve teamed up with a fantastic group of bloggers to give one very lucky USA or Canadian reader a Large Square Trampoline valued at $1,899.00 from Springfree Trampoline!
Did you know that Springfree Trampoline is the safest trampoline in the world? Its revolutionary design will allow your kids to have all the fun, with none of the injuries!
Watch the video below to see what people are saying about Springfree Trampoline!
20. Mai 2012 – The News Tribune (Vereinigte Staaten)
Quest for safer trampoline leads Tacoma man to Aussie company
About a year ago, when Tacoma resident John Armstrong was shopping for a trampoline, he wasn’t very happy with what he found online.
What he found was enough footage of trampoline accidents to launch a television network.
“People would step right between the springs or hit the bar and it would cause all kinds of injuries,” Armstrong said.
But he was determined to find a safe trampoline for his son because he knew it would be great workout and, just as important, it would be fun. “I’m pretty much a big kid, too,” Armstrong said.
Eventually, his trampoline hunt led him to Springfree Trampoline, an Australia company whose U.S. headquarters are in Issaquah.
Springfree general manager Mike McCarthy claims 83 percent of trampoline-related injuries are caused by the springs that ring the jumping surface and the hard medal frame.
“Everybody has a story about getting hurt or seeing somebody get hurt on a trampoline,” McCarthy said. “We tried to address that with a trampoline that doesn’t have springs or any hard surfaces for you to land on.”
Armstrong traveled to Issaquah to sample the trampoline last year. “I was hooked immediately.”
The jumping surface appears to float above the frame thanks to a series of composite rods that replace the spring. Unlike the springs on traditional trampolines, the rods are under the jumping surface.
The protective net also isn’t held in place with poles, but rather a more forgiving concave tension net that McCarthy says will actually catch errant jumpers “like a fishing net.”
The trampolines range in price from $1,250-$2,200 depending on the size and McCarthy says most families can assemble them in about three hours. The company will assemble them for you for $300.
The company sells the trampolines online at Springfreetrampoline.com, but McCarthy recommends local residents visit the Issaquah store to sample the trampolines because the store often offers discounts that aren’t available online.
With his worries about safety eased, Armstrong says the trampoline proves to be a great workout both for him and his 11-year-old son, Johnny.
“When we first got it I was probably bouncing five minutes and realized it was a great workout,” Armstrong said. “To this day I go about 10 minutes before I have to stop.”
Armstrong describes himself as “out of shape,” but McCarthy says he’s put marathon runners on the trampoline and seen their “heart rate go through the roof after just five minutes.”
McCarthy says simply jumping up on down on a trampoline for 10 minutes is equivalent to a 30-minute jog. And 20 minutes of jumping will burn about 300 calories.
“It’s great for balance, coordination and building core strength,” he said.
Armstrong has witnessed that first hand. His son is 5-foot-9 and “still growing into his muscles.”
He says Johnny’s coordination has improved over the past year while working out on the trampoline. Johnny, a swimmer, has also seen improvement in the pool. Armstrong attributes the time on the trampoline with his more powerful turns at the wall.
What do Johnny’s workouts look like? “He’s jumping around for hours with the neighbor using their Nerf swords to do acrobatic Ninja moves.
“It’s a lot of fun,” Armstrong said. “I think that’s what he likes most.”
CONTEST WINNER
Terry Parks of Tacoma won last month’s cycling contest. Parks cranked out a mile in 2 minutes, 18 seconds on an Expresso exercise bike at the Tacoma Center YMCA.
Expresso bikes offer a virtual race course on handlebar-mounted monitor. The course ranges from one to 20 miles and users can post challenges for others online. Users can also choose riders from worldwide and gym rankings to race against. When doing this a ghost appears on the race course representing the competition’s best time.
Our little contest, an invite to race against my ghost, drew entries from around the country including some encouraging motivation from riders in Minnesota and Pennsylvania that helped me shave 11 seconds off my best mile.
“That’s one of the great things about this,” Ross Stensrud, Expresso’s marketing director told me last week. “There’s always people out there to push you and keep you motivated.”
Read more about these interactive exercise bikes at blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure.
