Rebounders for sport recovery
Since we saw David Beckham jogging around on a mini trampoline, and heading balls into the net, we’ve all come to recognise that aerobic exercise on a rebounder is perfect for developing overall fitness and useful to the achievement of any weight loss plan. You can burn between 100-280 extra calories in a 30-minute session. But there are other benefits too.
Because it is a zero impact aerobic exercise (that is, it places no strain on your joints) rebounding has many benefits. Rebounding improves your circulation, which helps your lymphatic system. It increases the capacity of your heart and lungs, and builds strength, stamina, agility and all round general fitness. Rebounding improves muscle tone - in particular around the legs, thighs abdomen, arms and hips - and will help develop your co-ordination and balance. In terms of fitness recovering, those who have sustained muscle pulls or more serious injuries may find that rebounding allows them to keep their cardio vascular fitness levels high, without running the risk of repeating the injury.
A recent claim, which has not yet been fully scientifically tested, is that rebounding helps your cells metabolise, cleanse and renew, and allows your lymph system to pump and drain out the body's waste. Why is this important? Because, unlike the cardiovascular system, which has the heart as a pump, the lymph system does not have a pump. The lymph tubes are filled with one-way valves that only open up, or allow drainage toward the centre of the body. When pressure below the valve is greater than above (as when you are moving downward on the rebounder) the valves are forced open so the fluid can flow. This may be important in terms of recovering from viral infections and other diseases – we can imagine that in future, sports stars recovering from influenza or stomach bugs will be encouraged to rebound the waste products out of their system swiftly and efficiently.
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