For either adults or kids, trampolines are great to exercise and socialise. Aside from being brilliant fun, trampolining has several proven heath and fitness benefits too! Standard and regular use of trampolines and rebounders increases your fitness by elevating the pulse rate of your body and also ensures oxygen is pumped around more efficiently. A good trampolining session, will make you feel healthier like any aerobic exercise and on top of that because they are used outdoors, fresh air is an added bonus.

Trampolines are often recommended by doctors following a heart attack to help strengthen the heart and in comparison to jogging, trampolining produces more aerobic exercise faster. A ten minute trampolining session provides the same health benefits as a half hour run and is much more entertaining to boot! Trampolining also uses almost every muscle in the body, especially the stomach muscles, arms and legs, so the activity is ideal to keep your tummy trim, your bottom toned and your thighs slim.

While recognising all these health and fitness benefits, the biggest concern many parents have with trampolines is safety, especially when they are used almost exclusively by the kids. Round 12ft trampolines, 14ft trampolines 10ft trampolines, 8ft trampolines from big, reputable brands normally incorporate safety nets, which encloses the trampoline and avoids any falls or tumbles. Most injuries occur on the mat of the trampoline itself, but the better makes generally employ a “double bounce” system. This uses two layers of well padded and cushioned sprung mats to reduce the risk of injury, provide a very forgiving bounce for kids and yet still handle a 17 stone adult (although obviously if you trampoline regularly, you won’t be 17 stone for long!)

Trampolines for outdoor garden are circular to encourage all the bounce is towards the centre for safety reasons and maximum rebound. Rectangular trampolines are really intended for serious, competition-focussed, athletes and probably not the best option if you simply want a fun thing to do in the back yard. So helping to strengthen bones, trimming, toning tums and bums, improving fitness and even detoxing your lymphatic system are all side effects of trampolining. To be honest it might just be your mental health that would improve the most. The sheer exuberant fun of jumping up and down in a safe environment is guaranteed to make you smile or laugh out loud and that will make anyone of any age feel really happy!

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