I personally am hooked because I'm sore in all the good ways, and not the bad.  I'm sore from muscles that I had forgotten I had.  And the trend is catching on and growing in popularity.  Not just because it's the next NEW fitness fad, but because of all of the great health benefits that come with rebounding.  Rebounding is truly unique, as it uses both acceleration and deceleration to work on every cell in your body in a distinctive way.  It promotes blood flow and heart rate while stimulating the lymphatic system.  

The lymphatic system is basically your body's "garbage disposal," and its function relies completely on your body's conscious movement.  Unlike our cardiovascular system that has the heart to do the work or the lymph system relies on our body movements as it pumps to drain out the toxins from your body.  So any exercise encourages this to happen, but rebounding is the most powerful and effective movement therapy to increase lymph flow and to drain toxins from the body.  It really is simple, because, with the up and down movement, the lymphatic fluid is forced to move and flush toxins.  So while you are sweating away on the outside, the body is literally draining on the inside too.  Sounds like a win-win to me.  

Now, unlike the days of my Mimi's ugly, brown marbled vinyl trampoline with the coiled springs, there have been some good updates made to the mini-trampolines.  Here at The WellHouse Fit, we use JumpSport Fitness rebounders that have bungee chords from the rim to the pad, and not the traditional spring system.  It provides a smoother landing and has more "give" when jumping.  We also love to use the rebounders, not just for the cardio aspect of the class, but we do arm work, ab work, resistance work - you name it, and we do it all and in one class.  These are amazing and such a fun way to add much-needed cardio to our bodies.  And there's no age limit - from little kids to adults in their 70's - they're for everyone!

xoxo,

AC