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While trampolining, as long as the G-force remained below 4-Gs, the ratio of oxygen consumption compared to biomechanical conditioning was sometimes more than twice as efficient as treadmill running. With the G-force the same as or greater than 4-G's II ...there was no significant difference in the oxygen uptake between the two regimens."
“ ...averting the deconditioning that occurs during the immobilization of bed rest or space flight, due to a lack of gravireceptor stimulation (in addition to other factors), requires an acceleration profile that can be delivered at a relatively low metabolic cost. .for equivalent metabolic cost, and acceleration profile from jumping will provide greater stimuli to gravi-receptors."
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Even when a person is able to develop a force on the trampoline of more than 4- G's, although it is no more efficient as far as oxygen consumption than running, it is still much better on the lower extremities because all of the cells of the body are still below their rupture threshold providing a safe way to exercise.
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![]() Leaping and rebounding has always been a natural act tapped by the young in their play, forming an important part of recreation and physical education.
From early childhood, rebounding, in many disguises, forms an instinctive element of spontaneous and organized play.
When my daughter Romani was born, exercise classes I had been instructing for years slipped out the door! On a trip to New Zealand twenty years ago, I was introduced to the mini trampoline, and knew immediately I’d found the ideal route to fitness at home.
I have developed Starbound as a complete system of mini trampoline exercises, over the past twenty years, to provide the worlds first fully comprehensive rebounding programmes for health, healing, and fitness.
The design and marketing of commercial mini trampoline rebounders over the past twenty years, has encouraged the concept of rebounding as suitable home exercise for aerobic fitness - highlighting the numerous health benefits that rebounding can bring!
As far back as the middle ages, travelling acrobats specialized in plank leaping, rebounding over a variety of objects, including each other.
Eskimos stretched walrus skins between stakes in the ice, bouncing zealously off and upon them. Inspired by the trapeze artist, ending his act rebounding into a safety net, George Nissan set about designing the first trampoline in the mid 1930's.
Throughout World War Two, the American Armed Forces adopted rebounding equipment as part of their training programmes, to aid the development of aerial orientation, co-ordination, and motor skills.
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![]() Mini trampolines, specifically designed for use as home exercise rebounders, began to flood the home exercise equipment market in the 1980's.
Since man has been exploring space, astronauts have been faced with the effect of zero gravity, which threatens to weaken their bones and tissues, through lack of stress upon their body cells.
For this reason NASA scientists carried out the first-ever research into using a trampoline, with evidence surfacing to suggest that rebounding on a mini trampoline provides superior exercise. The concept of rebounding on mini trampolines was consequently introduced as 'rebounding' around twenty years ago, citing NASA research as ' the most efficient and effective form of exercise ever devised.'
Four scientists, A, Bhattacharya, E. p, McCutcheon, E. Shvariz, and J, E. Greenleaf, secured the assistance of eight men between the ages of 19 and 26 to each walk, jog, and run on a treadmill, operated at four speeds, and then jump on a standard sized trampoline at four different heights to compare the difference between the two modes of exercise.
Treadmill running had been studied before; however the scientists found that"...measurements of the necessary variables have not been reported previously for trampoline exercise."
The trampoline testing was conducted at least a week after the treadmill testing. The six measurements that were taken on all eight subjects were:
A pulse before exercising, immediately after exercising, amount of oxygen consumed while exercising, amount of G-force experienced at the ankle while exercising , amount of G-force experienced at the lower-back while exercising, and amount of G-force experienced at the forehead while exercising.
The pulse was obtained by a battery-powered electrocardiographic unit taped to the subject's body which transmitted signals to a custom designed receiver, in turn recorded the information by electronically writing it on a chart.
The oxygen consumption was measured with a K-meter that the subject carried on his back. The G-force experienced by the ankle, back and forehead of each of the university students was measured by small sensitive accelerometers which were placed in Plexiglas holders that were taped to the ankle, the small of the back, and the forehead.
The only studies previous studies available were the preliminary studies which began in August of 1977 on passive restrained humans and animals exposed to increasing frequency and amplitude of vibration forces designed to increase heart rate and metabolic activity,
"These responses measured by whole-body vibration resemble those during mild exercise and suggest that perhaps body vibration could be used in place of exercise for those who are ambulatory. "
The results of trampoline vs. treadmill study were startling to the scientists Following are some of the results revealed by this team of scientists from NASA:
...This makes it possible to exercise the entire body knowing that there is no undue pressure applied to any part of the body such as the feet, ankles, and legs, and at the same time knowing that each part of the body is receiving the necessary environmental stresses it needs to become stronger cell by cell.
...The efficient use of the vertical forces of acceleration and deceleration to produce internal loading by directly opposing the gravitational pull develops more biomechanical work with less energy expended, thus less oxygen used and less demand placed on the heart.
It is Important to note that although this experiment was performed on a trampoline where the participants were able to develop a G-force as high as 8-G's, the efficient use of energy was below 4-G's.
...People involved in rebounding exercise workouts on rebounding units have been measured only as high as 3.5-G's, (United States Air Force, Dr. Ward Dean) so that any activity on a rebound unit is more efficient than treadmill running at any speed.
…for similar levels of heart rate and oxygen consumption, the magnitude of the biomechanical stimuli is greater with jumping on a rebounder trampoline than with running, a finding that might help identify acceleration parameters needed for the design of remedial procedures to avert deconditioning in persons exposed to weightlessness." N.A.S.A., Journal of Applied Physiology 49(5): 881-887
The above statement is one of several made in a scientific study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology 49(5): 881-887, 1980, with research performed by the Biomechanical Research Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, in cooperation with the Wenner-Gren Research laboratory, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
This statement verifies the fact that rebounding exercise is an excellent exercise for our senior citizens, those physically handicapped, those who are recuperating from an accident or injury, or anyone else who needs exercise but is hampered by a pre-existing physical condition.
"...for similar levels of heart rate and oxygen consumption, the magnitude of the biomechanical stimuli is greater with jumping on a trampoline than with running, a finding that might help identify acceleration parameters needed for the design of remedial procedures to avert de-conditioning in persons exposed to weightlessness. “
While jumping on a trampoline, the G-.force was almost the same at all three points, (ankle, back, forehead) and well below the rupture threshold of a normal healthy Individual.
"The external work output at equivalent levels of oxygen uptake was significantly greater while trampolining than running. The greatest difference was about 68%." Rebounding on quality mini trampolines provides low-impact, providing highly effective cardiovascular and lymphatic exercise.
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