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Ways the Body Benefits From Rebounding
By
Dr. Morton Walker and Albert E. Carter
Rebounding is an
exercise that reduces your body fat; firms your arms, legs, thighs, abdomen,
and hips; increases your agility; strengthens your muscles overall; provides an
aerobic effect for your heart; rejuvenates your body when it’s tired, and
generally puts you in a state of health and fitness. In fact, there are at lease 33 health
advantages of regular rebounding, including the following:
1. It provides an increased
G-force (gravitational load), which strengthens the musculoskeletal systems.
2. It protects the joints
from the chronic fatigue delivered by exercising on hard surfaces.
3. It helps manage body
composition and improves muscle-to-fat ratio.
4. It increases capacity
for respiration.
5. It circulates more
oxygen to the tissues
6. It establishes a better
equilibrium between the oxygen required by the tissues and the oxygen made
available.
7. It aids lymphatic
circulation by stimulating the millions of one-way valves in the lymphatic
system.
8. It tends to reduce the
height to which the arterial pressures rise during exertion.
9. It lessens the time
during which blood pressure remains abnormal after severe activity.
10. It assists in the rehabilitation of a heart problem.
11. It increases the functional activity of the red bone marrow in
the production of red blood cells.
12. It improves resting metabolic rate so that more calories are
burned for hours after exercise.
13. It causes muscles to perform work in moving fluids through the
body to lighten the heart’s load.
14. It decreases the volume of blood pooling in the veins of the
cardiovascular system preventing chronic edema.
15. It encourages collateral circulation by increasing the
capillary count in the muscles and decreasing the distance between the
capillaries and the target cells.
16. It strengthens the heart and other muscles in the body so that
they work more efficiently.
17. It allows the resting heart to beat less often.
18. It lowers circulating cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
19. It lowers low-density lipoprotein (bad) in the blood and
creases high-density lipoprotein (good) holding off the incidence of coronary
artery disease.
20. It promotes tissue repair.
21. It increases the mitochondria count within the muscle cells,
essential for endurance.
22. It adds to the alkaline reserve of the body, which may be of
significance in an emergency requiring prolonged effort.
23. It improves coordination between the propreoceptors in the
joints, the transmission of nerve impulses to and from the brain, transmission
of nerve impulses and responsiveness of the muscle fibers.
24. It improves the brain’s responsiveness to the vestibular
apparatus within the inner ear, thus improving balance.
25. It offers relief from neck and back pains, headaches, and other
pain caused by lack of exercise.
26. It enhances digestion and elimination processes.
27. It allows for deeper and easier relaxation and sleep.
28. It results in better mental performance, with keener learning
processes.
29. It curtails fatigue and menstrual discomfort for women.
30. It minimizes the number of colds, allergies, digestive
disturbances, and abdominal problems.
31. It tends to slow down atrophy in the aging process.
32. It is an effective modality by which the user gains a sense of
control and an improved self image.
33. It is enjoyable!
People who rebound
find they are able to work longer, sleep better, and feel less tense and
nervous. The effect is not just
psychological, because the action of bouncing up and down against gravity,
without trauma to the musculoskeletal system, is one of the most beneficial
aerobic exercises ever developed.