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Rebounding
Basics Of Exercise Until recently, sayings like "no pain, no gain," were mottos to live by if you wanted to become, or even stay, fit. Following this advice, however, often resulted in millions of injuries each year--and not just to beginners. Professional athletes and instructors suffered, as well. An epidemic number of pulled muscles, torn ligaments and cartilages, strained tendons and broken bones have kept doctors busy over the past decade. Runners, in particular, have led the pack with not only the highest incidence of injuries, but more injuries than are caused by all other recreations combined. The reason? Studies have uncovered this one important fact: Any activity that involves repeated and vigorous pounding of the feet on an unforgiving surface will produce some kind of injury. Because of these findings, the latest words in exercise are "low impact," as in aerobics. "No impact" aerobics, as in rebounding, is the most efficient, effective form of exercise yet devised by man. Concepts Behind Rebound Exercise Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity states that every element in the universe is subject to the effects of gravity. He found that the strength of gravity depends on two things: 1. The amount of matter each body contains. 2. The distance between two bodies. In terms of physics, jumping is one of the most basic expressions of Newton's law of action and reaction. Pushing down against the ground gives rise to the equal and opposite reaction of being propelled into the air against gravity. Basically put, jumping is simply a contest between the jumper and gravity. Gravity directly influences every cell in the body in two ways: 1. The direct gravitational pull on every cell. 2. Atmospheric pressure applied from all directions. In fact, gravity is the most important and constant force of our existence. It provides a force worthy of opposition to all living things. Even plants oppose gravity, growing upward against its force. A governing law of all living things is, "There must be an opposition in all things to develop strength." Born into this environment, dictated by gravity, we have two choices: oppose it and become strong, or give up and fold into a compact mass. These facts make it easy to understand why jumping is beneficial to the human body. When we jump, each and every cell in the body reacts and adjusts to the change in the gravitational pull. This action strengthens each cell remarkably. But this is just part of the reason why rebounding is so beneficial. In 1911, the famous scientist, Albert Einstein, developed a new idea of gravitation. He showed that gravitation, acceleration, and deceleration produced the same effects. There is no way to tell gravitation from acceleration or deceleration. While the forces themselves are different, the human body can't tell the difference. To harness and make use of the acceleration and deceleration forces is to line them up with gravity. That's the purpose of the rebounder. As you stand still on the rebounder, every cell in your body is subject to the force of gravity. This can be measured with a "G" meter. You probably have a "G" meter in your own home. It's called a bathroom scale. If you were to put a bathroom scale on top of a rebounder and stand on it, it would register the amount of G-force the earth was pulling down on your entire body. One G-force would be your total weight. However, something fascinating happens when you start moving up and down. You begin to subject your entire body to the forces of acceleration and deceleration, plus gravity. At the bottom of the bounce, your whole body stops. That's deceleration. Then, it increases in speed upward. That's acceleration. The combination of vertical deceleration followed instantly by vertical acceleration of your entire body, combining with the constant gravity, creates an increased G force, which is felt by every cell in your body. You no longer weigh 1 G force--you weigh more! The cells react to this environmental stimulation the same way they react to any other environmental change; they adjust and become individually stronger. At the bottom of the bounce, every cell in your body identifies the combination of the three forces simply as an increase in the gravitational pull of the earth, much the same way they would react if they experienced your living on a larger planet than the earth with a greater G force. This happens a hundred times a minute! At the top of the bounce, as gravity counteracts the combined forces of the change in velocity, you become weightless for a fraction of a second a hundred times a minute. All cells of your body immediately become weightless. Virtually all immediate structural stresses and pressure are eliminated from all of your cells all at once. Your cells depend upon diffusion of water through their semi-permeable membranes to carry oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and enzymes into the cell, and to flush out metabolic trash. The rate of diffusion of water into and out of the cells under normal conditions is 100 times the volume of fluid inside each cell each second. The oscillation of the cells of your body between an increase in G force and a no G force 200 times a minute increases the diffusion of water into each cell at least three fold! Nothing beats that kind of cellular cleansing. Conclusion Calisthenics, weight lifting, jogging, bicycling, swimming exercise only part of the body at a time by isolating muscle groups and providing an exercise designed for that particular group. Rebounding has brought us face-to-face with the first whole-body exercise. NASA has consulted with Albert Carter, known as the world's expert on rebounding, in the preparation of an advanced rebounding exercise program for use in the zero gravity of space. This step is recognized as necessary to prevent the loss of bone mass suffered by astronauts in past space explorations. People who rebound regularly report a variety of benefits received, including boosted energy levels, clearer thinking processes, decreased amounts of back and joint pains, better attitudes, decrease in headaches, both in number and intensity, alleviation of arthritic symptoms, including pain and inflammation, breathing becomes easier, ease of weight loss, and more. Most people who rebound do so for only 30 minutes a day. Unlike other forms of exercise, you need not limit yourself to just that. This has become the norm for many types of exercise due to the amount of stress they perform on the human body. Not so with rebounding. Rebounding is a safe, "no impact" form of exercise, and will not place undo stress on your body. And unlike other forms of exercise, rebounding is gentle enough for seniors or pregnant women, yet challenging enough for professional athletes. Rebounding is the safest and most effective form of exercise ever devised. It can be gentle enough for a patient confined to a wheelchair, yet challenging enough for an Olympic athlete. Rebounding is so versatile it can be individually tailored to the age and condition of the user and offers immense health benefits to seniors and toddlers and everyone in between. Rebounding is a simple, fun way to get the daily exercise that medical authorities say we all need. It is a documented fact that exercising speeds up the metabolic rate and burns calories. Rebounding makes exercising easy and, as an all-over body exercise, also qualifies as a terrific body-shaper. |
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