The Best Home Exercise Routine

Home exercise is convenient, free (no fitness club fees), and safe (no dark parking lots to cross).

The home exercise routine that I do on my rebounder only takes 15 minutes!

I begin by bouncing gently while keeping my feet on the rebounder. This helps me warm up and works on the calves at the same time. Warming up is important, and so is cooling down. It also helps me to be get my balance on the trampoline.

Then I begin to walk in place with a moderate bounce. I’ll do that for a few minutes.

Next I do jumping jacks. I am up to 50 repetitions, but I started with about 20. Doing jumping jacks tones your arms and legs, gives you a cardio work-out and burns calories. After those I cool down a little by walk-bouncing in place.

I then do "touch knees" where I alternate bringing up the right, then the left knee up with the bounce and touch it with my hand. I am also up to 50 reps. It's good for the thighs!

Between each routine I walk in place on the rebounder.

Then I do a kind of a lunge where, on the bounce, I stretch my right arm out forward and my right leg out behind me as high as I can. I alternate with the left side, back and forth with each bounce. This is really great for the thighs and “glutes” (rear-end). I do 50 reps of this routine. It also helps with balance.

Once again I cool down for a few minutes or so with the walk-bounce.

Another home exercise routine I do is the twist. As I bounce up, I twist my hips and legs to the right, on the next bounce to the left and I do this for 50 repetitions. This exercise really whittles down the waist.

More cool down walk-bouncing.

A real fat burner that also tones the thighs and strengthens the legs is this next one. I squat down and pick my feet up and down, keeping them below my hips, as fast as I can. Since this really does “burn”, I can't do it very long.

Let’s see…another routine that will tone your arms is to stretch your arms straight up, palms flat as if you were pushing the sky up higher. I do this while walk-bouncing. You can also punch your fists out in front of you, like in a karate exercise.

I always wear a wrist watch so I can keep track of the time. After 12-13 minutes I begin to slow it down so I can really cool down. After 15 minutes, when I am finished and get off the rebounder, I usually walk around for a few more minutes to get my “land legs” and give my heart rate time to slow down. You can use the second hand on your watch to count your heart beats. Getting up to 120 beats per minute is what you need for a good cardio work-out.

If you have a problem with balance, this may not be the best exercise equipment for you. You might rather try a stationary bicycle.

Please send me your comments and let me and others know about your experience with a rebounder!

Have fun doing your home exercises on a rebounder while you go from FLABBY TO FIT!

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05/18/2008

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My Home Exercise Routine on the Rebounder