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On the rebound: The rise of the trampoline workout



Marathon training can take its toll. Putting the mileage in is important, obviously, but pounding the pavements week after week means your hips and knees can take the hit — the last thing you want before attempting the full 26.2. 

To give your joints a break, you have to cushion the impact. For the capital’s top trainers, this means jumping on the rebounder and taking your workout to new heights. They say it’ll burn fat, strengthen the lower body and boost cardio — in record time. A recent study by Nasa found that just 10 minutes bouncing on a trampoline is a better cardiovascular workout than 33 minutes of running.

“Rebounding is a fun way to get your cardio fix,” says celebrity trainer Simone De La Rue, who’s just opened the doors of her sleek new BBS (Body By Simone) studio in Primrose Hill. The Hollywood fitness guru has honed the thighs of everyone from Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to Taylor Swift and Reese Witherspoon and swears by the micro-trampoline as her magic tool.  

Her Trampoline Cardio class is the perfect supplement to your training runs: it is a 55-minute workout on the rebounder that combines strength work with intense interval training. 

It’s about getting that endorphin rush without damaging your body, says De La Rue. “The soft mat cushions your impact, so it’s great for anyone with knee, hip or lower-back injuries, and the constant bouncing increases blood circulation and helps with draining the lymphatic glands.” Vital for marathon day. 

You’ll be left dripping: De La Rue’s wonder move is the 60-second sprint on the rebounder which feels like you’re running through quick sand. “It’s extremely intense and one of the fastest ways to kick your heart rate up,” she insists. 

A higher love: Frame’s 45-minute rebound class is great for de-stressing

Other exercises include the star jump and the single leg hop; jump squats from the floor on to the trampoline; and the warrior 3 kick-back, a yoga-inspired move that forces you to engage the core.

“While a lot of the focus is on your lower body, you need to connect your core at all times so you don’t fall off,” which challenges your co-ordination, says De La Rue. 

Importantly, it’s “just fun”, she says, and recommends two blasts on the trampoline every week alongside your regular cardio workouts. “There’s something childlike about it when you start bouncing.” It’s Frame co-founder Pip Black’s favourite class to teach. “The endorphin rush is real,” says Black. 

Frame runs 45-minute evening Rebounding classes for de-stressing and 30-minute Quickie Bounding workouts at lunchtime. Twenty minutes of rebounding is equal to an hour’s jog “and a hell of a lot more fun”. Unlike running, you have the added motivation of a teacher, tunes and other people to jump around with.

Studios across the capital are coming on in leaps and bounds. Virgin Active has a rebounder class; Oxygen Free-jumping Park in Acton offers group HIIT classes on a giant grid of miniature trampolines; and Bounce studios have six varieties of trampoline-based workout. Its signature class features 45 minutes of dance-cardio routines and 15 minutes of toning, and promises to burn 700 calories in 60 minutes. Jump in.



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