While Having FUN!!!
Hi All,
Happy Father’s Day.
As a single Mom I am both Mother and Father to my son. As such I get cards for Mother’s and Father’s Day :0) So, I usually look forward to both holidays. But, today turned out to not be a great day around here.
If any of you have been checking out some of our other blogs you probably already know that we have chickens. I won’t get into the whole story here as this blog is about the Biggest Loser tv show and about helping people to lose weight and get healthy. But, something attacked some of our ‘baby’ chickens last night and killed 5 of 7 of them. The scene this morning was horrific. We raised these from little fuzz balls an to see how they suffered has made me sick to my stomach. Not really feeling like celebrating today.
Anyway, I promised you another way to firm up and get healthy so here you go
The other day I told you about something called isometric exercises which are not only super easy to do but they work great too. The great thing is that it doesn’t cost you anything to do isometric exercises and you can do them pretty much anywhere without most people even knowing that you are exercising.
Another great exercise that you can do that will not only help you to lose weight, firm up but to also get healthy in other ways too.
This one costs a little bit but it is not too expensive and compared with all of the benefits it is well worth it.
What is it?
Rebounding.
Some of you may not know what this is. A re-bounder is simply a mini-trampoline. It doesn’t cost much, we got ours at a rummage sale in like new condition for only $10.
You can set a re-bounder up in front of your tv and use it while you watch your favorite tv show- that could be Biggest Loser once it comes back on this Fall :0)
You simply get on your rebounder and walk, run, or jump your way to health.
If your health is bad you can still get the benefits of using a rebounder by resting your feet on it while sitting in a chair and then let someone else jump on it.
This will work well for those who may be elderly, obese or just have a lot of health problems.
Before you start you should get the ok from your doctor but if your doctor doesn’t think you should do this then ask them if you just rest your feet on the mini-trampoline while someone else uses it or you just gently bounce your feet if it might be ok to try it and see if you can start helping to improve your health this way until you are able to actually get on the rebounder and use it
Using a mini-trampoline, even like this, can help get your blood circulating and help to cleanse your lymph system. Rebounding affects every organ, helps the efficiency of the lymphatic system and even the immune system.
Your lymphatic system is your defense against , viruses, infection, bacteria and even diseases.
It cleans wastes and infection from all tissues of the body and even removes the toxins we absorb from our environment.
If you suffer from a stagnant lymphatic system you could suffer from any one (or more) of these common diseases:
Obesity
Loss of energy
Low back pain
Viral infections
Arthritis
Bacterial infections
Cancer
Prostate problems
Chronic sinus problems
Eczema and other skin conditions
Loss of Energy
Fibrocystic disease
Chronic fatigue
Repetitive trouble with parasites
Multiple Sclerosis
Heart disease
Edema
Lupus
Inflammation
High Blood Pressure
Headaches
Excessive sweating
These are just some of the diseases that affect anyone that has a sluggish lymphatic system. But you don’t have to have an impaired lymphatic system as using a mini-trampoline is one of the, if not THE, best way to improve your lymph system and gain other benefits too.
You can simply start using your mini trampoline for 5-10 minutes to start and build your time up from there. It may not seem like much and it is so much fun you may not want to get off of it :0)lol but even starting for small amounts of time you can gain great health benefits.
Here is a list of how rebounding can help your body:
1. Rebounding helps your lymphatic circulation
2. Rebounding protects your joints from chronic fatigue and trauma caused by the impact caused by exercising on hard surfaces.
3. Rebounding slows down the aging process.
4. Rebounding strengthens the skeletal systems.
5. Rebounding helps to circulate more oxygen to your tissues.
6. Rebounding creates better equilibrium between the oxygen required by your tissues and the oxygen that is available.
7. Rebounding improves your digestion and elimination processes.
8. Rebounding helps your blood pressure
9. Rebounding increases your capacity for respiration.
10. Rebounding helps in the rehabilitation of a heart problem.
11. Rebounding increases the functional activity of the red bone marrow in the production of red blood cells.
12. Rebounding improves your resting metabolic rate so that you burn more calories even hours after you finish exercising.
13. Rebounding causes your muscles to work in moving fluids through your body to lighten your heart’s load.
14. Rebounding decreases the volume of blood that you may have pooling in your veins of your cardiovascular system thus preventing chronic edema.
15. Rebounding increases your circulation.
16. Rebounding strengthens your heart & muscles so that they work more efficiently.
17. Rebounding allows your resting heart to beat less often.
18. Rebounding lowers circulating cholesterol and your tri-glyceride levels.
19. Rebounding lowers the low-density bad cholesterol in the blood and increases your good cholesterol to help you to avoid coronary artery disease.
20. Rebounding helps your body in tissue repair.
21. Rebounding for more than 20 minutes at a time with a moderate intensity will increase the mitochondria count within the muscle cells, essential for endurance.
22. Rebounding adds to the alkaline reserve of the body, which may be of significance in an emergency requiring prolonged effort.
23. Rebounding allows for better relaxation and sleep which helps you to deal with stress easier.
24. Rebounding helps to improve your balance.
25. Rebounding offers real relief from neck and back pains, headaches, and other pain caused by lack of exercise.
26. Rebounding helps for fatigue & menstrual discomfort for women.
27. Rebounding improves muscle-to-fat ratio.
28. Rebounding results in better mental performance, which could help you and your family with the learning processes.
29. Rebounding helps your immune system so it minimizes the number of colds you may have as well as allergies, digestive disturbances, and abdominal problems
30. Last, but not least, Rebounding is FUN!
With all of the benefits of rebounding there is really no reason not to get started using a mini-trampoline as soon as possible.
Now, for some of you, you may be able to get a rebounder at a rummage sale like we did but for those of you that are heavier you might not be able to find one strong enough to hold you.
Keep watching here as I am in talks with a company that makes the best rebounder around. With a 300 pound weight limit which is 50-100 pounds more than any other mini-trampoline around. It also has a safety bar and is low cost. If you haven’t already done so you may want to bookmark us and keep checking back. I will let you know as soon as I am able to offer you this great item to help you to lose weight and get healthy
Hope you all have been trying the isometric exercises I already told you about. Keep at it and you will start to see results :0)
Happy Father’s Day and First Day of Summer :0)
Later
