Many years ago I read about the benefits of rebounding. I read all the Harvey and Marilyn Diamond books, as was the fashion at the time, and bought a rebounder. I was very disappointed to find that rebounding was no where near as much fun as it looked in the books, gave me a headache, and thus the mini trampoline has been stored and moved around various parts of the house and outbuildings for years. I had no idea that it was just a bad rebounder and that a good rebounder shouldn't feel like jumping on a bit of old plywood stretched around some squeaky springs. My hero, Jason Vale, has brought out a rebounding DVD. Naturally I will need a nice new pro-bounce to go with it.
I have been thinking about taking up rebounding as a way of getting more exercise back into my life. I enjoy weight training and walking but I am too tired these days to do much of either. Being unfit makes you susceptible to tiredness and so being tired often means you don't exercise enough. I think I could do a little rebounding each day, building up to longer, especially if I have a DVD to show me how to do more than a bit of jumping and shuffling. I want to build my fitness back up so that I can attend aerobic classes again and do some fell walking.
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