I want to address a few questions that have been popping up about bounce by new participants: The pelvic floor, coordination, falling, and the trampolines structural integrity. So the Pelvic floor in this context basically is in charge of stabilising your bladder, and during the training process, if your pelvic floor is unconditioned you will find yourself going to the toilet often until it gets conditioned. Because this muscle group is an internal muscle group that responds best to gravity, controlled impact and vibration eg: running, sports, skipping, etc, the only way to strengthen it is to put the body under these types of working loads which can be difficult to execute for a novice level trainee due to the demands they place on an unprepared physiology. Mini trampolining provides in my opinion the ultimate conditioning tool for conditioning pelvic floor due to the complete cellular activity working against gravity when bouncing and minimal joint load from the surface. Strengthening the pelvic floor is very important for modern lifestyles because as we sit down in front of screens and cars for prolonged amounts of time the pelvic floor actually deactivates due to inactivity which leads to postural imbalances, breathing problems, back issues, and fatigue/energy issues. In my opinion this makes the trampoline style of training extremely valuable to the majority of people who do not the time to “live” at a gym. The mat also provides a non-impact surface, and the nature of the training means muscle activation/effort is progressive and natural as the participants skills improve. This brings us to coordination and trampoline integrity. The Trampolines we use have a 150kg/330Ib weight limit and I would never recommend someone over this weight do this style of training initially anyway which to me is common sense. As far as coordination, yeah you will be a little un-co at the start but as you learn the movements, the language, and give your skills time to develop, the coordination naturally comes. Do not expect to be “good” your first go, no one ever gets it the first few times so liberate yourself from these expectations. And do not worry about falling off. We have seen 1000’s of people train and have only seen 1 person kind of “fall” BUT there was a random factor involved in that instance so if you want to focus on the 0.01% chance of falling well, that’s your choice but it does not seem necessary from my experience. So go ahead and enjoy yourself with this amazing style of training.

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