 | | | | |  | | Even ACTIVE couch potatoes risk heart problems | | | by QiBounding on
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It is well known that people who sit a lot and have no active lifestyle risk to get heart problems. But newest scientific studies showed that even those of us who have an active life style provoke a higher risk of heart diseases, if they expose themselves to periods of prolonged sitting during the day. The study published in May in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise concludes that men who spent more than 23 hours a week watching TV and sitting in their cars had a 64 % greater chance of dying from heart disease than those who sat for eleven hours a week or less. This result was to nobody’s surprise. But astonishing was the fact that most of those men let an active lifestyle, i.e. exercised once a day. (They are called “Active couch potatoes”). What is the remedy to this problem? If you have to sit many hours per day, you are not doomed to end up with a heart disease. What you need to do is to break up your sitting by short periods of exercises during the day. We recommend to have your mini trampoline or rebounder in your office and just bounce 10 – 20 times. This invigorates your body, and clears your mind. Instead of smoking a cigarette or taking a coffee (or even during the time until your coffee is ready) just bounce on a quality Rebounder. Watch the following video where we show you how we use Rebounding to help us stay healthy and active: http://rebounding.tv/movement-yes-but-how-often/ | | | | | | | |
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Do you have goals which are dear to you? Then this article can help you to reach them . There are three things to start with:
1. Know yourself 2. Balanced goals for a balanced life 3. Set SMART goals in present tense Read more
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| | | | | | by Teeli on
| Hi there! I live in New Zealand and I have just found you!Wonderful things to learn! Unfortunately we don't have the Bellicon rebounders here, so I have a spring one, but one of the better brands.Not a cheapie!But, oh..I LUST after one of those fabulous bunjee cord rebounders! *drool, sigh* I had a bar on my rebounder, and since reading about the theraband, I have dismantled the bar- it's truly magic without it, yet I still have stability. OK< so we don't have therabands here, either, but I improvised with an exercise bunjee cord with a handle each end..it works beaut! I have already done so much more on my rebounder after reading and watching the videos on this site, that i am amazed at how little I DID know, before. Thank you so much! I have this site link pasted firmly on my desktop now! ( along with the Big Ben chiming clock! lolol)....Teeli | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Beware of Shopping Receipts | | | by QiBounding on
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Shoppers need to be wary of receipts that come on thermal imaging paper, the kind of coated paper that faxes used to arrive on and some cash registers still routinely spit out. Many of these types of receipts are laced with bisphenol A (BPA), the strogen-mimicking chemical present in many hard plastic bottles and metal-based food and beverage cans since the 1960s. The amount the receipts carry isn't trivial.
"When people talk about polycarbonate bottles, they talk about nanogram quantities of BPA (leaching out), " says John C. Warner, co-founder of the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Industry. "The average cash register receipts that uses the BPA technology will have 60 to 100 milligrams of free BPA." This means it's hon bound int a polymer, as in polycarbonates, he explains, but is just loos molecules ready for uptake.
In Warner's opinion, when it comes to BPA in the urban environment, "the biggest exposure will be these cash register receipts." Once on the fingers, BPA can be transferred to foods. A 21010 Food and Drug Administration update supports U.S. industry's actions to stop producing BPA-containing baby bottles and feeding cups and to find alternatives for infant formula cans.
The best bet for now is to minimize acceptance of such receipts, keep them out of kids' hands and wash hands after touching one. Store them in a separate, zipped plastic bag away from the kitchen and not in a wallet.
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| | | | | | | Hallelujah - I increased my bone density in 6 months of Rebounding | | | by QiBounding on
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Read the amazing result of Charlie Woodcock, a triathlon trainer in regards of building bone density through Rebounding in a period over 6 months:
I wanted to briefly share with you news of my bone density scan! To say it has made me smile is a big understatement. I would love to chat with you on the phone about this and also write a proper report (in April my work is much less) but in the meantime I wanted to share the amazing results. In 2007, my scores were: Lumbar spine: 0.888g/cm2 / T score -2.4 Left femur: 0.862g/cm2 / T score -1.2 Right femur: 0.847 g/cm2 / T score -1.3 Left Ultradistal radius: 0.297 / T score -2.2 In 2009, my score were: Lumbar spine: 0.991 g/cm2 / T score -1.6 (Marked increase of 11.6%) Left femur: 0.956 g/cm2 / T score -0.6 (No change in actual bone density) Right femur: 1.013 g/cm2 / T-score -0.2 (Significant increase of 6.8%) Left radius: 0.596 / T-score -1.6 (Mild increase of 0.4%) Pretty amazing! A brief synopsis - I started on the trampoline at the end of May 2009 and built up my time alternating between a shorter day (15 mins) and a longer day (building up to 50 mins over 3 months). I then put a rib out, so had two weeks off and then slowly built up my time up to 30 mins (alternating between a shorter day and a longer day with one day off a week). So basically I had just under 6 months on the trampoline before the second bone scan. Other additional things I have done which would have helped these results were to increase my Vit D level (as it was very low) also taken Strontium Citrate for 9 months two capsules at night. However, it's interesting how the lumbar spine had the biggest increase in bone density compared to the wrist, which points significantly towards the weight bearing trampoline exercise being such a huge factor in these results. (Charlie uses the Rebounder Bellicon 44 with strong bungee bands and screwing legs).
Charlie Woodcock
Camp Director
Solvang Triathlon Camps
Solvang, CA 93464
www.solvangtriathloncamps.com
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| | | | | | by Renée on
| Hello, I'm looking for a rebounder and I am wondering what is the minimal height of the ceilling if the legs of the rebounder is around 10 onches? Could you help me? Thank you very much, Renée
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| | | | | | by Kim on
| Hi Sylvia, I just purchased a rebounder last week, I have not received it yet but I have a question for you. I have been reading different articles about the health benefits of rebounding, but am still a little unclear about something. In most of the articles it says that rebounding burns as much if not more calories than jogging, but is it still as effective in toning the leg muscles as running or jumping on a regular suface? Thank you! Kim
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This message will enjoy many beer lovers: The popular barley juice strengthens the bones. According to a study the beer contains large amounts of Silicon. The finding, published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, backs up previous research which also showed that the drink was good at fending off brittle bones – especially in women. Silicon is present in beer in the soluble form of orthosilicic acid (OSA), up to half of which can be absorbed by the body making beer a major contributor to silicon intake in the Western diet. Beer brand analysis showed that the Silicon content varies between six and 57 milligrams per litre. Therefore, the substance is particularly abundant in shell in the hops and barley. They found that lighter beers with a greater use of hops had the most silicon. | | | | | | | |
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Freebies, Short-Cuts and "Two for one's" - that's what I like in life. Why? Because basically I am lazy and I like that things can be achieved quickly and effortlessly. Also for my health. And that is why I rebound.
Rebounding allows me to catch two - or even more - flies with one strike: It moves all trillion cells in my body at the same time. And even that time is ridiculously short. It can be 10 seconds. 10 seconds that count. For my lymphatic system and for my overall health.
According to latest studies our bodies need to be moved about every hour, otherwise we risk health problems. That's easy with a Rebounder. You basically just bounce 10-20 bounces every hour.
And this is where the freebie comes in: I made a "BBC (Bounce back calender) which you can download here. Just fix the BBC on the wall next to your rebounder and cross out cases when you did your 10 or 20 bounces at the hour. For each day of the week you find one row for yourself and one for your hubby. This is a great tool to keep track and ... it's free!
On top of that you can download a free Westminster clock chime to your computer, which reminds you hourly that IT'S BOUNCING TIME.
Have fun and stay healthy. Sylvia
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| | | | | | | Doctors warn against prolonged sitting | | | by QiBounding on
| | Sitting for long periods could jeopardize the health - regardless of whether one does sport after work, as a study showed. Doctors strongly advise office workers to move around regularly during the day. In only 1 ½ minutes per workday, you can become risk-free.
working in an office: Long sitting - all but healthy
Problem Newest studies prove: Long periods of sitting involve additional risk that cannot be compensated by physical activity. Millions of us do it; we sit in our cars to get to work then sit at our desks for the majority of the day before sitting back in our cars so we can get home to sit on our sofas. A recent study that has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has shockingly claimed that long periods of sitting could be severely decreasing our health with no amount of exercise being able to help this muscular inactivity. "Everyone knows the benefits of regular exercise," said Ekblom Bak, the British newspaper "The Independent". "Less well known has been that long periods of sitting involve additional risk that can not be compensated by physical activity." The research as conducted in Sweden by two different institutes shows how a lot of muscular inactivity involved in long periods of sitting can only increase the risk of diseases such as cancer, diabetes but more worrying an increased risk of death! Furthermore, one of the researchers from Stockholm’s School of Sport and Health Sciences, Dr. Elin Ekblom-Bak, goes on to suggest that their research has proven what many thought previously is indeed wrong. It was previously thought that exercise would help eradicate such risks involved with prolonged muscular inactivity, but in fact such extensive periods of sitting cannot be dealt with by exercise.
Solution: Invest 1 ½ minutes daily to become risk-free
The study does suggest that taking a five minute break to walk across the office every 45 minutes could help reduce the risks. And that’s what I do: I keep my rebounder close to my office desk. I make sure that I bounce on it at least 10 times up and down each hour. This costs me 10 seconds at a time and no more than 1 ½ minutes in my 8 hour workday. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Weight lifting does not necessarily strengthen bones! - Which Exercise helps for Osteoporosis? | | | by QiBounding on
| Today I want to share an article with you that has just been published in the Health section of the New York Times Magazine. The editor, Gretchen Reynolds, describes the latest scientific studies that have been made to determine which exercises work for building bone density and which don't.. Interesting enough, it has been found out that, contrary to most believes, weight lifting exercises do not necessarily strengthen our bones! 
The best results for building bone density have been achieved through jumping!
So, keeping strong bones and rebuilding bone density is no longer a wishful thinking but a reality that anybody can achieve.
And iif you want to give your bone density jumping a bit of more "plush", make sure you put a high quality Rebounder under your feet, before you jump too high! The Bellicon Rebounders, for instance absorb 85% of the jolting you would get if you'd jump directly on the floor. Rebounding will still give you the full benefits in regards of building bone density and on top of it, high quality Rebounders assure that you won't hurt your knees, joint and back.
I invite all of you who are concerned with Osteopenia or Osteoporosis or who have friends or family that are dealing with Osteoporosis, to read this very interesting article and to get an idea why Rebounding can be YOUR SOLUTION in your quest of how to build bone density. Happy bouncing! Sylvia
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| | | | | | | Chocolate without Calories | | | by QiBounding on
| Are you a chocolate lover? Hmm, I am, that's for sure. Now what do you think makes you liking chocolate so much? The taste, yes, the sweetness. Yes and there is more to chocolate and that triggers you liking chocolate beyond its taste: Serotonin. Serotonin functions as a neurotransmitter in your nerve systems and has a big influence on your mood.It determines how you FEEL. Now Serotonin is released from your body when you eat chocolate. That's while it FEELS so good, eating chocolate. It soothes your nervous system, it makes you more joyful. Downside of too much chocolate is of course that there are a lot of calories which come with it.
Now the great news: Rebounding equally triggers the body to release Serotonin. That's why you get the big "smilie" on your face after about five minutes of Rebounding. And Guess what: You get it without indulging any calories. On the contrary: you significantly burn calories when Rebounding on a high quality Rebounder. So from now on: Get your "chocolate" without Calories. Rebound! Have a blessed smiling day! Sylvia
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