http://www.care2.com/greenliving/winter-exercise-how-to.html
Rebound With Winter Exercise
By the Care2 Staff.
Women who exercise regularly reduce their chance of breast cancer by 72 percent, according to the “New England Journal of Medicine” (May 1, 1997). Programs for reducing heart disease recommend exercise, and doctors recommend moderate exercise three or four times a week. In other words, medical experts believe that exercise does wonders.
It isn’t always easy getting regular exercise in the winter, and for many of us going to the gym is too risky because it is easy to slip up on regular visits and then hard to justify the expense.
Here is a fun, even light-hearted way to get winter exercise in the comfort of your own home. NASA has been using it to train their astronauts and considers it to be one of the most efficient and effective forms of exercise available:
The equipment offering this exercise is the rebounder. It is similar to a mini-trampoline, about 4 feet wide, and jumping on it is similar to jumping rope except without stress on your joints, knees or back. There is a cushioning spring to it, and it is considered the ultimate aerobic exercise.
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how about the bosu ball? it's basically the same thing and it may challenge your balance a bit more because it's round on top, but hey that's a good thing. i also use my bosu when i'm working on the puter, watching tv, or sitting because it helps your posture and so helps to keep the midsection firm. it's about $100 and well worth it.
you can do a moderate routine or an intense cardio workout. you can jump on it, jog, it's amazing and i use it more than the BOWFLEX, which by the way is a total joke! the whole low monthly payment thing is a scam (their APR is crazy) so if you can't pay it off all at once, DON'T do it!
anyway, check out the bosu here http://www.bosu.com/ although you may find it cheaper to shop around locally.
as far as having asthma, the bosu would still be great for toning, through balancing alone. do slow yoga moves on it so as not to get your breathing up, but i would definitely get a doctors opinion too.
good luck!
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Any advice for someone who gets exercise induced asthma but doesn't have insurance (meaning no inhalers, but prefers to go the natural route anyway)? I've gotten rid of it before, by using an inhaler and then exercising. But it comes back every time I get a cold, and I get allergies to pollution, so that's an ongoing thing.
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As a massage therapist I recently learned that jumping on a trampoline is the only exercise that works on a cellular level...a very good thing.
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High ceilings homes recommended.
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Is there a brand, or several, that are recommended? There are a lot 'out there.'
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Indeed! I've been rebounding for more than a couple of years now, and it is exhilerating as well as having a health benefit. Keep the body's juices flowing, and can be done in the comfort of one's home.
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