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The Urban Rebounder...An AB Question

CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/03/15, 12:24 PM My mom has one of these things, and since we are living with her for a while I've been bouncing around on it at night on the days when it's to nasty to go for a walk. One of the things they emphasize on the commerical for it, is that your abs are involved constantly when bouncing. I didn't believe it, thought it was a fib, but after bouncing 2 nights in a row, my stomach muscles are freakin killing me. WHY?? It makes no sense to me at all. Does anyone know why my abs hurt from jumpin on a trampoline?
	2006/03/15, 12:28 PM We need pictures. Every man loves watching girls on trampolines. -------------- Sometimes life is like herding cats. Charlie
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/03/15, 12:32 PM Oh lordy....no pictures, sorry. :) I really am curious though about the science of it. Why bouncing around would cause my tummy muscles to hurt so bad.
	2006/03/15, 08:25 PM unstable training....your abs have to work harder on unstable surfaces.....or surfaces that're constantly shifting/changing.....ab activation is much higher.....than during other activities on stable surface....
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2006/03/16, 08:01 AM Your abdominals transfer power from your lower body to your upper body - see if this makes sense: "Imagine that a pencil represents your legs, and - to your credit - you have the srongest legs in the world. You have spent hundreds of hours training your legs. Unfortunately, you have neglected to train your trunk and low torso: Imagine that a jell-o cube represents your torso. Your basketball coach has requested that you jump up and touch the rim, 10 feet above the floor - a task that shouldn't pose a challenge, given your incredible leg strength. But when you attempt to jump using your powerful legs, what happens to the jell-o cube? Six months later, having developed your abs and low back, you have a strong core, represented by a rock. Now when you are asked to use your strong legs to perform an explosive task, such as touching the rim, you achieve tremendous results. no matter how much force you exert against the rock with your legs, there will be nearly a 100% transfer of power through the rock to the upper body. This 'coupling' action created by a strong core connects movements of the lower body to the upper body and vice versa. I" Source - Stronger Abs and back Dean&Greg Brittenham, Human Kinetics press So - you are sore from all of the stabilizing necessary to keep you from being flung sideways off the trampoline and from controlling the rebound movement as it travels up and down your body. -------------- Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help with man with the wrong mental attitude. - W. W. Ziege
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/03/16, 11:48 AM Thats so interesting. Thanks for the info guys!!
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/03/16, 02:35 PM However there are major difference between being sore and being effective. I would not recommend it to be the basis of a training program. Although those pictures may make for changing my mind. -------------- Iron and chalk. Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/03/16, 02:44 PM lol....I'm not using it as my sole form of exersize. Just something to get me up and my heart workin on the days I can't walk outside. My mom on the otherhand thinks it's going to get her down to a size 12, and I'm just not seeing that happening without any weights added to it. Bouncy bouncy bouncy.... :)
	2006/03/17, 04:50 AM lol....yes pictures...may change our perspectives...
Stevept Posts: 44 Joined: 2005/11/06	2006/03/19, 05:59 PM I experienced the same thing with the kids trampoline when we first got it, now i use it regularly:)