Trampolines

With the current obesity epidemic, any form of exercise is good, and any tool or method that can be used to encourage people to exercise should be embraced. Trampolines may not be the best weight loss method going around, but it is fun! And because it is fun, people do it, and hence expend kilojoules.

Trampolines are particuarly popular with kids. Every kid loves defying gravity and bouncing around on a trampoline for a while. Its a fun form of exercise, that can amuse kids for hours, which of course has its benefits for parents.

Jumping on a trampoline as a kid can help develop body control and fundamental movement skills that can set them up to be successful at sports later in life.

I have a theory that dentists and orthopaedic surgeons slip trampoline manufacturers a cut. I think every household that had a trampoline also has a story of a child either breaking an arm or knocking out a tooth on a trampoline.

It is one of the downsides of the tramp, they do have a bit of an injury risk associated with them.

Trampoline gymnastics is actually an Olympic sport. It debuted at the Olympics in the Sydney 2000 games. So any kids out there in the backyard, keep jumping away as it could be the beginning of a sparkling professional sporting career.