Rebounding might look playful, but its benefits for endurance athletes are anything but trivial. Yes, it is the most fun you can have on a mini trampoline, but rebounding also offers serious health benefits for runners and cyclists.
If you want to enhance your performance while protecting your joints, add rebounding to your training. Here are five reasons why this low-impact, high-reward cross-training method is perfect for runners and cyclists.
5 reasons to bounce
1) Active recovery that's easy on the joints
Unlike pounding pavement or grinding pedals, rebounding cushions the body with every bounce while strengthening muscles and connective tissue. Rebounding is a low-impact way to stay active on recovery days, gently engaging muscles while giving your knees, hips and ankles a break.
2) No more DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness): bounce back quicker
When you're jumping up and down, the motion stimulates your lymphatic system, flushing out toxins and reducing inflammation. For runners and cyclists, this translates to quicker recovery and less lingering soreness.
3) Maintain better balance
Balance is everything, whether you're navigating uneven terrain on a run or holding a tight line in a peloton. Rebounding activates deep stabilising muscles and sharpens your body's ability to sense movement, improving coordination and control on the road.
4) Get your heart racing
Ten to 20 minutes of rebounding can elevate your heart rate and maintain aerobic fitness without taxing the body. It's especially useful during tapering phases, injury rehab, or when you're trying to avoid overtraining.
5) Refresh your motivation
Training monotony is real. Rebounding injects novelty and fun into your routine, giving your mind a reset to keep training fresh and motivation high.
So if you want to train smarter, not just harder, rebounding is a powerful, science-backed addition to any runner or cyclist's training routine.
Ready to give rebounding a shot?
Try a rebounding class on us!
Book a bounti rebounding class through Vitality Fitness and discover the power of rebounding for yourself. Vitality members get 2 free workouts every month to discover new workouts on the Vitality Fitness platform.
To book, download and log in to the latest version of the Discovery app:
- Select Vitality Fitness on your home screen.
- Tap on the map and search for a bounti studio near you
- Select a facility and view its class schedule.
- Follow the prompts to book a class.
- Pay with your 2 free monthly workouts, Vitality Pay or Ðiscovery Miles.
You can earn up to 100 Vitality points a day for your rebound workouts with bounti.
Visit our Vitality Fitness webpage to learn more.
Jumpstart your journey with bounti and Vitality
Founded by Lisa Raleigh, bounti offers a range of fitness programmes, equipment, courses and more to make rebounding accessible for everyone.
As a Vitality member, you have exclusive access to an upfront 30% discount on selected online programmes and a 15% discount on selected hardware in bounti's wide selection of rebounders on the bounti website.
NEW by bounti!
bounti Boots
Put on your portable bouncing shoes.
Put on your portable bouncing shoes.
bounti Fly
Low-impact fitness fun in a bungee harness.
Low-impact fitness fun in a bungee harness.
bounti Air
Aerial yoga with a twist
Aerial yoga with a twist
Live life with Vitality.
- Body acceleration distribution and O2 uptake in humans during running and jumping (NASA)
- Bounce back stronger: why runners should be rebounding (Lisa Raleigh)
- Why cyclists should add bounce to their training(Lisa Raleigh)
- The many health benefits of exercising on a trampoline (Cleveland Clinic)
- Why is rebounding better than other cardio workouts? (Adam Kemp)
- How athletes use rebounding for recovery and performance (Leaps and Rebounds)