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Do You Know The History Of Trampolines As Exercise Equipment ?

by: Jeb Taylor

The manufactured trampoline, as we know it today, was

created by two men, George Nissen and Larry Griswold.

Around 1935, Griswold, then the assistant gymnastics coach

at the University of Iowa, and Nissen, a tumbler on the

University of Iowa gymnastics team, "made regular jaunts to

Bloomington, Illinois where numerous circus people had

their winter homes.

Among them were the "Flying Wards", some of the finest

trapeze performers in the world. Griswold and Nissen worked

out with them at the local YMCA, and frequently helped them

make or mend their large trapeze nets. Nissen remembers the

hours they spent in the basement of the YMCA, threading the

long cords of the nets, using large javelin-head needles.

This experience was one of several that led them to the

idea of creating a trampoline.

One day, with the help of the wrestling coach at the

University of Iowa, Griswold and Nissen bolted together an

angle iron frame. A piece of canvas, in which they had

inserted grommets along each side, was then attached to the

frame by using springs. This was the first trampoline.

Since Nissen was still training for tumbling, they decided

to move the trampoline to a YMCA camp where he was an

instructor. There, during his free time, Nissen used it for

his tumbling training. Immediately, he found that the

children loved it. This was the first realization that the

trampoline could be more than a piece of equipment to use

when performing, or seriously training. It was something

that many others could enjoy.

In 1942, Griswold and Nissen decided to formalize their

small operation of making trampolines. They created the

Griswold-Nissen Trampoline & Tumbling Company, and history

was made.

But where does the name "Trampoline" come from? "El

trampolin" means diving board, in Spanish. George Nissen,

the co-creator of the competitive style trampoline, heard

the word on a performance tour in Mexico in the late

1930's. He liked the sound of it, and decided to Anglicize

the spelling and call his bouncing rig a Trampoline, a term

he later registered as a trademark.

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About The Author

Jeb Taylor is a fitness guru.
He works out on all exercise equipment he thinks will help him.
Along with bikes and jogging, Jeb loves bouncing on a trampoline as a fun way to fitness.

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Baloney And The Fountain Of Youth

Baloney And The Fountain Of Youth

by: Tracie Johanson

Lately we've all been receiving a lot of spam emails. It's amazing how many of them are promising quick weight loss without any effort! One of them even promises that their new 'super tonic' is the new Fountain of Youth.....just take their product and watch the years fade away. If you'll excuse the expression, that's all just a bunch of baloney. The radio advertisements promise "weight loss without diet or exercise" and the infomercials brag about the newest and greatest pill that will magically make the fat melt away.....baloney!

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Golf Exercise Benefits

by: Mike Pedersen

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Exercise Bikes - Recumbent or Stationary?

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Exercise bikes are a wonderful way to get a low-impact exercise workout. Of course today's bikes like those from Sportsart, Tunturi, Nordictrack, Schwinn, and Pro Form are a far cry from the bikes offered many years ago.

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Of course each has its advantages but to ensure that you get the most value and best fit for your needs one should ensure that any bike reviews consider several critical and necessary features.

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Two Easy Ways to Protect Against Flu

Two Easy Ways to Protect Against Flu

by: Jeremy Maddock

People across America are lining up for flu shots, buying cold and cough medications, and researching which antibiotics that might need this winter. Despite all this elaborate planning, there are surprisingly few people who remember two of the low tech staples that can be first line defenses against seasonal illness: exercise and Beta Glucan oat fiber (?-glucan).

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Pilates and You

Pilates and You

by: Harriet Spinzer

Pilates is a wonderful system of exercise and strength training developed by Joseph Pilates.
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The purpose is to learn how to develop one?s mental ability in order to effectively control movement, and therefore achieve balance in body and mind.

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by: Ed Kalski

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Use diet goals that focus on small, cumulative changes in you diet + exercise goals that focus on mini-workouts (not long grueling
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