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Bellicon - The Porsche of Rebounders

the bellicon ultimate rebounder

Now you cannot say any longer "I have no time..."

Jump-start your energy in 1 to 2 minutes
Gain as much oxygen as during 2 miles of jogging in 5 minutes
Bounce happily twice 10 minutes per day to increase your bone density
Boost your lymphatic system, oxygenate your blood and detoxify your body, with 5 to 20 minutes of daily rebounding.

When rebounding, three natural forces are at work: gravity, acceleration and deceleration. In the up and down movement of bouncing, your body is subjected to these three forces and each time you bounce into the mat (at its deepest point) your body comes into a G-force (Gravity force) of two to three.

As a consequence, litterally each cell of your body experiences an impact that is double or triple stronger than normally. It is as if you would weight double or triple as much as you do. The body however is exposed to this impact only for a fraction of a second which strenghtens the body but does not fatigue it. During the movement up to the highest point of your bounce, you come to nearly weightlessness and your body can relax completely.

The Bellicon Ultimate Rebounder - the German / Swiss Hybrid with patented rope ring suspension.
In this new product, the best characteristics of the Rebounder and Medi-Swing (not sold in U.S.) were united together in a new and improved mini trampoline. From the Medi-Swing it has inherited the particularly soft and gentle springs of the patented rope ring suspension. The Bellicon Rebounders (Dynamic and Athletic) provided the point-elastic bouncing mat made of UV-resistant, high quality Permatron. The Bellicon Ultimate Rebounder will convince you: the oscillation is even softer, but at the same time more dynamic than the Medi-Swing. The bounce frequency is almost the same, although you swing more deeply into the device. This means that you are subjected to higher accelerations, which at the same time also produces a greater training effect. The difference with the Bellicon Ultimate Rebounder is that it lasts a lifetime! the bellicon ropes The frame is one piece, providing greater stability, and the springs are super large.
The Rebounder provides the point-elastic bouncing mat made of UV-resistant, high quality Permatron. The Bellicon Rebounder will convince you: the oscillation is even softer, but at the same time dynamic. The bounce frequency is almost the same, although you swing more deeply into the device. This means that you are subjected to higher accelerations, which at the same time also produces a greater training effect.

The Bellicon Ultimate Rebounder has a diameter of 44 inches and a height of 14 inches. It consists of a stable rounded-tube frame, the point-elastic Permatron bouncing mat and a brand new, finely tuned, patented rope ring suspension. Warranty period on the frame and mat when used correctly (bouncing, not jumping!): 2 years, on the rope rings: 6 months.

ReboundAIR® Ultimate Rebounder

"Latest hybrid materials used in performance car engines provide this innovative rebounder mini trampoline the strength that exceeds steel, but at a weight that is less than previous designs."
The Ultimate Rebound™, Al Carter's New (and uniquely mobile) Quarter-Fold Rebounder:

1. It is an exercise device that will be used on a daily basis.
2. It provides an efficient rebounding experience.
3. The 28½ inch diameter Baycor® Permatron™ mat is circular and parallel to the floor. (Made in the U.S.A. by the Ten Cate Nicolon Corp.)
4. It is supported by eighteen aluminum mat/spring attachments, which, in turn is supported by 36 wide bellied springs.
5. It has to support 400 pounds of dynamic weight.
6. The 36 springs are connected to a frame that has 4 uniquely designed hinges and is capable of being folded twice into a quarter-fold.
7. The frame is 40 inches in diameter and supported by 6 permanently connected aluminum legs.
8. Each leg must have the ability to "unlock" and be folded out of the way, into the frame itself, if possible.

Bounce that Counts

Options Magazine, For a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit, August 2002, p.12

The Bounce that Counts - Rebounding
by Ellen Kurtz

The American Council on Exercise calls it "one of the hottest fitness trends for 2002." It's a cardiovascular exercise. It's an aerobic exercise. It's a strength workout. It's therapeutic. It burns calories efficiently. It's good for the legs and easy on the joints. It helps keep blood pressure down. It gets all the organs of the body working and aids digestion. It helps you think more clearly. It's also a bath for your lymphatic system. It's called rebounding and it may already be at or coming soon to a fitness center near you.

Spa lady in West Paterson was one of the first in New Jersey to get in on the revival of an 80's trend towards using rebounders - sometimes called mini-trampolines - about three years ago. Kristen Silvka, a rebounder - certified personal fitness trainer at the spa, says some 20 of these exercisers are in use by members almost constantly. When provided in classes in combination with other exercises, Silvka praises their ability to provide an "awesome cardio exercise" that rebounding provides at any level of intensity from low to high, as appropriate for the individual user. She says the workout, as can be enjoyed by people at any age, and helps in improving balance while working every muscle of the body.

Laurie Speer, who leads exercise groups at the Fitness Center for Women in Montville, plans to start a new program in the fall. It will combine rebounding with twisting, jumping and arm movements as well as other exercises. Other centers around the state, particularly the smaller ones focused on women, are planning to make rebounding programs available as demand increases.

33 Ways the Body Benefits From Rebounding

33 Ways the Body Responds to Rebounding
By Dr. Morton Walker and Albert E. Carter

The study of the human body is fairly interesting. The moment it becomes no less than amazing is when we understand what happens as the body is placed under the demands of movement and resistance we call exercise. Rebounding is an effective exercise that reduces your body fat; firms your arms, legs, thighs, abdomen, and hips; increases your agility; strengthens your muscles overall; provides an aerobic effect for your cardiopulmonary systems; rejuvenates your body when it's tired, and generally puts you in a state of mental and physical wellness. In fact, there are at least 33 fascinating ways the body responds to regular rebounding, detailed below:

1.       Rebounding provides an increased G-force (gravitational load), which strengthens the musculoskeletal systems.

2.       Rebounding protects the joints from the chronic fatigue and impact delivered by exercising on hard surfaces.

3.       Rebounding helps manage body composition and improves muscle-to-fat ratio.

4.       Rebounding aids lymphatic circulation by stimulating the millions of one-way valves in the lymphatic system.

5.       Rebounding circulates more oxygen to the tissues.

6.       Rebounding establishes a better equilibrium between the oxygen required by the tissues and the oxygen made available.

7.       Rebounding increases capacity for respiration.

8.       Rebounding tends to reduce the height to which the arterial pressures rise during exertion.

9.       Rebounding lessens the time during which blood pressure remains abnormal after severe activity.

10.   Rebounding assists in the rehabilitation of a heart problem.

Notable Quotes

Rebound Exercise,
Rebound Aerobics, Resistive Rebounding and 2003 National Health Trends:

Notable Quotes and Sources

"…for similar levels of heart rate and oxygen consumption, the magnitude of the biomechanical stimuli is greater with jumping on a rebounder trampoline than with running, a finding that might help identify acceleration parameters needed for the design of remedial procedures to avert deconditioning in persons exposed to weightlessness."   N.A.S.A., Journal of Applied Physiology 49(5): 881-887 [more NASA quotes, findings]

"The mini trampoline [rebounder] provides a convenient form of exercise with a major advantage being its apparent low level of trauma to the musculoskeletal system."
Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 1990: 10; 401-408

"Exercise can be helpful in building and maintaining strong bones. Exercise that forces you to work against gravity – so called weight bearing exercises such as walking or jogging [and rebounding] are beneficial ...If you are at risk for osteoporosis, your doctor will most likely include exercise as part of your overall treatment program." National Osteoporosis Foundation, www.nof.org

"This month alone, over 1 million Americans will join a health club. Only after 2 months time, approximately 75% won't return again during their memberships." CNN, 2003 Trends Report: Key Findings

"In 1997, 43% of Americans say they made an effort to get regular physical activity/exercise." American Dietetic Association, 1997 Trends Survey: Key Findings

This year, 2003: "Americans are eating per portion, on average:

    * 93 more calories from salty snacks, such as potato chips, pretzels and popcorn.
    * 49 more calories from soft drinks.
    * 97 more calories from hamburgers.
    * 68 more calories from French fries.
    * 133 more calories from Mexican food, such as burritos, tacos, enchiladas.

How Rebounding Works

How Rebound Exercise Accomplishes Its Benefits

Rebounding involves aerobic movements performed on a bouncing device that looks like a small trampoline. It has you jumping up and down for health and fitness. As an ideal jumping device, the mini-trampoline or "rebounder," has a strong woven mat attached by coiled steel springs to a circular steel frame. The rebounder usually is round, although some models have been made oval, rectangular, square or polygonal. The entire jumping surface of the mat is twenty-eight inches in diameter, stands on six legs with spring coils of their own, which are seven to nine inches high.

Sometimes, for people who feel unsteady on their feet or for the elderly, handicapped, and disabled, a stabilizing bar may be added to the rebounder's frame. It's attached to two of the frame's legs so that the individual needing more security can hold onto this bar and still bounce aerobically.

In jumping on a well-made rebounder, the exerciser usually feels invigorated and filled with a sense of well-being. People who rebound find they're able to work longer, sleep better, and feel less tense and nervous. The effect is not just psychological, because the action of bouncing up and down against gravity, without trauma to the musculoskeletal system, is one of the most beneficial aerobic exercises ever developed.

Rebounding aerobics is working with gravity to cleanse your tissue cells and act as an oxygenator, which, in turn, lightens the load on the heart. Also it's fun to bounce! Much more than fun, however, rebounding provides a number of physiological pick-me-ups for the person who sustains this activity for at least ten minutes, four times a day, or for a single daily session for 40 minutes. As you bounce, your feet hit the mat with twice the force of gravity. Then just as the astronauts experience while floating in space, your body is in a state of weightlessness at the top of the bounce.

Jumping on the mini-trampoline is remarkably un-strenuous on the Joints. There's no solid ground to suddenly stop the bouncing of your feet. Your movements are perfectly safe, and they make the effect of gravity beneficial. By working against constant gravitational pressure while bouncing, you resist the Earth's pull. Your resistance is subtle, but it builds cellular strength. Rebounding's alternating weightlessness and doublegravity produce a pumping action which pulls out waste products from the cells and forces into them, oxygen and nutrition from the bloodstream.

30 Benefits of Rebounding

Rebounding Benefits the Body in 30 Healthful Ways
Rebounding is an exercise that reduces your body fat; firms your legs, thighs, abdomen, arms, and hips; increases your agility; improves your sense of balance; strengthens your muscles over all; provides an aerobic effect for your heart; rejuvenates your body when it's tired, and generally puts you in a state of health and fitness. You can easily perform this exercise in your living room, your office, and your yard. The traveler may wish to carry a portable rebounder aboard an airliner for use in a hotel room. It's the most convenient, metabolically effective form of exercise around.
There are 30 health advantages of regular rebounding, including the following:

It increases the capacity for respiration.
It circulates more oxygen to the tissues.
It establishes a better equilibrium between the oxygen required by the tissues and the oxygen made available.
It causes muscles to perform work in moving fluids through the body to lighten the heart's load.
It tends to reduce the height to which the arterial pressures rise during exertion.
It lessens the time during which blood pressure remains abnormal after severe activity.
It holds off the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
It increases the functional activity of the red bone marrow in the production of red blood cells.
It aids lymphatic circulation, as well as the flow in the veins of the circulatory system.
It encourages collateral circulation.
It strengthens the heart and other muscles in the body so that they work more efficiently.
It allows the resting heart to beat less often.
It lowers elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
It stimulates the metabolism.
It promotes body growth and repair.