You probably loved being on the trampoline as a child, but do you know that it benefits adults, too? A simple trampoline workout, aka rebounding, has many great health benefits and it's so easy to do. Not much is needed. It's particularly beneficial for your lymphatic system.

The lymphatic system is part of the vascular system and an important part of the immune system, comprising a network of lymphatic vessels that carry a clear fluid called lymph directionally towards the heart. It is responsible for the removal of interstitial fluid from tissues. It absorbs and transports fatty acids and fats as chyle from the digestive system. It transports white blood cells to and from the lymph nodes into the bones.
 
Rebounding can burn more calories than walking or jogging. It can help strengthen your body while detoxifying the cells. Here a partial list of benefits of rebounding:

• Can have anti-inflammatory effects
• Can increase self-confidence
• Can strengthens the heart & cells
• Helps circulate oxygen to tissue
• Aids lymphatic circulation
• Increased Lymph Flow
• Gives your body an increased G-force
• Increases lung capacity
• Lowers blood pressure
• Easy on Joints
• Helps with Balance

How to Choose a good Rebounder?
Don't go cheap because you'll get what you pay for. Cheaper rebounders tend to break or malfunction. Look for at least 30+ springs that taper at the end and look and feel very strong. Double springs add extra strength. You may want to look for a support bar if you're working on your balance or if you're a beginner.

Good luck and happy bouncing!

It doesn't take much, a bit of sand, a few rocks and a cowboy hat. That's it.

Happy beach workout. This simple workout helps your core, your lower extremity and your lower back, and some upper arms & chest.

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First things first..., let's look at some current numbers:

1. In the United States, an estimated 1 in 3 have high blood pressure, and 1 in 3 have pre-hypertension. (PS: Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. Both terms mean the same thing)
2. Elevated blood pressure is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke
3. Several factors can play into the accuracy of blood pressure reading: cuff size and placement, body position, machine calibration, stress, smoking and consumption of caffeine or alcohol just prior to the reading
4. Drug-free strategies that can help you regulate your blood pressure include a low-sugar diet, exercise, boosting nitric oxide production using nitrate-rich foods and exercise, intermittent fasting, essential oils, stress reduction and much more

Blood pressure is the force needed to push blood through your arteries coming from your heart to deliver oxygen-rich blood to your body. When your blood pressure is measured, you get a high value (systolic) and a low value (diastolic). The high number is the highest pressure that occurs in your blood vessels while your heart is contracting. The low value is pressure in your arteries between heartbeats when your heart is relaxed.

A 120/80 is considered normal and healthy. As stated above, 1 in 3 have high blood pressure in the US. Recent research suggests hypertension, especially elevated systolic pressure, may also raise your risk of dementia. Also, having an elevated average systolic blood pressure puts you at greater risk for brain lesions and tangles associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Here a number of factors contributing to high blood pressure:

• Insulin & Leptin Resistance
• Elevated Uric Acid Levels
• Poor Nutrition in Childhood
• Lead Exposure
• Air & Sound Pollution
  
• ... To name a few ...
  

What can you do you ask?
Diet is huge. One of the most important dietary changes you can make to improve high blood pressure is to eliminate or considerably decrease sugar, especially processed fructose, in your diet. Another dietary illicit is trans fat, which is responsible for atherosclerosis (hardening of your arteries).

The easiest way to put both of these bad-boys out is to replace any processed foods with real, whole, organic foods. Don't add any extra sugars to any food you eat. Find wild caught Alaskan salmon, beets, arugula, kale, butter leaf lettuce, and spring greens for example. These are just a few suggestions to help you with hypertension.

If you need a more personalized plan, please contact us today. It's all about adapting your lifestyle, make some simple but very powerful changes and you'll be in a better and healthier place in a few months.

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Yeah, we all know cardio is good for us, but we also know that we're not building muscle. If you are not using weights or doing strength training, you may be missing out on these awesome benefits:

1. Sleep
   Strength training takes a tremendous amount of exertion. When you exercise your muscles and physically tax yourself, you create more "adenosine", which is a by-product of energy consumption. Your body breaks down adenosine, which has the effects of making you sleepy. PS: Caffeine temporarily blocks adenosine.
   
   
2. Strong Bones
   When we get older, believe it or not, we lose 1 to 2 percent of our bone mass tissue per year, especially after 35. But by getting strengths training done on a regular basis, you can protect your skeleton. Resistance training is very important to counteract bone loss. The forces against your bones while doing strength training stimulate the growth of osteoblasts, or the cells that build new bone.
   
   
3. Heart Benefits
   We know that inflammation, any type of inflammation, is not good for us. Strength training twice a week can drop certain inflammatory markers. One hypothesis is that resistance training could promote the secretion of cytokines, a protein that fights inflammation.
   
   
4. Faster Metabolism
   You may notice a change in pant size. Why you ask? Muscle cells require much more energy to function then fat cells. So by building your muscles you torch more calories. Keep up your strength training, your lean mass grows and your metabolic rate can rise incrementally.
   
   
5. Diabetes
   Muscles are our body's main "tank" for storing glucose. If you gain muscle you may have more room to store the glucose you eat, which means it is not circulating in your blood. This means you need less insulin to keep your blood sugar steady.
   
   
6. Less Anxiety
   Pumping iron can really calm your nerves. Strength training can help in several ways, from altering key cognitive hormones to repairing disrupted signaling in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis - aka the body's main stress response system.

If you are ever interested in getting back into shape, making changes to your current workout routine, or need some help figuring some health-related things out, contact us today.