MFR 149: Rebounder for Running Training
Mojo For Running Podcast
debbie voiles
4.9 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
I'm always looking for new ways to improve my fitness and enhance my running training, and one of my favorite is the mini trampoline, also known as a rebounder, which I use for 'rebounder running,' running in place on the rebounder. It is an affordable, relatively small piece of equipment, making it a great alternative to a treadmill and a good way to add miles while at home by running in place on it. Because it maximizes the plyometric element of running, a mile on a rebounder probably has greater impact on running conditioning while being, in fact, a much lower impact exercise, and so, easier on the joints. While running, when done correctly, doesn't ruin one's knees, for most runners, there is a point at which adding more miles would likely cause trouble, but like pool running, this is a gentler movement, from that standpoint.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running with episode number 149, Rebounding for Runners. |
| 0:17.7 | Welcome to the Mojo for Running podcast. This is the podcast for Middle of the Packers, regular people not afraid to work up a sweat, |
| 0:26.1 | who embrace the outdoors and that wonderful feeling of endorphins surging through their veins. |
| 0:31.7 | My goal is to provide the information you need to achieve your goals. |
| 0:36.3 | As you can imagine, I am always on the lookout for any piece of |
| 0:40.1 | equipment or any new exercise that will make me in better shape, that will make my workouts more |
| 0:46.3 | interesting, or that will make me a better runner. So that leads me to what I want to talk about |
| 0:51.7 | today. I bought a rebounder, and when I say rebounder, |
| 0:55.2 | I mean one of those mini trampolines, about eight months ago. I had used one at a gym many years back, |
| 1:02.0 | and at the time thought it would be a great addition to my training. But at the time, when I looked |
| 1:07.3 | for one to order, they were about $300, and I didn't want it that bad. |
| 1:12.5 | Well, fast forward to 2020, and I discovered the prices of many hovered around $100. |
| 1:18.6 | Now, that was reasonable, so I pulled the trigger, and I've been super glad I did. |
| 1:23.7 | I'll explain why I recommend it, but first, I need to explain that until recently, I only used it for running, |
| 1:30.5 | and so the comments of follow only relate to running on it. I started adding a minute or so of some |
| 1:36.2 | kind of jumping just this week to test its benefits from a pliometric standpoint, but I haven't been |
| 1:42.2 | doing that long enough to give you any feedback on that. |
| 1:44.8 | However, I am planning an episode down the road on the pliometric element of running and how to |
| 1:50.5 | improve pliometric performance, and I'll include my rebounder jumping experience then. |
| 1:55.8 | Here, I'll just comment about running on it. |
| 1:58.5 | I've had a couple people ask me how I can use it for running. In other words, |
| 2:03.0 | they couldn't figure out how I did run on it. Well, it's essentially running in place, but it feels much |
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