Boogie Bounce Southampton - Fitness Fairy

Bouncing on a mini trampoline (rebounding) is an incredibly effective method of burning fat and improving cardiovascular fitness. In fact, a recent study published in the International Journal of Sports Science found ‘‘…trampoline training is a more effective training method than traditional running training to increase maximal oxygen consumption and reducing fat %’’. They discovered in their study that rebounding was twice as effective at improving aerobic fitness and that “fat % decreased by 31.61% in the trampoline group and by 20.3% in the running group”.

Welcome to summer. It's officially British Summertime now. It's not too late though to get ready for your summer holiday, wherever that may be. Get booked into classes today www.fitnessfairy.co.uk

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Weird health fact - People really do shrink as they age. Thanks to the gradual loss of muscle and fat in the body over time, people do indeed gradually shrink over time. To help slow the process, try to maintain good bone health and regular physical activity. Boogie Bounce can help you retain and tone your muscle and encourages your bones to be healthy. Bone loading (bouncing) encourages bone growth which helps your bones stay strong.

I love Boogie Bounce because no matter what kind of day I've had, bouncing around on a mini trampoline to great music just makes me feel so good. I know it's great for my health and fitness, but it also helps my mental health. How can you feel bad when you're dancing and bouncing around like a little kid?
Why do you love Boogie Bounce?

In order to function properly, our body needs nutrients. Nutrients help the body to live, grow, and survive. There are three different types of nutrients: macronutrients, micronutrients, and water.

Water is probably the most important nutrient. We cannot survive without it. More than 60% of our body is made of water, and every cell in our body needs water to be able to function properly. Water helps to regulate body temperature, supports digestion, flushes body waste, affects mental functioning, provides us with energy, and so much more. Our bodies cannot live without water for more than a few days. Dehydration can kill us.

Drink plenty of water — a minimum of 8 glasses a day. We constantly lose water during the day through sweating, urinating, and breathing. Therefore, we need to keep replenishing it all the time.

How much water do you think you drink a day?

Throwback Thursday. It's 2 years this week since we were thrown into lockdown and the world moved online. Online exercise, working from home, home schooling. How did life change for you? Is life back to normal now, or have you kept some of the things you did in lockdown?

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What are the things that you do that make you happy?
I'd love to know, on International Day of Happiness.

Have you tried our BBX Revolution class?
This 45 minute bootcamp style circuit class utilises the cardiovascular element (bouncing on the trampoline) alongside strength and endurance training (using body weight). It's a full body workout in 1 minute segments using High Intensity Interval Training. Suitable for all ages and abilities. All the exercises can be adapted to suit. You'll definitely know you have been to class! All the fun of Boogie Bounce with the added bonus of building muscle tone.

Classes are at Julies Dance Studio (SO19 9NA) on Tuesday at 6.15pm. Hit the blue Sign Up button at the top of the page to book in online.

Do you feel you need more sleep or would you like to have more energy?
It's World Sleep Day today. In fact, this week is Sleep Awareness Week. So I thought I would give you some top tips for getting some.
There are a few things we can do to help our sleep level and quality:

😴Don't eat too late in the evening. You body will be trying to process the food, releasing insulin to regulate your blood sugar, rather than doing what it should be doing which is healing and growing. The body releases growth hormone during your sleep periods which help your muscles to repair after exercise, your skin to replace and for your hair and nails to grow.

😪Avoid tech for at least 30 minutes before you go to bed as the blue light emitted by your laptop and phone stimulate the brain. Blue light glasses are a really good idea too for avoiding eye strain when using devices.

💡If you also dim the lights in your room, this signals the body that it should be getting ready for sleep. The body produces melatonin just after it gets dark, peaking in the early hours of the morning and reducing during daylight hours. Melatonin acts on receptors in your body to encourage sleep so dimming the lights sends your body the message to start producing Melatonin.

🐈If you do wake during the night, don't be tempted to look at the phone or watch TV as that will re-stimulate the brain, instead try to relax your body from toes to head, breath deeply and slowly and send yourself back to sleep.

🌡️Your bedroom should ideally be a constant temperature (18-19 degrees) during the night.

Give my top tips a try and let me know how you get on.

Happy St Patricks Day for those of you who celebrate it. To fully enjoy the day and not regret it the next day, keep yourself hydrated with water so you don't end up with a hangover. Dehydration is one of the main causes of your hangover symptoms. Alcohol is a toxic chemical that works in the body as a diuretic, which means it makes you pee more and you can become dehydrated as a result. So the advice of drinking a glass of water with every drink will help you to enjoy tomorrow as well as today.

May every petal on the shamrock bring you joy and good luck. Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!

Turn “hump day” into “JUMP DAY”
Get booked into your classes this week.
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Bouncing on a Boogie Bounce Trampoline can help by reducing the impact and stress to joints when exercising by providing a soft gradual landing while distributing the increased G-forces equally. This means joints and muscles can be strengthened without the cost usually associated with the high impact nature of running for example. Even NASA agrees that bouncing is “the most efficient and effective exercise yet devised by man”. Studies by NASA scientists show that bouncing around on a mini trampoline is 68% more effective than jogging and yet requires less effort! Rebounding is also encouraged by NASA to improve the bone density of astronauts returning from the zero gravity environment of space, which can help reduce injuries such as fractures!

Book your class today at www.fitnessfairy.co.uk

Here's my Monday thought for all you awesome people.

Our bodies are amazing places and they can do far more than we may think. We might not always look after them as well as we should, so let's take a moment to thank your body for doing its very best to stay as healthy as it can. Tell your body you are grateful "I know you aren't the perfect shape body, but you are pretty good considering I haven't always taken care of you". "Thank you, body, for allowing me to do my job and to do the things I enjoy". etc.

When we are able to think this way we can then make choices in order to nourish and care for our wonderful body.

Have you watched anything good recently? What would you recommend to watch?

Fitness Tip on Friday - Resistance training and cardio are great individually, but even better together. Resistance training boosts bone density, increases muscle mass, aids quality and range of movement and helps to improve posture. Cardio is great for raising and maintaining your aerobic capacity to support your cardiovascular system. If you're not doing one, add a session in to your week.

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🤩 So that's the end of the first week of the NEW ROUTINES. You guys absolutely SMASHED IT 🤩

Perfect time to join the PARTY

MONDAY
🐸 7.55pm = YMCA Eastleigh

TUESDAY
🐸 6.15pm = JD Studio, Sholing
🐸 7.30pm = Moorlands Centre, Townhill Way, SO18

WEDNESDAY
🐸 6.30pm = QE2 Rec, SO45

THURSDAY
🐸 6.30pm = West Totton Community Centre
🐸 7pm = JD Studio, Sholing

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Who doesn't love a squat? But, why do we do them. It's a move you see in nearly every workout. It's a really useful move when performed correctly. Especially, at the moment while so many are working from home and therefore stationary or seated for much of the working day. Exercises like the squat can wake up the parts of your body that suffer when you're sitting all day. All that sitting results in something called gluteal amnesia or 'dead butt'. You've stopped using those muscles so they 'forget' what they're supposed to be doing which is supporting your pelvis and keeping your body properly aligned. The squat targets these muscles and that's why we love them. Make sure that you maintain your form to get the best benefit.