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Rebound Exercise is the therapeutic movement on the mini-trampoline. Because it moves all parts of the body at once we can also call it a cellular exercise. As an exercise it is superior to any other because it not only uses gravity but also two other forces, acceleration and deceleration. As a therapy it is as beneficial as massage or reflexology, since the whole body is involved, it is truly a cellular exercise. Rebound Exercise fulfills all four requirements of effective exercise: Strength Aerobic capability Flexibility Endurance. The greatest benefits of more vigorous exercise is the increase of oxygen. Increased oxygen helps us burn more calories, destroys toxins, gets rid of bacteria and fungus and stimulates cardiovascular health
Isn't it just fun to jump on a trampoline? And it'd be good to buy yourself your own trampoline, right? So what trampoline are you going to get?
There is a wide variety of trampolines available in the market for you. And square trampolines are one of them.
Square trampolines are an example of recreational tramps. It has a bed also made of either a polypropylene material or waterproof canvas. It has springs for elasticity. And a steel frame to house the bed.
Competitive trampolines are quite expensive. And if you want to get into the sport, but want to save money, don't practice with square shaped trampolines. They are not built to be as sturdy as competitive trampolines.
Square shaped trampolines are a quite unpopular type of recreational trampolines. What you may commonly see are circular, octagonal or rectangular trampolines. But it has been said that this type is the ideal recreational tramp that you can have in your backyard.
Rectangular trampolines have much elasticity that can give you good height after a jump. This can prove to be quite hazardous especially if you're going to have kids playing on the trampoline. Square trampolines have some of the benefits of a circular and rectangular ones combined.
As mentioned earlier, rectangular and circular tramps give you a good amount of bounce to give you good height on a jump especially if you're jumping from the center. Square shaped trampolines, however, don't. This is a lot safer since it reduces the risk of a jumper missing the mat or getting catapulted off the trampoline. Square trampolines make it easier for you to control the height of your jump with the reduced elasticity of the mat.
They also have the same crisscrossed springs like a rectangular trampoline which gives you enough control over the height of your jump. Also, with its shape it gives you a more even bounce. And you do not have to jump in the center to get good height from a jump or a rebound. And if you also, plan to play some trampoline basketball, then square trampolines are just the things for you.
Most yards are square. Tramps that match that shape are also ideal for yards for the simple reason that it is square. It can fit smack into your yard. You can place it anywhere you want.
They also take up the same amount of space as conventional circular trampolines. The only thing that makes it better is that square trampolines give you a bigger jumping area. And you can have more fun in the same amount of space.
Trampoline activity is surely a fun and healthy way to spend some time with your friends or your family. And having the proper trampoline can ensure you more hours of fun and laughter with your loved ones.
Objective
Treating the severely or mildly de-conditioned patient with diabetes requires a good assessment of their physical abilities and limitations as well as their psychological disposition for exercise.
Without this information, the typical exercise protocols presented to a patient, which are prevalent at most health clubs, will probably be too challenging. The predominant exercise protocols being taught to trainers in the general fitness market follow a rigid focus of stability, core, strength and power. Although this may be a good starting point for the generally fit patient I have found much of what is being presented to the very de-conditioned to be much too challenging.
Experience dealing with this segment of the population is crucial, otherwise you run the risk of injuring the patient and I have seen this first hand.
It should be noted here that improved athletic performance and health are distinct goals and that program design must reflect only health interests at this time.
Three concerns when evaluating and recommending an exercise program:
Safety - Safety should be a primary concern when developing an exercise program but is especially important with the very de-conditioned, diabetic population.
Mobility issues, circulatory, blood sugars, all have to be considered and addressed when developing an exercise protocol.
Optimal Clinical Outcomes- Results for this group refers to the health concerns of the client not sport specific.
Exercise in itself has short term benefits in handling sugars but long term benefits are achieved by challenging the larger muscles of the body in an exercise protocol, waking up the dormant muscle, and adding additional muscle.
Traditional protocols focus too much time on core and stability. This group needs simply to use the largest muscles as a means to an end, handling blood sugars more effectively. The basic exercise protocols that we have developed to engage the larger muscle groups, inherently have a positive affect on core and stability. Even when placed in very controlled stabilized positions such as variable resistance machines, there is a degree of stabilizer involvement for this very de-conditioned group. We have found that inexperienced trainers are overzealous in following the traditional protocols, overwhelming and frustrating patients.
Compliance - Your biggest issue I'm sure you will agree with will be compliance.
An effective protocol must be patient specific and based on the subjective answers a patient gives you. Your objective view that they need an aggressive protocol does not address the reality that most patients, even when threatened by the consequences of their illness, will not respond to a demand for big changes.
This approach will go a long way in stimulating compliance by your patient. By being real and understanding that your patient wants and needs help but probably won't make dramatic
changes in the short run, gives you a psychological advantage.
The following questions will help you determine your patients psychological predisposition for exercise. This will help you determine a realistic course of action for your patient, going a long way in gaining compliance.
• I don't know if I can find the time.
• I am only doing this for my health
• I don't find exercise enjoyable
• I believe exercise may be painful
• I get bored easily
• I get frustrated when I don't see results
• I feel intimidated or embarrassed in an exercise setting
• Work demands make it difficult to exercise
• Family obligations may make it difficult to exercise
• My family or friends may not support my attempts to exercise
• I may have to exercise alone
• I may lose track of my goal
• The exercise setting available to me does not meet my needs.
What to look for in a program.
Our experience has demonstrated a concern when acquiring supervision or recommending a program for this population. Overwhelming, complex, too challenging is the feedback we have been getting from patients subjected to inexperienced trainers or health club protocols.
The importance of the patients ability to tolerate the exercise stress, both physically and psychologically, cannot be overemphasized.
It is paramount that patients are presented undemanding exercises at the start of a program, transitioning to more challenging exercises only when they express and demonstrate comfort with their existing program. (example: standing core exercises as opposed to lying on the floor exercises).
It is better to start out conservatively than to overshoot the patients exercise tolerance, reducing the enjoyment.
Always err on the side of too little when applying loads.
Trainers must not fall into the trap of believing that more is better.
Even the Target Heart Rate Zone parameters may be too challenging for this population. A more prudent indicator would be perceived exertion.
Initial training should emphasize correct exercise technique and increasing the patients tolerance for exercise. As tolerance and technique allow... the focus will extend to increasing strength. Resistance loads in the 60% - 80% range of 1RM are essential to achieve goals. Determining 1RM will not be determined by testing 1RM, which would not be prudent for this population, but by trial and error, adjusting resistances that allow for a repetition range of 8 - 15 to exhaustion for their fitness level. Typically exercise alone will have a positive effect on stability and flexibility for this group.
As you know improving HA1C is paramount for optimal clinical outcomes. The result of this protocol is better glycemic control through a couple of mechanisms:
* Exercise in itself helps keep blood sugars under control.
* Protein synthesis as the result of challenging the largest muscles is very metabolically expensive, post exercise, utilizing thousands of calories.
* Adding muscle and recruiting dormant muscle allows for more active tissue into which sugars can be shuttled.
To insure that the special needs of this population are met look for an educational and nutritional system that addresses these concerns.
A well designed program will begin with an empowering psychological component addressing the "mind set" of what is really required to achieve glycemic control through proper eating habits and an effective exercise program.
A good program addresses the problem of compliance.
Look for an entry level program that strategically and safely addresses the needs of the very de-conditioned and overweight patient by transitioning from very comfortable non complex exercises to more challenging ones very gradually.
It should not be overwhelming or complex and the time requirement of only 2 days a week is the icing on the cake so to speak for those with time excuses.
As with any program an assessment of the patient must be performed first:
Assessment:
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Weight
4. Limitations - Orthopedic or Otherwise (Thrumbosis, Circulatory Concerns, Etc.)
5. Blood Pressure
6. Medications
7. How long since any structured exercise?
8. PAR-Q Test
We then place our patients into one of three classifications to ensure training protocols match patients fitness levels.
LEVEL 1: Very Obese Diabetic - Significantly De-conditioned - Very Limited Mobility
LEVEL 2: Overweight Diabetic - De-conditioned - Mobile
LEVEL 3: Active Overweight - Pre or Just Diagnosed Diabetic
Level 1 patients will require very low impact type of equipment that allow for stabilization and comfort such as a recumbent bike or mini tramp with safety handles. Exercise bands will probably be appropriate for this group.
Level 2 patients that are mobile allows for the use of more challenging exercise equipment in a health club setting that puts the patient in a comfortable, stabilized, seated position.
Level 3 patients will probably tolerate a more aggressive exercise protocol including free weight exercises
Based on this information patients should follow a system that addresses the following principles for a safe and effective workout.
1. The Foundation
A thorough warm-up, designed to be an integral part of the program not just an afterthought, making the transition to the challenging sets physiologically and psychologically more comfortable, reducing micro-trauma to the connective tissues reducing post exercise soreness, having a positive effect on adherence to the program. For the population with circulatory problems, a slow gradual warm up will help with circulation to the extremities.
2. Supersets
A challenging TOTAL BODY workout utilizing compound movements in a superset fashion based on the patients fitness level. Beginners find these compound movements to be inherently more comfortable to perform as they require less skill, coordination and balance. The emphasis on only using the largest muscles inherently burns plenty of calories during the workout but, more importantly, stimulates the endocrine system (hormone) and protein synthesis which is very metabolically expensive using the fat stores during the recovery process. (anabolic phase)
3. Intervals
Interval training taps into the fat burning mechanism effectively and immediately and as studies have proven, will burn 9 times the fat that aerobics can burn in the same time frame.
Intervals have a positive effect on "heart reserve" and circulation as opposed to traditional long duration, low intensity cardiovascular exercise.
These three cycles combine everything you need in an exercise program. Instead of splitting up body parts on different days and performing ineffective aerobics on the other days, you get the best of everything in one workout.
A minimum requirement of only 2 workouts a week goes a long way in promoting compliance.
This principle of 2 workouts a week has been backed by science. Using reverse psychology and positive reinforcement will guarantee success of the program.
If you can demonstrate a reasonable level of results for the time invested, it will result in an increase in compliance from your patients.
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Skills
The skills listed below are in a general progression order. Start parent and tot classes at Level A as well as all other preschool groups to make sure they understand and have mastered the basics. Keep a checklist for each class. Record and date each skill when you introduce new ones to the class. This is helpful when a substitute teacher is needed. He/she can immediately determine the group level and teach appropriate skills. Also, the checklist is helpful to show parents how their children are progressing.
A few notes on teaching skills:
A back hip pullover seems to be a difficult skill for young students to master. Use a ladder hanging from the high bar for students to walk their feet up. When their tummy is near the low rail, tell them to do a chip-up and kick their feet over. You can also use stacked panel mats or a trapezoid piece to assist the kick over action. When using stacked panel mats, unfold a section to make the kick-off point lower as they get stronger. After these drills, have them do chin-ups for strength development. When teaching the back hip circle insist that the feet stay high on the front support finish position.
For front supports, I suggest that you chalk the preschooler's thighs where you want them to touch the bar (the little ones have a tendency to lay their tummies on the bar). I don't recommend most classes use chalk. However, there may be some girls and boys in the older classes that might need it. Don't sacrifice safety for cleanliness.
For casting, tell the children to first hunch like a cat, lock their legs and squeeze their bottom. To keep their legs together, have them hold a foam piece or beanbag between their knees. Tell them to lock their arms and raise their chest high with their necks stretched tall like a giraffe.
A single leg stemrise is a favorite old skill I love to do in beginner classes. It's like a single leg kip. When teaching them a stemrise, tell them to ride the bar with their thigh and pretend their leg is a piece of bread. There is butter on the top bar. They are going to butter the bread by sliding their extended leg against the top bar and then throwing their tummy over the bar to end in a front support on the high bar.
A drill you can use for glide kips is to have the child hold a bean bag or foam piece between their ankles. Have them try to glide out and drop it into a laundry basket, hoop, or on a chalk circle drawn on the mat. You can put a wedge in front of the set of bars. Have them practice stretching to kick the incline to achieve a glide action and body extension.
Preschool Bar Skills
Uneven Bars
Level A Level B Level C
Long hang Casts (3) Leg-ups (5)
Swing in long hang Swing and regrasp Cast to pike
Possum hang pull ups Tuck shoot Cast to straddle
(laterally hang under the single bar and Straddle shoot Back hip circle
chin-up to left ear and then right ear) Back hip circle (spot) Bent arm hang (12 sec) Straddle hang Pike hang (10 sec) Sole circle dismount
Shimmy across (lateral moving) Straddle hang Basket hang (inverted pike)
Hang in tuck Bent arm hang (6 sec.) Free L support
Front support Cast to tuck Underswing DM over pole Fwd. Roll dismount(DM) Swing half turn Back Hip C high bar
Swing, drop bean bag in hoop Run under and arch Stemrise Swing in pike Single leg cut Birdie Perch
Belly- button push-ups Swing in straddle
Sole circle swings Back hip pull over
Leg-ups (2) Glide swing Pull ups or chin-ups (2) Pullover high bar
Hang in pike L-sit on low bar Single knee touch (front support, bring
one alternately to the bar) Hang (walk forward & backward)
Space walks (ft. support & swing legs under
bar)
Leg-ups (3) (toes to bar
Back hip pullover (spot)
Safety Notes
Because the bars involve height, many parents are apprehensive about this event. It is imperative for the coaches to become "safety-maniacs" at this event. Here are some key points to keep in mind:
1. Don't put a child in a support position that's above their waist level. Lower the bar to the appropriate level. If the bar won't lower, you can build up the height of the mats under the bar.
2. During the first lesson, teach the students how to fall, rollout and dismount correctly.
3. Teach the proper grips and the need to rotate the grip for skills such as a forward roll dismount. (Tell the kids it's like Daddy on his motorcycle- vroom, vroom).
4. Provide your preschoolers with a set of bars just for them. A set where the rails are small enough for their small hands to grasp.
(Equipment notes: Jr. Swing Bar- this is a small single rail that is adjustable to heights needed for preschoolers. Because it breaks down into three small pieces for easy transporting, it's perfect for a mobile program.)
5. If you use a ladder to help them get to the low bar, make sure you have a foam piece under it so that the ladder doesn't ruin the base mat. Use mats, inclines, or barrels underneath to protect the preschooler if their foot goes through rungs- they always do!
6. Any time a student is hanging from a height where they can't jump down safely, always have your hand on their wrist. If the student says, "I can do it by myself", you can reply, "I know you can! I'm just going to be here as a helper!"
7. Skin-the-Cat can be a dangerous move for preschoolers and I don't recommend it unless it is spotted. Too many times the child lets go in the middle of this skill- if the instructor doesn't react fast enough, the child falls. A Penny (or Cherry) Drop is a difficult skill for new instructors to spot, therefore, I don't recommend them. I also avoid any skills that require swinging from one bar to another. Forcing a child to do skills on the high bar before they're ready isn't necessary. Teachers of preschool classes should have the philosophy of "teaching within the comfort zone." If a child doesn't want to go to the high bar...don't. Do the skill on the low bar and encourage them. But, if they still don't want to go, don't force them, try again in a few weeks. If they are really afraid of the bars, let them do strength work instead.
8. For landing purposes it is advisable to use a 4" landing mat, not an 8" skill cushion. If new skills are going to be taught, you can keep a skill cushion under the bars, but not for dismounts. If an 8" skill cushion is all that's available, use a panel mat on top for landings.
9. A child should never hang without tension in their chest and arms. Explain this to the parents in parent and tot classes and to all your instructors. The children shouldn't be allowed to hang until they understand this concept.
10. Some gyms use a rebounder or min-tramp for younger students to jump to front support. If you do this, I recommend you to pad the bar. Many kids have hit their teeth while their jumping gets out of control.
Spotting
Remember to always keep a hand on the child when they're hanging upside down-this will prevent a number of problems. When spotting and working with the child on the bars, position yourself so you can maintain supervision of the other children working at the other bar stations. When spotting a back hip pullover, position yourself in front of the bars to assist lifting the hips. One hand goes under their legs and the other on their back. At the end of the skill, one hand should be under their legs to help them achieve a good front support position. Be prepared to assist them if they rotate over the bar too fast and start to fall.
Circuits
For parent and tot classes and five-six year old classes you can utilize a number sets of bars at one time. With students who are 3-4 years old, it is sometimes hard to keep them from running away if you have too many stations. In this case, I recommend that you use just two stations in the circuit.
To be successful in creating a well-rounded fitness program as well as making it gymnastically oriented and fun, design a circuit for every lesson that includes a skill teaching station, a strength game, an imaginative play area, and a hand/eye coordination station. For instance, here is one lesson where you can use a four-bar- station to incorporate these ideas:
Bar #1 Skill: back hip pullovers with the instructor assisting.
Bar #2 Hand-eye coordination: the child hits a foam ball with a bat off a cone and the ball
goes through a hoop hanging from the low bar.
Bar #3 Drill: Stations where skills are practiced safely
Bar #4 Strength game: child holds a bent arm hang, or hang in tuck, pike or straddle while reciting the ABC's. Or, Imaginative play: the child hangs from the low bar and tries to knock off dinosaur eggs(disguised as bean bags)
Body/Eye Coordination Stations
1. Hang plastic bowling pins from the bars. Have the students push them alternately using the "tracking" principle with their eyes. (Ocular Pursuit)
2. Hang a plastic tire or hoop from the bar. The preschooler throws bean bags, foam balls, or small footballs through it. (Hand/eye coordination)
3. Place wedge mats up and down under the low bar. The students roll beach balls to partner. At the same station have the students walk up the incline and do a front support and then forward roll dismount to a forward roll down the wedge mat.
4. Hang balloons from either bar and kick for foot-eye coordination or hit with paper plate racket for hand-eye coordination.
5. Hang large and small aluminum pie tins that have been taped together with dry beans inside them. The children throw beanbags at the plates. The preschoolers love the noise this makes!
6. Hang foam shapes and letters from the high bar for the students to kick while hanging or swinging from the low bar.
Imaginative Games
1. Have the children hold foam vegetable shapes between their feet and do leg-ups or hold it as long as they can.
2. Hang holiday balloons from the bars- Easter eggs, valentine hearts, pumpkins, etc.
3. Gorilla turns- "How many times can you hang and turn?"
4. Frisbee catcher- one child hangs from the bar while another child or instructor tosses foam Frisbee for the first child to try to catch with their feet.
Other ideas for bars:
1. Hang bells from the high bar. Each child shimmies (moves laterally hanging from the bar) while attempting to ring each bell in succession.
2. Hang rings from the bar to have the children do inverted pike and straddle hangs.
3. Hang a plastic coated 5-lb. Weight plate from a climbing rope with a knot under it to use as a swing for toddlers. Be sure to instruct them to keep hold of the rope until they have dismounted from the swing to their feet.
4. The students can bring a stuffed animal to class and try to hold it between their knees and chest while in a tuck hang. Hold this for five seconds or shimmy down the bar and through a hoop.
5. Place a plastic slide under the low bar...the child does forward roll dismounts from the bar to land on the slide. When they slide down -Ta-Da!
6. Take a segmented hoop, pull it apart and rehook it around the bar. Have the student possum hang or shimmy in tuck position through the hoop.
7. Put a trapezoid piece or stacked panel mat in front of the bar at an angle. Have the students jump to the low bar from the various angles increasing the difficulty as you pull the trap piece further away. From the trapezoid they can:
A. Jump and swing
B. Jump, tap, front support, and jump down.
C. Jump, swing from high bar five times and jump off to the front.
D. Jump, cast 3 times and then forward roll dismount.
E. Handstands- jump, tap, handstand. (Tell them to "pinch my finger in your armpit")
8. Use cones, ropes, a small barrel, or the instructor holding a stick as a barrier (visual cue) for them to dismount over.
9. Use chin-up bars on the walls around the bar area to keep the students busy doing strength work: pull-ups, chin-ups, leg-ups, hang in pike, straddle, tuck, and bent arm hang. This can be its own mini-circuit.
10. Use various methods for the children to mount the bars: a take-off board, a mini-tramp, a jogger, a ladder or plank, an inclined beam (have trapezoid pieces underneath), panel mats, ½ donut, incline mats, slide, stairs, barrels, octagons, or a "mountain." The mountain is a 4" mat hung over the low bar with trapezoid pieces, octagons, or other mat shapes underneath for support. This is useful for skills that you are teaching on the high bar (HB).
11. Use combinations. As soon as the students have learned a few basic skills, have them combine the skills together into sequences such as:
A. Long hang, shimmy, straddle shoot, L-sit.
B. Jump, front support, forward roll dismount.
C. Long hang shimmy, tuck shoot drop to hock swing (from knees). (Be sure to spot this)
Benefits
The bar area is a great place for preschoolers to learn some very important organizational and social skills. Not only are they having fun with the different circuits, and are being kept busy, but they are learning to take turns as a member of a line. Sometimes they have to wait their turn. You can have them stay on a carpet square, sit in a hoop, safety spot, or use other means to control their activity while they are waiting. It's too abstract for you to just tell preschoolers to wait in line for their turn. Be specific. Tell them, "I want you to sit in your hoops on this blue mat and watch the other students do this skill. You can learn by watching and listening." Use colors of the mats as indicators or small motor equipment as visual cues. Remember most preschoolers don't understand prepositional phrases such as behind, in front of, or beside.
Take the challenge- use the bars as a positive circuit for preschoolers! Remember to use a teaching station, a strength game or an imaginative area, a drill station, and a body/eye coordination station when designing your circuits. When formulating your lesson plans, select achievable skills, introduce skills in a logical and safe progression, use constant positive reinforcement, keep the students active, and plan for fun!
Safety Notes for Bars
1. Not above eye level
2. Teach how to fall first lesson
3. Teach proper grips and how to rotate- motorcycle
4. Special size set of bars- Jr Swing Bars- Gibson/ Norbert's
5. Mat under ladder or octagons
6. Always have your hand on their wrist
7. Proper landing mat
Not to do:
1. Skin the cat
2. Penny drop
Create a 4 Bar Circuit
1. BHP with teacher- skill
2. BHP with ladder- reinforcing skill
3. L support, slide down and "Ta da"- strength
4. Chin-ups and knock off dino eggs- fun imaginative
Those funny old clowns were the masters of merriment, mayhem, and mirth bringing larger than life exaggerations of our very own lives to us in the canvas covered and sawdust floored tents of the circus.
Obviously the circus clown has had many changes over the years. We can trace the origins back as far as the jesters of the medieval times. Even the biblical times tells of entertainers. So how did these pantomimes and court jesters steal their ways into those hearts? They mastered the art of day to day living and made a pun of the simplest things in life.
Clowns as we know them today have evolved from the singer / jester of two hundred years ago to the fantastic art form of comedy pantomime in huge auditoriums and arenas today. The earliest forms of clowns talked to the crowds as they were small enough to be heard by all. They even sang the enchanting song of the day to such all time greats as "The Daring young man on the Flying Trapeze."
While the Circus clown has been immortalized as the flamboyant punster, film studios have twisted the clown and his grotesque make-up into creatures of evil and horror. Rightfully so, some people today are scared to death of a clown.
The clown has evolved into a piece of art and those they take the part of a circus clown, a circus performer, are true artists in every sense of the word. They have to be creative first of all. Their facial make-up while it may be patterned after another clown is a one of a kind fingerprint for each individual clown. It is an unwritten rule in the world of greasepaint and slapstick that no one wears the same face as some one else.
These facial make-ups are then categorized in different styles or looks. The basic whiteface clown wore the leotards, slippers, and even a pointed hat as in the old Dan Rice style. The Auguste type usually exaggerates the features of the face with larger than life smiles, BIG eyes, a huge nose, and round rosy cheeks. His costumes are silly; some have polka dots or stripes and usually are accompanied by gigantic shoes. The tramp type clown is usually a down and out character with a dirty unkempt appearance but still utilizing the traits of other clowns such as the large shoes or red nose. Clowns can be as simple as a regular person sitting in the crowd who is actually part of the act. These are called your Plant or stooge.
While most circuses usually carried one clown who interacted with the performance and the crowd, the necessity to add more clowns came about with the enlargement of the circus tent itself. While the circus was basically a one ring affair, the quest to expand and offer more than ever added to the circus press corps delight in securing the notoriety of the never seen before acts, more than ever claims, and the bold brash statements of the "Greatest Show on Earth."
As more and more clowns joined the circus ranks, the presentations and abilities of the circus clown changed as well. Soon the ability to speak to the entire audience was diminished or completely gone due to the new found size of the crowds. To be able to communicate their points, the clowns turned to acting out their scenarios in a dramatic and foolish way. These pantomimes and slapstick used a wide variety of props to achieve their laughs from the audience such as a clown going to the dentist, or the clown Fire Department.
Throngs of clowns now gathered in the canvas arena for a slapstick adventure designed to make you laugh and also to act as a diversion while another circus act was being taken down or being put up for another featured performer. Whistles, Sirens, smoke, Firecrackers, and long, long, very long shirts, all made us scream with delight and laugh at the silliness of what we go through every day.
While the clowns were there every day and were wonderful at what they do, very rarely did we ever remember a single clown's name unless we studied Circus History and events. Emmett Kelly and Lou Jacobs are probably remembered by more people than any other clowns. Emmett Kelly was known as a hobo character who tried to sweep the floor with a spotlight as his pile of dust getting smaller all the time and moving from side to side only to burst all over the place. The legendary clown, Lou Jacobs is famous for his motorized bathtub, his miniature car, and his very long face make-up. A very similar likeness to Lou Jacobs even became a US Postage Stamp. Some great clown gags and scenes with the clowns are preserved in Cecil B. DeMille's epic film "The Greatest Show on Earth" which was filmed on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1951.
Today's Big Apple Circus has the likes of Barry Lupin's immortal character "Grandma" who is as well know in the Big Apple Circus as he is in Television and Parades. He was a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performer for five years after graduating from Clown College. He has captivated the crowds at the Big Apple Circus since 1982 and appeared in films like Pee Wee's Big Top Adventure. As a member of the International Clown Hall of Fame he stands in good company with other master clowns such as Glenn "Frosty" Little, Otto Greibling, Lou Jacobs and many others.
We remember other clowns in our lives but we don't think of them as circus clowns. We can't talk about clowns without recalling the entertaining genius of Richard "Red" Skelton and his many characters and funny faces he provided. His father was a circus clown and "Red" was also on the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus before getting into the TV industry. Max Patkin was known as the "Clown Prince of Baseball" a one man baseball institution with his hilarious hi-jinks on the Baseball diamonds across America. The cross eyed expressions, the rubbery mouth going all over and the floppy double jointed body movements all brought us laughter with out any clown make-up at all. Going back a little bit further in history was the greatness of a true master of the screen in the form of Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin delivered a circus theme in his movie simply titled Circus.
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Indoor trampolines, also known as mini-trampolines, are small trampoline kits designed for children between 3 to 7 years old. They are available in many sizes but most of them are portable and smaller than regular trampolines. Average height is about 9 -11 inches off the ground and may be circular, rectangular or square in shape.
Since many emergency room-treated injuries are related to trampoline jumping, before letting kids use indoor trampolines (though smaller and look more harmless), all safety precautions should be taken. Adequate adult supervision is also imperative for all types of trampolines if it involves kids in the trampoline activity.
Indoor trampolines may also be used as a bouncing device by gymnasts or stuntmen to be catapulted into the air. Professional indoor, or Olympic style trampolines, have a webbed surface and are generally much more expensive. They also need folding down and are not suitable for outdoors. Other indoor trampolines may also be used as fitness and weight loss tools.
Popular Indoor Trampoline Models:
Nursery Trampoline: This indoor trampoline has a grip handle, and is designed to encourage children to exercise and keep fit. The model is suitable for outdoor use too. It is also equipped with a weatherproof mat and tubular steel frame with a durable coated finish. The padded cover around the mat cushions the frame and prevents children from stepping through the bungee cord for extra safety. Costs around 0 to 5.
Joey Trampoline: is designed to help kids learn balance and coordination with the assistance of a handlebar, which can be removed as the child gets older and bigger. It features 6 steel feet, anti-slip rubber pads, a powder-coated steel frame, heavy-duty jumping mat, and strong padded foam cushion frame cover for extra safety. Approximate cost - to .
Child Sport Fit Trainer: Manufactured by Texas Trampoline, the jumping surface of this indoor trampoline is woven Permatron material, and has extra wide, deluxe safety pads that cover the frame and the springs. It's an 8-foot square and 24 inches high trampoline which can also be used by adults who want to stay in shape. No additional tools are required for assembly. It costs around 0, and is one of the most expensive indoor trampolines.
Soft-Bounce Rebounder: A product from Needak, it has a surface diameter of 28.5 inches and a Permatron mat rebounding surface, with protective, spring cover padding, and is intended for indoor, aerobic use by adults. The rebounder comes in a folding or non-folding model. Purchase also includes a video, book, article, and a carrying bag. Costs around 0 to 0.
TP Medium Junior Trampoline: Features a detachable handle which can be used when the trampoline is used by more than one child. Designed to improve co-ordination, balance skills and spatial awareness of the child through play. Made from galvanized steel frame and tough mesh mat that allows rain to fall through. Costs around to .
Bounce around Inflatable Trampoline: This is an inflatable bouncing trampoline constructed out of heavy-duty vinyl, which can be conveniently deflated after use. Great for kids who love to jump on beds. Approximately costs around to .
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