# mini trampolines for fitness?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-trampolines-for-fitness/560725>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 15, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-trampolines-for-fitness/560725 "2010-11-15T09:55:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-trampolines-for-fitness/560725/21 "2010-11-16T18:53:37Z")

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I tried using one (a very cheap one). It was extremely boring compared to walking around the block. After a few days it began hurting my ankles. My guess is that although the surface was (extremely) resilient my legs were unhappy about landing inside a cone.

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**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-trampolines-for-fitness/560725/22 "2010-11-16T21:32:04Z")

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> [@OpalCat](#):
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> What’s YEM mean?

You Enjoy Myself. [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqH0KKEw_7M) is a good example, you can fast forward to 9:00 if you like.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-trampolines-for-fitness/560725/23 "2010-11-21T23:37:26Z")

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> [@Baal\_Houtham](#):
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> I tried using one (a very cheap one). It was extremely boring compared to walking around the block. After a few days it began hurting my ankles. My guess is that although the surface was (extremely) resilient my legs were unhappy about landing inside a cone.

The problem is walking around the block in the winter in Massachusetts is hard. Even during the few daylight hours it’s still cold as hell and hard to get the motivation to do.

Anyway, I ordered a cheap one off of Amazon–it should arrive early this week, so we’ll see what we’ll see! Hopefully I can do it while I watch TV and keep myself entertained. I got one with bands rather than springs; it claims it isn’t as loud as the ones with springs.

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