Tag Archives: trampoline

March 11, 2013

Sky High Fun!

What? A workout on a trampoline that really counts as a workout? Sky High Sports provides just that. I tried the Niles Sky High Sports AIRobics class today and it was a blast.

Can’t tell you how much fun a cardio workout is on a trampoline. Unlike a regular class, where you’re packed in like sardines & given dirty looks by the regulars, there’s plenty of room to spread out at a Sky High workout. Everyone looks silly, is grinning with abandon & sweating like mad- there’s no way even a newbie will stand out.

Of course, in addition to the AIRobics classes, Sky High offers birthday parties, dodgeball, special times for the under 6 crowd, and lots of free jumping times.

Bonus: The First Tuesday of every month has special times for special needs kids and their siblings, at a reduced cost. Yup- some joy the whole family can participate in.

Check out this VIDEO from the NBC Bay Area news team to find out more about the special needs aspect of Sky High Sports.

Happy bouncing!

Leave a comment | tags: AIRobics, Bay Area News, cardio, cerebral palsy, disability, life, Niles Illinois, play, sky high, special needs kids, trampoline, workout | posted in life

September 6, 2011

our pit completed… in-ground trampoline

By vintage-twisted

How in the world can you make a trampoline accessible?

Thanks to one of Meredith Sinclair’s (Hoo-dee-Hoo) tweets, I found the perfect solution in an in-ground trampoline. Didn’t take much convincing of Otis Carter (Carter Albarran Landscape Group), our amazing landscaper, to give it a try. Now, our guy with cerebral palsy can walk right out onto it & bounce to his little heart’s content.

We might be the only people here in the arctic, snowy climate of Chicago to have attempted a pit trampoline- we’ll see how it fares after a blizzard or two. For right now, it’s just a lot of fun.

Whooo-hooo!

1 Comment | tags: accessible, cerebral palsy, chicago, disability, favorites, happiness, in ground trampoline, kids, life, pit trampoline, special needs, sunken trampoline, trampoline | posted in life

June 12, 2011

Can you call a pit gorgeous?

By vintage-twisted

The kids have been dying for a trampoline and I have serious reservations- the biggest is how is the 10 yr old with cerebral palsy going to get on?!? And off? And around the netting? Without, of course, breaking my back by lifting him up. We thought about building a staircase, perhaps with a platform, but it seems that might cause more problems than solutions.

Can a trampoline be any more unsafe than the way the kids are dangling, hanging, jumping, and twisting off the second story of the soon-to-be replaced play structure? As soon as I say, “You can NOT do that!” they come up with a new crazy, daredevil antic to perform.

And what floats across time & space and lands right here, on my computer, through a friend’s tweet? This! Known as a sunken, pit, or in ground trampoline.

Thanks to Babble, an amazing blog, with a lot of information for all, for posting these . Check out this post to see other backyard beauties…

After some initial research, it seems that a drainage system is a must, along with some type of retaining wall. Do you have any input? Suggestions? Concerns? Send me a comment & some help!

Leave a comment | tags: backyard, cerebral palsy, disability, favorites, in ground trampoline, pit trampoline, recreation, special needs, sunken trampoline, trampoline, vintagetwisted | posted in life