Ever since NASA research found trampoline workouts to be as effective as running for exercise in 1980, people around the world sprung into trampoline fitness programs, leading to a surge in mini-trampoline based exercise classes. However, recent studies have found conflicting evidence on the ability of trampolines to elicit an effective workout.
American Council on Exercise (ACE), the world's largest health and fitness nonprofit certification organization, decided to let science have the final say with a peer-reviewed research study measuring how many calories a standard trampoline workout burns and what effect it has on cardiorespiratory endurance.
