You can enjoy the same fitness benefits by keeping those feet together and just
bouncing as the springs in a trampoline take away all the impact of the road.
NASA even agrees that
bouncing is "the most efficient and effective exercise yet devised by man".
"We will be
bouncing on 4x4ft boards that will automatically count our number of bounces in real time, so people can track our progress online."
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is asking people to sign up for the massive jump and hopes to get one million people
bouncing on the same day.
Ministry officials told local Arabic daily Al Eqtisadiya that more Saudi nationals would be named and shamed as part of a new aggressive campaign to curb the phenomenon of
bouncing cheques that has hit the Saudi economy.
In recent times the UAE's financial services community and leading politicians have been discussing the need for reforms relating to cheque
bouncing in the country.
The aim is to get 2,000 people
bouncing on the famous 1970s toy simultaneously for one minute.
The Dubai Cassation Court has refused a petition by British businessman Safi Qurashi to quash a final conviction for
bouncing a $1.9m cheque.
The number of
bouncing checks in Saudi banks fell by 54 percent in the first quarter of 2012 to reach 10,575 compared to 23,212 checks in Q1, 2011, according to a report by Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH).
Mathieu flails in a time zone of his own when
bouncing up and down to a melody, unlike people who don't dance particularly well but generally move in sync with a musical beat, according to a team led by psychologists Jessica Phillips-Silver and Isabelle Peretz, both of the University of Montreal.
As the book's subtitle suggests, turning tough times into triumph is at the heart of "
bouncing," a concept McFarland illustrates through a multilayered, modern-day fable about Mike Maloney and his efforts to shore up and reinvigorate the corporate division he leads.