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When I was in my early 20s, I started to get into rebounding, a type of aerobic exercise performed on a mini trampoline. My college roommate and I used to have classes in the gym twice a week. A man would lead us through challenging choreography while performing tunes on Broadway. I like it. We will forget the pressure of the paper due at midnight and lose ourselves in the rebound. To be honest, I had a lot of fun, I even forgot that I was exercising. I ended up losing a few pounds without even actually trying it.

I haven't attended class for several years, but after the pandemic forced me to be creative in exercising at home, I am curious whether I can have the same fun (and results) at home.

I stumbled upon The Ness, a trampoline aerobics and sculpting studio with a digital platform that you can visit at home. It touts Eva Longoria, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kelly Lipa Waiting for celebrity fans. I like that they have their own trampoline. If I like to go to school at home, I will also have a face-to-face option. Of course, celebrity endorsements are not hurt. So I decided to hone my rebounding skills and give it a try.

To access the on-demand courses, you need to be a member, and the fee is $39.99/month or $360/year.

The Ness trampoline is priced at US$499 and comes with a free three-month membership. Set up is easy: just screw the leg onto the trampoline, which takes about five minutes. The Ness minitrampoline deserves a higher price tag for several reasons. First of all, it does not have springs, but uses elastic ropes for bounce, which makes it quieter than the squeaking noise I made when I used to use springs in the gym. It is also very suitable for family use: the bronze frame is beautiful and generous, much lighter than other trampolines, and is easy to move. You can also adjust the hardness of the bounce mat to make it tighter or looser according to your weight and desired bounce. That being said, if your budget is limited, there are cheaper options on the market.

In addition to the mini trampoline, you will also need a mat, glider (or towel) and a pair of light dumbbells (2-5 pounds) for the mat modeling course. I don't have light dumbbells, so I use water bottles instead.

The studio offers two main types of courses: bouncing (done on a trampoline) and sculpting (done on a mat). The digital platform provides more than 300 videos, with course lengths ranging from 10 minutes to 45 minutes, and new courses are added every Monday.

After logging in, your home screen will display suggested five-week exercise plans, a list of your saved exercises, and other plans available for purchase-as well as the ability to filter by exercise length and search for exercises in the library.

When you click on the exercise video, you will see suggestions for raising or lowering the level (by increasing the weight of your wrist or eliminating the rebound of certain movements), the equipment you need, and the focus of some of the movements you will perform during the exercise. People can also post comments under each video on the message board, and teachers will answer questions or requests.

Each subscription comes with a 20-minute free online consultation. The team will guide you through the correct form, answer the questions and help you choose the first few exercises. I skipped this because I am already familiar with exercise, but it is a great feature because it can be tricky to master the correct posture the first time you use the backboard.

First, I watched a brief introduction to re-understand the rebounder and some core moves.

After summarizing my rebounding knowledge, I started the suggested weekly plan, which included 5 30-minute exercises. The first is a 30-minute rebound. I chose "Intermediate" as my skill level, which I found to be too ambitious. I entered for five minutes and knew that I was on my head. I think it's not like riding a bicycle. I quit and switched to a 30-minute bouncing essentials course.

We started by warming up on the trampoline, and then jumped back for a round of squats. I immediately felt the additional challenge of having to maintain balance on an unstable surface. Then we jumped directly into some routines, jumping jacks, raising knees and changing directions on the trampoline. This course is faster than mine, but it is definitely not easy. After 10 minutes, I felt my hips start to burn and contract in a way I haven't felt for a while.

Jumping on a trampoline is a childish exercise; it doesn't feel like you are torturing yourself with high knees (even if you are).

Bounce lessons are based on beats, very much like aerobic dance: you learn parts of a combination, and then slowly piece them together until you finally complete the entire choreography. Since I am not super-coordinated and there are many steps to remember, I find it challenging physically and mentally. But time flies, and I finally master it. I was sweating and panting, and my hamstrings and hips caught fire. It was really challenging, but I had a great time. Jumping on a trampoline is a childish exercise; it doesn't feel like you are torturing yourself with high knees (even if you are).

The next day, I decided to stick to the intermediate course suggested in the weekly plan—the mat modeling class—because I am not a novice in mat work like a trampoline. The 30-minute class uses free weights (although you can choose not to use them) to exercise your arms, upper back, and core. When I was in class the day before, my legs must have been tired, so I was very happy to focus on the upper body and core.

These exercises feel very similar to Barre or Pilates, repeated many times with light weights. I took two water bottles because my dumbbells were too heavy and they worked well.

The entire course is completed on the ground. The action is really fast-paced, a bit difficult to keep up, but I do feel the burning. We start with the arm series and then move on to a series of modified planks broken down by children's postures. I like that the coach will do some stretching exercises after each group to help the body recover a little before continuing. Then we made a leg pulse series and added some diagonal work. One leg is always off the ground, maintaining balance is definitely a challenge, which keeps my core focused. Similarly, we move very fast in our actions, and it is difficult to keep up without some core strength as a foundation.

The leg exercise hits the point where the hip meets the leg. I don't often feel the burning sensation in this area when performing larger strength training exercises such as squats; I feel that I am going deep into the muscles, just like I did in Pali training. The course ends with the abdominal muscles. It really burns and goes deep into the core. In the end, I absolutely welcome the long cooling-off period.

This course was very challenging, but it passed quickly. This requires a lot of coordination, balance and concentration. You will never stay in a sport for too long, so it is easy to let yourself through it. This is completely different from my typical strength training with heavier weights and larger, slower movements. Despite the burns, I am surprised that I really like this course; even if there is no bounce course, this is definitely a course that I will integrate into my daily activities.

After practicing on the mat, I felt energetic, so I decided to try the next lesson: Bounce HIIT according to the schedule I suggested. This class feels like a combination of the original bouncing class and the mat carving class. The course uses the same lightweight equipment — or, in my case, a water bottle — and aerobic exercise on trampolines and trampolines, which also includes some aerobics. Weight does help increase our heart rate. We use them in most courses, whether on trampoline or trampoline.

If I think the carving class is fast-paced, this class is like fast forward. The course alternates between high-intensity bounce combinations on a trampoline and bodyweight strength exercises on it. It aims to increase the heart rate, then lower the heart rate during active recovery work on the trampoline, and then increase the heart rate again. My heart rate is soaring-this is definitely a good HIIT workout.

Using one leg on the trampoline for lower limb exercises, such as squats and lunges, exercised my hamstrings and gluteus maximus in different ways, and burned the muscles. The class also challenged my balance. When kicking sideways on the trampoline, I had to stop and regain my composure because I felt like I was out of control. You definitely need a foundation in the correct bounce form to safely complete this course. These combinations are fast-paced and combine many different movements such as kicks, side crunches, and side knee pulls.

As the active recovery calmed down, the class completed the core work of trampoline. Doing sit-ups on the trampoline was a bit awkward, and in the end my neck hurt. I really need an extension and hope to include one in the video, but we have used up a full 30 minutes of work. In the end, my legs felt like jelly, and I felt that I got a full body workout, focusing on the core, hips and hamstrings.

Since I was very sore the next day, I skipped the mat carving class as planned, and instead performed another 30-minute bounce. Once again, I found it fun and challenging to master these combinations, and I was sweating.

During these courses, my upper back, abdominal muscles and buttocks were painful for several days. I feel deep soreness in my upper abdomen, which I haven't felt during exercise for a long time. But this is a good kind of pain—the kind of pain that proves that you have put in some serious work.

There are still many things on the platform that I need to explore. I definitely plan to incorporate carving courses into my daily work once or twice a week. I like the extent to which I can penetrate into certain muscles, and I think I will definitely see a difference in my body from this type of conditioning work. I also want to work hard to complete the 45-minute course-my legs are hot just thinking about it.

This exercise is simply fun. There is no other way to express it. These courses made me feel like I was back in the boutique fitness room. It is completely different from any standard home exercise. It also requires so much concentration that it makes you forget your to-do list and forces you to be present.

I like that the platform provides a recommended weekly exercise plan, which eliminates the guesswork when choosing a course and saves you time in searching the platform.

The playlist is great. Seriously, there are a few times when my body wants to give up, it was music that made me get through some serious burns.

The exercise intensity is low, but the intensity is high. I like to increase the heart rate through HIIT exercise without putting any pressure on the joints. In traditional HIIT courses, my knees sometimes bother me. Although I have made many jumps, they have never bothered me in these courses.

These courses are not only physical challenges, but mastering some complex sequences is also a spiritual challenge. In this way, it resembles aerobic dance to me. It takes a lot of mental attention to master these combinations, which also makes time pass faster. When I finally settled on a combination, it felt like such an achievement. When I jumped off the trampoline, it was one of the exercises that made me "excited". Exercise is also addictive. I find that I really want to exercise-the more comfortable I am on the trampoline, the more I want to master more combinations.

My biggest complaint is the browsing platform. I can't figure out how to change my settings to beginners, and it is too difficult to set up a lot of intermediate courses. People without jumping experience may be hurt by trying to start at this level of the course. That being said, there are a large number of basic courses (I found these courses by searching for "beginners"), so the content can definitely help you get started easily and teach you the correct form, it's just a matter of finding it.

Cost is also a barrier to entry: the Ness trampoline is a big change, and the monthly cost is higher compared to some of the other digital subscriptions I have tried.

This is also a very special sport, so if you don't like it, it will get old quickly. The sculpting mat course can indeed eliminate bouncing, but if you like to choose a variety of different options in your exercise plan, you must supplement the exercise options outside of The Ness platform.

I bounced for a few days, and I felt pain in my calf, calf and sole, and pain when I was running. It would be great if the platform offered some more in-depth stretching courses, focusing on the area hit during the jump. Even if there are only five minutes at the end of the bounce course, we would be very grateful! Participating in a bounce course for multiple days is too much for my body (this may be the reason why the suggested schedule separates it from the sculpting course), so if you want to do more aerobic exercise in your daily exercise, you Some alternative activities need to be done several times a week.

Brianna Steinhilber is the editor and writer of TODAY Health, Food, TMRW and NBC News BETTER.