Harry and Sarah Sneider's Olympic Trainer: Fitness Excellence through Resistive Rebounding [Paperback]

Harry Sneider (Author), Sarah Sneider (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0938302256 | ISBN-13: 978-0938302254 | Publication Date: January 4, 2000

Revolutionary! Innovative! Professional! World's finest total body fitness system that's easy and fun for everyone!

The most complete "how to" book on rebound exercise ever written! Has programs for any age and any level of fitness from infants to adults to Olympic athletes on how to use rebounders. Includes use of handweights, chapters on dance movements, plus sports training routines for 17 different sports using rebounders and handweights.

Celebrity photos of Jack Lalanne, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hall of Fame high jumper Dwight Stones, Hall of Fame water skier Wayne Grimditch, plus many more. This program is being used by thousands of students worldwide.

The popularity of rebound exercise is on the rise both in the home and club market and this book will fill that need. It has been recently revised and updated to meet the interest of the many new enthusiasts to rebound exercise. Very profusely illustrated with photos of celebrities, children, housewives, seniors, athletes, and the disabled -- it is easy to follow.

If your goal is an Olympic gold medal or simply to get in the best shape of your life -- the Olympic Trainer is for you! This unique fitness system improves cardiovascular fitness, muscle tone and strength, co-ordination, sports skills, and much more. It is a safe low impact total fitness program that helps reduce stress, helps lower elevated cholesterol and encourages weight loss while reducing compression to the joints up to 70%.

It's inexpensive, it's easy, and it's fun! Order yours today! You'll be glad you did!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Dr. Sneider is this country's leading rebounding authority and trainer. A unique exercise that we enthusiastically recommend for both cardiovascular fitness and strength is called Resistive Rebounding...developed by Dr. Harry Sneider, an athletics and fitness coach for thirty years. Resistive Rebounding requires only a mini-trampoline and one-, two-, or three-pound weights. It is so simple and convenient a means of exercising the entire body that many people tend to think, 'How could something so easy and fun be so good for you?' If it were a bit more complicated, more costly, or caused greater discomfort, it would probably be more popular. The fact is that Resistive Rebounding will probably revolutionize the fitness movement in the next decade, not only for world class athletes, but for everyone interested in fitness....you can rebound no matter the weather.

Rebounding is probably the best all-around exercise you can get." -- Best selling authors of Fit For Life, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond

"Of all the pieces of equipment in my gym including the LifeCycle, Stairmaster, Treadmill, and Nordic Trac I prefer working out on the Rebounder doing your Daily Dozen program using your Soft Handweights. It's easy, fun and gives me a complete total body workout. I feel exhilarated when I'm finished. Thanks so much." -- Ilze Rita, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

Aerobic Resistive Rebounding "The Perfect Workout" is recommended by doctors, Olympic stars, health and fitness professionals. Thousands of our programs sold worldwide. -- Featured in Shape Magazine

About the Author

Harry Sneider, Ph.D. "Dr. Fit" is a world-renowned authority in fitness education, Olympic coaching and is a world champion weightlifter. Sarah Sneider is a nutrition and human development graduate and is certified by the American Council on Exercise. She teaches exercise and dance and does fitness testing. They are the owners and creators of this very innovative system "Aerobic Resistive Rebounding" and have been teaching rebounding classes for over 40 years combined. Thousands of students follow their fitness program worldwide. Join them today!

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Rebound Dynamics (January 4, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938302256
• ISBN-13: 978-0938302254
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #951,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

75 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring and Outdated. A Waste Of Money!, June 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Harry and Sarah Sneider's Olympic Trainer: Fitness Excellence through Resistive Rebounding (Paperback)

As a certified Personal Trainer, I bought this book with the understanding that I was buying something that was truly "new and revised" for the 21st century. Boy was I wrong!

Briefly, don't buy this book if you want any information regarding resistive and/or urban rebounding. This is a book that was revised in 1981 and has about as much information for someone who is serious about fitness as a kid in a phys-ed trampoline class. It just doesn't work. To further illustrate this point, they even have a section on cheerleading and "how" to make jumps (which is misinformed and incorrect by today's standards). Boring and outdated to say the least. As if the reader wasn't already searching for some substance, the authors (Harry and Sarah) have pictures of their grandson holding his diploma (for what I don't know). Just to take up space, I guess.

This book isn't worth the effort or money for the beginner or casual reader. Look elsewhere for new and revised information in the field of rebounding. As a side note, don't pay attention to the editor's review. He must have been a paid relative.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ageless and Timeless, June 20, 2005

By 

Lee Brandon "2 Time Women's World Long Drive ... (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry and Sarah Sneider's Olympic Trainer: Fitness Excellence through Resistive Rebounding (Paperback)

I have been in the fitness industry for over 25 years. We all know there is truly nothing new under the sun, only new presentations and combinations of the old! There are certain things that have not changed in 25 years in this fitness industry! The important basics, most experts agree, haven't changed: Sound stretching, Strengthening with resistance, and Cardiovascular basics! I feel Dr. Sneider's book is the pioneering standard in the industry. Being a 2 Time Women's World Long Drive Champion, I have found Resistive Rebounding to be one of the many secrets to my power!

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better use of my rebounder, I can ski better, June 29, 2001

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"rpconnelly" (PASADENA, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harry and Sarah Sneider's Olympic Trainer: Fitness Excellence through Resistive Rebounding (Paperback)

Having competed in wrestling in high school, and swimming in college, I have tried to stay fit, even though I now qualify for AARP membership. I discovered the use of rebounding for cardio warm-ups several years ago, and found my hips, legs, ankles and feet were the better for it. Dr. Sneider's book, added to my understanding and practice in several ways. First, he cites several journals and authorities on what I felt to be true, but could not objectively prove to my friends. For example: "...the G-force (gravity) was almost the same at all these points (ankle, back, forehead ) ..." ( page 131 ) In addition, I had attempted to add hand weights while rebounding, but found that coordination and balance issues were a problem, until I saw the "SanBag's" in Dr. Sneider's book. These little cloth bags filled with sand add resistance without threat of injury. Finally, I had done most of the dozen recommended exercises on my own, but the sport-related pages have helped me. Specifically, the pages on skiing gave me great flexibility, good muscle tone, endurance so that once again I could enjoy a variety of terrain when downhill skiing. So, speaking as an early baby boomer, this book has allowed me to up the ante in my exercise program, while avoiding the major "Ouch's".