Trampoline tricks just the ticket for ex-banker turned swim coach
Cardio workout involved in ‘trick training’ can burn up to 1,000 calories an hour
As a successful age group swimmer and triathlete, Georgia Brown is familiar with feeling challenged. But her recent workout regime is taking her to new heights – literally.
Brown, 50, has recently taken up “tricking”, or “trick training” – a trampoline class at Ryze trampoline park in Quarry Bay that allegedly burns more than 1,000 calories an hour.
“It’s a major cardio workout – I’d believe it burns that many calories but I’ve never worn my heart rate monitor [to confirm this],” says Brown, a former investment banker turned swim coach. “During the warm up you are bouncing and stretching, and then the tricking begins. It’s certainly not relaxing.”
Brown discovered the unusual workout after she took her daughter and a friend to the park just for fun.“Trainer Sajib Hossain introduced us to tricking and gave the girls some tips; two days later we returned as a family to try tricking together,” she says.
In a bid to one-up her daughter, Brown is now taking regular one-on-one lessons. “Freya challenged me to achieve what she could do at Ryze – she’s 10, so she learned six tricks in one afternoon; so far I have mastered one – the full somersault.”
