Get Up And Do Something: Classes Take a Tumble, Happily

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Classes Take a Tumble, Happily
Nov 2nd 2012, 11:40

For Carmen Hernandez, something flipped last summer when Gabby Douglas did.

Watching the bubbly gymnast win two Olympic gold medals, Ms. Hernandez, 40, whose previous workouts were exactly as daredevil as her home elliptical machine, said she thought, "God, it would be so cool if I could try something like that."

She was wary of injury, so she took a cautious approach to her $28 classes at Sky Zone (a chain of basketball-court-size trampolines), slowly mastering jumps and leaps.

"I can jump up in the air and touch my legs, and my core is so much stronger, so maybe I could do a flip soon," she said proudly.

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