Power plate

zenzap

Does the power plate actually work

DaddieCat

not unless you like really crappy carnival rides.

But in all seriousness, no... no science behind it. No different than those fat shaking machines you see in videos from the early 1930s

https://youtu.be/Iet33fqk9OE

zenzap

Ok thank you they advertise them like they work good and tone you up

ninerbuff

Actually there is a clinical study on them increasing strength, but the power plates they used were industrial (think of a 5x5 platform) and you would actually use a barbell and do squats on them.

This is a summary of a study published in Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2007, Vol. 62A, No. 6, 630–635.
By An Bogaerts, Christophe Delecluse, Albreacht L. Claessens, Walter Coudyzer, Steven Boonen and Sabine M. P. Verschueren
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

This was done on elderly population though.

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DaddieCat

Of course they do. That's how they make money. The only true solution outside of surgery is CICO, via whatever vehicle you drive to get there.

DaddieCat

ninerbuff wrote: »

Actually there is a clinical study on them increasing strength, but the power plates they used were industrial (think of a 5x5 platform) and you would actually use a barbell and do squats on them.

This is a summary of a study published in Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2007, Vol. 62A, No. 6, 630–635.
By An Bogaerts, Christophe Delecluse, Albreacht L. Claessens, Walter Coudyzer, Steven Boonen and Sabine M. P. Verschueren
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

This was done on elderly population though.

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Lol... but that's cheating... of course you will gain muscle or strength doing barbell work.

ninerbuff

BecomingBane wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

Actually there is a clinical study on them increasing strength, but the power plates they used were industrial (think of a 5x5 platform) and you would actually use a barbell and do squats on them.

This is a summary of a study published in Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2007, Vol. 62A, No. 6, 630–635.
By An Bogaerts, Christophe Delecluse, Albreacht L. Claessens, Walter Coudyzer, Steven Boonen and Sabine M. P. Verschueren
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

This was done on elderly population though.

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Lol... but that's cheating... of course you will gain muscle or strength doing barbell work.

The increase in strength was higher than just doing a regular barbell squat, but IMO, it's not WORTH the small difference.


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DaddieCat

ninerbuff wrote: »

BecomingBane wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

Actually there is a clinical study on them increasing strength, but the power plates they used were industrial (think of a 5x5 platform) and you would actually use a barbell and do squats on them.

This is a summary of a study published in Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2007, Vol. 62A, No. 6, 630–635.
By An Bogaerts, Christophe Delecluse, Albreacht L. Claessens, Walter Coudyzer, Steven Boonen and Sabine M. P. Verschueren
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

This was done on elderly population though.

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Lol... but that's cheating... of course you will gain muscle or strength doing barbell work.

The increase in strength was higher than just doing a regular barbell squat, but IMO, it's not WORTH the small difference.


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And most likely not going to carry over to the small machines in modern gyms or available for home use as they aren't big enough for barbell work while on them. Still interesting stuff.

singingflutelady

I don't think I'd want to do heavy barbell squat on a vibrating platform