Vibration training

Power Plate? Some people swears by it. You do your regular exercises on this thing. I have not tried it myself.

Does Hitachi make the trainer?

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Try the Shake Weight

From what I gather from the trainers at the gym (where we have a powerplate) it is NOT a work out, but instead is good post-workout for conditioning and cooling down to prevent sore muscles and aches. There are a few exercises you can do on them where the vibration creates a bit of extra resistance, again for conditioning, but I think the benefits are minimal. They're really only useful for a post-gym massage.

Saying that I've heard some people swear by them for toning the skin. I also imagine they have some benefit for those with physical conditions that mean regular exercise is difficult as they at least stimulate the muscles so are probably good for blood flow.

I wouldn't replace a good old-fashioned workout with them though, there are, alas, no quick fixes in this world bar surgery.

i have one and use it every day,3 times a day for 10 minutes at a time, its the only form of exercise i am using,, and im down 11.2 kilo in 3 months, and my cm loss is incredible. it says that they burn 300 calories at a time but i log it in as 150. i have found that when i do walk now,( which isn't often because of the weather atm) that my legs are much stronger and im able to walk much further than i was able too before i started using the machine. definitely worth having and using in my opinion.

So, you've cut your food intake by 1,000 calories a day. That seems plausible, depending on your previous diet.

*exits slowly* I thought this was something else lol

Mee too!! I thought...there is training for that???!!?? :laugh:

I REALLY just want this in my newsfeed!!!! :laugh:

i have one and use it every day,3 times a day for 10 minutes at a time, its the only form of exercise i am using

If you have 30 minutes a day, why not do something like 30 day shred? You'd be getting more benefits, I'm sure.

Here is what the Mayo clinic has to say about vibration training:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/whole-body-vibration/AN01598

I REALLY just want this in my newsfeed!!!! :laugh:

I tried once, but it didn't really do anything for me.

*walks in*

Well... damn.

*walks out*

was seriously hoping for VIBRATOR training. not that i need training

sounds like the title to a porno

It's like vacuuming

...wait...wut the...I was going to suggest logging it as sexual activity, until I realized...geezus the things people will try to get thin...OTHER than exercise...:noway:

They're not in MFP because they do not offer exercise benefits. Don't waste your time on them for exercise. Find a real exercise program that you enjoy and that will actually make you move.

orly? but "cleaning, light moderate effort" and "food prep" are totally legitimate "exercises" because they're in the MFP database.

Gotcha.

I didn't say those were legit because they are in the database. That is a completely different conversation other people are more than welcome to have.

I don't know how the OP was using the machine. All current research leans, at best, towards "maybe" in certain, very controlled situations (and possible physical therapy applications for the elderly/frail population). Just standing on it is probably not giving the OP much of a calorie burn over normal expenditure for the same time period.

If the OP is doing a series of exercises while on the machine (pushups or such), she should probably just log those exercises and their appropriate burn.:flowerforyou: