Vibrating machines?

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  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    edited January 2015
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    When do we start seeing these again?

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
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    SergeantSausage wrote: »
    When do we start seeing these again?

    Sweat-Box.jpg

    WHAT a Sweat Box?
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    I can see where vibration might increase calories burned because you have to fight against the vibration, but I doubt it is enough to provide significant results.

    Lol. Fighting against vibration. The things you come up with.

    Never fight against vibration. :D
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
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    PlaydohPants wrote: »
    Do people still use those? I thought they were well know bunk in like the 50s

    ETA: I don't even understand the "logic" behind it ?? Is it supposed to shake off your fat?


    "But I'm not losing any weight, in fact gained some."

    By your own words it sounds like it doesn't work.

    Heck yeah they are still used! But not the ones you are thinking of lol.
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    Funny story, "vibrating machines" were invented for medical purposes. Doctors used them to help calm women's *ahem* hysterical conditions.

    Best invention ever lol.
    MrM27 wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    I can see where vibration might increase calories burned because you have to fight against the vibration, but I doubt it is enough to provide significant results.

    Lol. Fighting against vibration. The things you come up with.

    Why on earth should it be fought against? Lol

    Okay I'm done lol.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
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    I giggled at the topic title.

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  • tonyrocks922
    tonyrocks922 Posts: 172 Member
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    I think most people are picturing this:

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    but OP is likely talking about this:

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    Both are useless for weight loss.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,573 Member
    edited January 2015
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    I thought it was this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQspIJnQLRE
  • qpmomma1
    qpmomma1 Posts: 221 Member
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    tonyrocks922 wrote: »
    I think most people are picturing this:

    UGQNyph.jpg

    but OP is likely talking about this:

    zenergy-collage.jpg

    Both are useless for weight loss.

    What is that second pic??
  • clyn27
    clyn27 Posts: 102 Member
    edited January 2015
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    http://img.youtube.com/vi/aQspIJnQLRE/0.jpg

    omg this had me laughing so hard I almost choked on my lunch!!!
  • Phoenix_Down
    Phoenix_Down Posts: 530 Member
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    My vibrating thing never resulted in weight loss but it helped me in other ways!
  • Delilahhhhhh
    Delilahhhhhh Posts: 477 Member
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    wizzybeth wrote: »
    I thought it was this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQspIJnQLRE
    . I would loooove one of these what a hoot!

    But what I really want are these fury boots
    tonyrocks922 wrote: »
    I think most people are picturing this:

    UGQNyph.jpg


  • AmandaHugginkiss
    AmandaHugginkiss Posts: 486 Member
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    No. I lost all my weight with one of these.

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  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
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    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    I thought this thread was going to be about the person who logged self-pleasuring as exercise.

    I've seen stranger log entries!
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
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    qpmomma1 wrote: »
    tonyrocks922 wrote: »
    I think most people are picturing this:

    UGQNyph.jpg

    but OP is likely talking about this:

    zenergy-collage.jpg

    Both are useless for weight loss.

    What is that second pic??

    Those are power plates.
  • tonyrocks922
    tonyrocks922 Posts: 172 Member
    edited January 2015
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    qpmomma1 wrote: »

    What is that second pic??

    They're called "vibration platforms" or "vibration plates". They're often founds in stupid people's basements or in gyms that want their cardio space filled with some machines that stay empty so they can always claim there's no wait.
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
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    tonyrocks922 wrote: »
    qpmomma1 wrote: »

    What is that second pic??

    They're called "vibration platforms" or "vibration plates". They're often founds in stupid people's basements or in gyms that fill space with $500 useless machines rather than $2-3000 useful machines to up their cardio machine count.

    Yeah, they claim to burn outrages amounts of calories, well over 1K per hour in some claims, but a quick calulation of VO2 Max requirements for a person to burn what they claim shows that you would have to have an endurance better than the top cross country skiers in the world to obtain them. Harldly what someone in their target market is going to have.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    M vibrating machine takes batteries... Does yours?
  • Kevalicious99
    Kevalicious99 Posts: 1,131 Member
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    So disappointed now .. :p
  • kyta32
    kyta32 Posts: 670 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    I can see where vibration might increase calories burned because you have to fight against the vibration, but I doubt it is enough to provide significant results.

    Lol. Fighting against vibration. The things you come up with.

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045323.htm
    Couldn't find the study, but... In 2009 Vissers found that dieting women who used the power plate for six months lost significantly more body weight (11% of original weight), especially visceral fat, than than dieting women on a different exercise program (7%). Very little of the body weight (.5%) or visceral fat (about .1cm) had been gained back six months after the intervention ended. Each exercise session was 12 minutes for the first three months, and 14 minutes for the second three months.

    Exercising on the plate causes more muscle contractions due to fluctuations in how much force is needed for exercises like squats, calf lifts, and pushups. I'm not sure how much stability and balance would be involved as well (these machines appear to have rails).

    So...the evidence says they are effective, but I don't know if it is worth it (unless there is one already at your gym).
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,472 Member
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    I bought a few more of those vibrating machines today......theres one out that jiggles tummy fat away.... it works, honestly... buy one,, they are only 3 thousand dollars.

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