Anyone use Crazy Fit Vibro Plate

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If you like it, keep doing it.

I think of it this way -- is the calorie burning exercise you are doing increasing your heart health and promoting healthy lungs? I'd say the machine doesn't, but walking does, therefore I'd count walking as exercise but not that machine.

Just my opinion. If you find yourself losing weight with that machine alone, LET ME KNOW. I could use a boost in my weight loss! :laugh:

Let me make sure I understand what this thing is...

Is it a platform that vibrates and you stand on it and it supposedly burns calories and counts as "exercise"? If I am misunderstanding this then I apologize in advance.

But this kind of stuff makes me BURNING mad! THROW THIS DEVICE OUT THE WINDOW. This is a scam that companies have been trying to foist on the unsuspecting public since the 50's!!! Does anyone remember those ridiculous devices that had a big leather strap that went across your butt and just jiggled the bejesus out of you? This is the same thing! They didn't work THEN, and they don't work NOW. If they did, don't you think fitness trainers and professional athletes would be using them?

Exercise and actual results require physical WORK. It's not glamorous, and not EASY, but it's the only way to get fit and lose fat. Well, with help from diet of course.

There is no free lunch!

Mike

Let me make sure I understand what this thing is...

Is it a platform that vibrates and you stand on it and it supposedly burns calories and counts as "exercise"? If I am misunderstanding this then I apologize in advance.

But this kind of stuff makes me BURNING mad! THROW THIS DEVICE OUT THE WINDOW. This is a scam that companies have been trying to foist on the unsuspecting public since the 50's!!! Does anyone remember those ridiculous devices that had a big leather strap that went across your butt and just jiggled the bejesus out of you? This is the same thing! They didn't work THEN, and they don't work NOW. If they did, don't you think fitness trainers and professional athletes would be using them?

Exercise and actual results require physical WORK. It's not glamorous, and not EASY, but it's the only way to get fit and lose fat. Well, with help from diet of course.

There is no free lunch!

Mike

There is actually research behind the science of these vibration plates. A collection of studies can be found quickly at http://us.powerplate.com/EN/technology/scientific_support.aspx.

These have to be read with some caution as they are located on the manufacturer's web site. It does not mean that the research is poor, just that the studies reported are selective.

So far, the main practical application is to enhance certain types of training for athletes and to improve stability and proprioception in the elderly and deconditioned populations. Giving how these things work, that is what you would expect. I didn't see anything that supported the idea of weight loss or cardio conditioning in a non-deconditioned population.

It is not meant to be a substitute for exercise except in those populations who might be too deconditioned to exercise in the first place. Like most niche products, it probably has some limited positive applications, but the benefits most likely are being significant overstated by those who sell them.

Thanks for replies. You do different positions on it and it really tones you up I have noticed a good difference in a month since I've been using it. I also use Davina's workout dvd 3-4 times a week so that counts as cardiovascular exercise I find it great too.

ohh... cool. sounds really interesting... where did you get it?

I have one, I also do cardio but this helps to tone up the muscles. I find it great to get rid of womans worst problem bingo wings, I do an " arch" ie its like a push up but you hold half way up. It doesn't burn calories, but yes I definatly feel a benifit of useing it in my muscle tone themselves.