posted Sun, 12/22/2013 - 16:20
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Vibration machines for workout
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Anybody have opinions on these ? My wife has a membership at a place that has these and they have sold her on losing weight by standing on these for 15 mins a day 3x per week. I'm skeptical.
http://www.amazon.com/Confidence-Vibration-Platform-Fitness-Machine/dp/B...
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My retarded sister who has as much knowledge in working out as a donkey persuaded my mum to buy one of these for £200 to help lose weight. When i found out i was mad as fuck at my retarded sibling. These things are for building stability, nothing more
Real "vibration" machines are helpful for building strength after injury, but pretty much useless for anything else. The vibration helps with muscle stability and supplemental strength. I used one for months during my physical therapy, after my knee injury (I think the high end brand is Power Plate). I found it to be very helpful and beneficial during my recovery. You will find these machines in just about every physical therapy office and they are very helpful and appropriate for that venue, but not so much for a gym setting.
Well i was in florida visiting family last month and my sister in law goes to one of these plate workout places...looks like the machine from The Patty Duke Show only no belt...so i tried this bullshit out...supposedly it vibrates at such a rate that doing exercises on it is supposed to be like doing like 100 times the amount of reps: like 1 squat is like 100..this is BS...it is fatiging if you go all out on highest level..but not in a mass building way..more a cardio machine...and for the record 10 body squats is not 1000...it is dangersous to use if you do not realize the speed and power at which it shakes(very easy to tear or strain something not respecting its shaking power through the motion of say a pushup or one legged squat...
Bottom line it cost like $$300 a month to go to this place and you can get a "1000 to 1" better workout with time and dedication at your local gym or Y for no more than $60 a month...but the trainer lady was smokin hot and she motivated well:)
Is this 1965? If so it might be possible to lose weight while chain smoking on a treadmill..
Dude,you must remember seeing those vibration machines on the tv when you were a kid.They had a belt that went around the waist.I think they were popular in the 50's and 60's.I would rate them right up there with the thigh master.
LOL, yeah I do remember those.
There is always some lazy gimmick out there. "Take this pill. Stand on this machine." Its all bullshit. There is no substitute for hard work and clean eating. Period
I agree 100%. She has been struggling with the fact she eats pretty well, does this vibrator thing, and Zumba three times a week and she's not making any progress. She's been doing this for at least a year now. So she's at a point where she'll try almost any new fad. I've told her that I think her hormones are out of whack but she won't listen to me or get bloods done.