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Vibration Training - the new way to keep fitDo you want to keep toned and trim but just don’t have the time to make a regular trip to the gym? Well here’s something for you which will give you the same results as the gym session but in just 20 minutes.
Enter Vibration Technology - by using a power plate you can increase bone density without the high impact exercise. The Vibration Trainer looks very similar to an old fashioned weighing scales - the sort you paid 5p for and groaned at the result! There are handles to help with balance and a digital display - no pads to apply or belts to hook up to.
Technologically, this is impeccable. Originally approved by both space programmes and field scientists as offering a highly efficient method of training. Back in the 1960s, it was used by the Russian Space Program for training astronauts to strengthen muscles and bones whilst being in space for long periods of time. In the late 1990s the same method was investigated for training Olympic athletes - now after many scientific studies the benefits of rapid vibration targeting particular muscle groups has proved to be an excellent method.
The Vibration Trainer would need to be used regularly if it is going to be your only form of training. It obviously cannot replace all other types of training and exercise but it will offer results in much the same way.
There is very little you have to do. Once you have decided which muscle group you wish to target. Simply position yourself and set the plate to vibrate for up to a minute. Different amounts of time will offer different results.
Vibration Technology works in a variety of ways - conventional exercise uses 40-60% of the muscle fibres in the body, the Vibration Trainer uses 95-97%. It brings into use those muscles not normally used like the spinal and pelvic muscles. We all have natural reflexes like blinking and Vibration Trainer induces those reflexes, better known as ‘tonic vibration flex’, to a greater extent throughout the whole body. So the individual muscles can contract and relax up to 50 times per second - not something we would naturally be able to induce with traditional forms of exercise. The Vibration Trainer generates the same amount of intensity as traditional exercise in a much shorter time and without the effort.
So don’t worry about being too busy to fit in the trip to the gym, the Vibration Trainer is an excellent home exercise and even three times a week with give you great results. |
