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What is Vibration Training?

For the past ten years or more we’ve been hearing from doctors and physical therapists that we need to exercise regularly to achieve fitness and strength and help maintain good health. Yet many of us don’t have the time to do this, don’t know how to start, or we simply don’t like the thought of going to a gym. A new, effective method of exercising is available: Controlled Whole Body Vibration Training.

The origins of Vibration Training go back 40 years to work by the Russian Space Program as it looked to combat the effect of zero gravity on it’s cosmonauts. Russian Scientists also worked with dancers, rowers and other athletes and found that Vibration Training had potential to increase strength and flexibility. Other countries interest and research into this didn’t begin until the late 1990’s and since then there have been many studies with varying results.

So, can using a vibrating platform really increase fitness? My own experience has been very positive and I would encourage readers to try it for themselves.

Vibration Training works the body in 4 totally separate ways to give you the kind of health you would normally achieve from spending hours in the gym, and it only takes around 10 minutes.

Click on the links below to learn more:

1. Weight Loss, Toning & Athletic Ability
2. Lymphatic Drainage
3. Bone Density
4. Balancing Your Hormones Naturally

There are two very different types of Vibration Training Machines:

Pivotal Vibration Machines move in a see-saw action while the user stands in a semi-squat or other positions on the machine platform. This movement helps with rebalancing the body (pelvic stability) and is very useful as a therapy aid. It also can help improve overall strength and stability. Improving pelvic stability is very important for older people to help prevent falls.

Lineal (or Vertical) Vibration Machines operate by sending rapid vibrations upward as the user stands in a semi-squat or other special positions on the machine platform. By vibrating your Central Nervous System every muscle is made to twitch at the same rate of vibrations that the machine is set at. So if the vibrations are set at 20hz your muscles will move 20 times a second. This rapid movement burns huge amounts of energy (calories) and helps empty the cells of their stored carbohydrates. This helps with weightloss if this is needed and combined with some cardio (walking) and a good diet results are seen very quickly.
Lineal Machine Vibration Training also builds muscle size (hypertrophy), strength and flexibility. It gives you an excellent overall workout and makes you feel great as it causes an increase in serotonin (a happiness neurotransmitter) in the brain along with a decrease in stress hormones.

Users range from regular people of all ages who gain fitness and health benefits through to elite athletes who use Vibration Training as an aid to build up muscle strength for competitions and as a balance to their other training. A third group of users are the disabled and people recovering from injury or accidents and people with degenerative diseases of the Central Nervous System like Multiple Sclerosis.

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References:

1. http://www.vibra-train.com (used with permission)
2. http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/vibration-platform.htm
3. http://www.vibrationtraining.net/

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