Powerplate Training
stevedavis82
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Hey everyone,
Just wondered if anybody has done powerplate training? It's the thing that vibrates and you do a variety of exercises on e.g. press-ups, tricep dips, squats etc. It makes your muscles contract at an incredibly alarming rate meaning a very hard workout. Lots of celebs swear by them Madonna aparently.
I just did a 30 minute class at my gym and it feels like i have done an intense weights and core stability session.
They cost £7000 each and looking at the research they are suburb for developing muscle tone and burning fat. Although does nothing for your CV fitness.
Any users...thoughts etc.
Just wondered if anybody has done powerplate training? It's the thing that vibrates and you do a variety of exercises on e.g. press-ups, tricep dips, squats etc. It makes your muscles contract at an incredibly alarming rate meaning a very hard workout. Lots of celebs swear by them Madonna aparently.
I just did a 30 minute class at my gym and it feels like i have done an intense weights and core stability session.
They cost £7000 each and looking at the research they are suburb for developing muscle tone and burning fat. Although does nothing for your CV fitness.
Any users...thoughts etc.
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I'll prob do a couple a week to see if it improves muscle tone and strength.
As a cheaper alternative steve have you tried using a balance board and/or a swiss ball for doing your core stuff to make your muscles work harder?
I've read some of the original research articles, and some of the ones reporting benefits to strength were poorly designed studies. A recent study on them found some pretty concerning data (although I haven't read it myself). They reported that the level of vibration you're exposed to can have some serious effects long term. Basically one of the reasons why so many runners wear compression socks is to help prevent damage caused by vibration, which is nowhere near the levels you experience during vibration training.
I wouldn't altogether write it off, it gives a good massage after along bike ride, but having been around them for a couple of years, I'm not sold.
David.
At last year's British Society of Rheumatology meeting (I was there for work) there was an entire session on these machines. There were arguments on either side of the fence for the benefits and negatives of vibration during training and the workshop group failed to reach a concensus on what the benefit was in this area. Although if you are in need of increasing BMD (Bone Mineral Density) i.e. if you are osteoporotic or osteopaenic then there is a benefit to using them as they not only improve BMD but enhance the structural quality of bone laid down.
Not an answer I know but there you go....
Iain.