power plate

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hi everyone.
i am just wondering has anyone ever tried that power plate that you can get in chartbusters and can use in beauty salons. i am thinking about renting one and was wondering are they any good. it says it helps you lose weight. and tone up. wana get some advice on it before i rent it.

thanks a mil.

OldGoat

Moved your post to Fitness from Fashion & Appearance as I think you'll get a better reply here.

/Waves to the Fitness mods.

Armedocr

Some others can correct me if I'm wrong here but I'll just go ahead and say that it will probably do nothing for you.

TommyKnocker

Hi there

I am also a total skeptic when it comes to this type of machine.

I would rather spend my money on good food and sit on the washing machine during the spin cycle

Have a look at Transfoms site for some ideas for home workouts, which will get you much better results.

http://thetransformationcatalyst.wordpress.com/category/home-workouts/

Also see this article from Transform

http://thetransformationcatalyst.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/weight-training-for-women/


Best Regards,

M

SheRa

I did power plate 10 classes recently and did notice a difference in toning and lost some weight especially in the upper body, but the class was really intensive and tough so i don't think doing it at home would be much good. I've started back doing weights in the gym again and i suspect that this is going to have a greater impact than the plates.

d-sher

I posted something similar to this a few months back. I am extremely sceptical of these Vibroplate things...

In the 1950’s, people thought that they could use this vibrating belt to lose fat. We all know that this doesn’t work, but some weight loss scams just won’t die. It just takes time to be reinvented in a more modern form.

People want a quick and easy solution to lose fat, and that hasn’t changed in the last 60 years. Now instead of vibrating just the areas that you want to lose weight, you shake the entire body. This is known as “Whole Body Vibration”. The vibrating machine looks like a fancy scale with raised handlebars to hang on to. Instead of simply shaking the fat off you, the new theory is that you are flexing and tensing your muscles to stay balanced and this gives you the workout.

I was in a Shopping centre a while back and went in for a free trial. I was told that my 6 minute session was the same as doing a 45 minute cardio and weight training session at a gym – and I didn’t even break a sweat. They forgot to mention that they also broke many of the laws of physics, thermodynamics and just plain common sense. I’ll admit that I might have burned 2 or 3 extra calories per minute to stay balanced, but a pound of fat has 3,500 calories. It would take over 20 hrs on the machine and that costs €12 for 10 minutes!

Why don’t professional athletes do this? They could stand on the machine for half an hour and have the same benefit of many hours of training? The answer is simple, they know that gimmicks like this DO NOT WORK.

According to their brochure, the benefits include quick inch loss (from your wallet?), improved bone density (without calcium?), cellulite reduction (without diet), and hormonal balance (are mine out of balance?).

The machine vibrates from between 10 and 30 times per second. There are 9 different rehabilitation programs so that means that each program has about 2 vibrations per second difference. That means that in the morning I could vibrate at 18 times per second to remove my cellulite, and in the afternoon I could vibrate at 20 times per second to lose overall body fat. Each session costs €12, and the only thing that I would lose would be €24!

The thing that really amazed me was that the place was busy! People were actually believing this stuff. If vibrations caused you to lose weight, how come there are so many overweight truck drivers? I would think they are being vibrated all day long. But they are not vibrating at the same freqeuncy you say? C'mon get serious!!

Please, if you are considering spending hundreds of euro to lose weight, hire a Dietitian for a couple hours, buy some good healthy cookbooks, buy a gym membership and hire a personal trainer for a session instead. I can guarantee that it would not be a waste of money.

Penny Dreadful

My mother bought me a voucher for 6 sessions of power plate and I used the first of them on Monday. I'm pretty fit, run a few times per week, spinning, boxercise, etc, generally work out 6 days per week, and have no fat that I want to loose. That said, I was surprised at how much I felt the effects of the power plate the following day. I mentioned this to my sister who did a full course of them (12 or 14 sessions I think) and she said that while you do notice the effects to a certain extent that once you stop using it you lose all you've gained very quickly.
If you're looking to shape up, tone up, lose weight, whatever, I'd suggest you spend your money on something else.