What is Vibration Training?

Vibration stimulation is gaining popularity as a neuromuscular training method with the potential to elicit muscular performance adaptations similar to those produced by explosive strength training. Vibration Training works for weight loss, because during a workout on a vibration platform, involuntary reflex movements of the muscles occur, just by standing on it without any other voluntary movements.

There are certainly benefits to using vibration training, whole-body vibration, applying the vibration directly to the exercising muscle only has demonstrated performance gains more than 300% greater than conventional training. In a comparison with a workout using voluntary movements - only approximately 30% of your muscles are recruited. During the involuntary responses when using a vibration platform approximates 100% of your muscle cells are activated as the body uses all its muscle fibres in response to the hyper-gravity caused by the vibration plate. The platform creates vibration by pivoting from a centre tilting axis.

Obviously, vibration platforms are not only planned for working out, but also have many healing uses. At low speeds, the mild rocking action of the platform improves your poise and stability. Rather than induce involuntary muscle reflexes, at lower speeds a user is forced to user their voluntary muscles to counter act the rocking action of the platform. At speeds slightly higher, the soothing vibrations can be excellent for massage, circulation and injury rehabilitation.