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"I have had my BodyShaker Plate for over 3 months & I have lost over 18 pounds. I cannot express how pleased I am, Many thanks"
Dawn L
Milton Keynes UK
"As A professional personal trainer I have been using and training clients on the BodyShaker Pro. It is the sturdiest and most powerfull vibration plate I have ever used and I am happy to recommend it "
Dave Clarke
Windsor UK |
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How BodyShaker Works
Vibration training might seem to be a new concept, but the Russian professor Nazarov had already investigated this technology back in the 1970s. As a former top gymnast, Nazarov had seen the results of vibration training close at hand. Vibration training was used by Olympic trainers in Russia who were looking for the best form of training. Russian athletes subsequently dominated the Olympic Games during that decade. Following the huge success of the Russian athletes, the Russian Space programme also initiated research, investigating vibration technology and the negative effects of weightlessness on muscles and bones (osteoporosis).
Despite Nazaro's good results, politics and language prevented recognition of the Russian's work by the West. Vibration technology was rediscovered in the West at the end of the 1980s. It was the Italian sport physiologist, Carmelo Bosco, who conducted extensive research into the vibration method. He is one of the leading scientists who studied the effects of vibration technology on the human body, particularly on the muscles, nervous system and hormones.
Whole Body Vibration is a form of training which uses reflexes. The BodyShaker generates mechanical energy (vibrations) which are transferred to the body. This high frequency vibration causes a myotatic reflex or a stretch reflex in the muscle being trained. The muscles involuntarily contract. A good example of a stretch reflex is a reflex tested by the doctor when he gently taps a reflex hammer under the knee. The muscles in the upper leg involuntarily contract 100% automatically.
The BodyShaker stimulates the muscle's stretch reflex. With conventional power training, only 40-45% of the muscle tissue contracts. During a workout on the BodyShaker, the muscle tissues contract for 90-100%.
During the training, the muscle tissues contract at the set frequency. Each vibration causes a contraction. Due to the high number of consecutive contractions, the contraction is experienced as one long contraction.
A full work-out on the BodyShaker takes 10 minutes. A 10 minute work-out on the BodyShaker equals 1 hour in the gym and you burn up to 350 calories.
The Body vibrations have many other positive effects which include
- Increased muscle strength
- Improved circulation
- Improved hormonal emission
- Increased collagen
- Improvement of basic metabolism
- Improved flexibility
- Increased bone density
- Saves time
- Improved coordination
- Improved fitness
- Faster muscle recovery by production of Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
- Attacks cellulite
- Lymph drainage (fluid drainage)
- Fat combustion
- No more adhesions
- Higher pain threshold and pain relief
- Improves suppleness of muscles
- Improved general health
- Lowering of the stress hormone cortisol
- Increasing the happy hormone serotonin
- Less pressure on joints, ligaments and tendons
- Increase in testosterone
- Strengthening of the connective tissue
- Training with less effort
- Improved sense of balance
- Fewer varicose veins
A BodyShaker training is a pain-free training with many benefits, involving little effort or sacrifice. |
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