Power Plate®
How Does It Work?
Power Plate® equipment powers a new dimension in wellness solutions for all ages, lifestyles and physical abilities. Through a series of vibrations the machine creates instability in the body, activating muscle contractions between 25 and 50 times per second. One can improve stability, strength and power by applying more mass or more acceleration to the body. Many forms of training use mass (weight machines, free weights, etc), but Power Plate® applys acceleration to the body while keeping mass (your body weight) the same. This form of training optimally loads the human frame while minimizing high impact, high load and high stress factors. By increasing time and acceleration, Power Plate® makes the body feel heavier as if gravity or body weight were increasing.
Who Can Benefit?
You don’t have to be an athlete or in need of physical therapy to benefit from using Power Plate® machines. There are health benefits possible for everyone, such as enhanced metabolism, increased bone mineral density, reduction of the stress hormone cortisol, elevation of Human Growth Hormone and improved lymphatic flow. Power Plate® machines help the body in all these ways with little impact on joints and ligaments, and without always feeling like traditional “exercise.” The Power Plate’s low-strain, comfortable, safe, short duration protocols may allow all populations to achieve strength and power training effects from whole body vibration.
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