Sunday, March 8, 2009

Whole body vibration machine

I tried one of those whole body vibration machine's yesterday in Paradise and I loved it!

If you haven't heard of it, it's a machine that you stand on for 10 minutes and supposedly it's the equivalent of a 1 hour workout.

All sorts of health benefits are claimed including:
  • burn fat
  • increase muscle strength
  • improve flexibility
  • increase bone mass density
  • stimulate lymphatic system
  • massage muscles
  • enhance balance and coordination
  • increase metabolism
  • increase lean body mass
  • decrease blood pressure
  • decrease cortisol (stress hormones) and increase serotinin (happy hormone) levels
More information can be found on it here: http://www.purelement.ca/down/16P.pdf

I found out about it from a friend who lost 12.5 inches from all over her body in only 2 weeks. This friend is an athlete, a rower, so I was pretty amazed by her results.

It was quite a fun experience to stand on the machine. With time, you can start doing all sorts of other exercises to target certain muscles (some of which are actually yoga poses)...

I tried it for the first time yesterday and I enjoyed the experience. I had it on a low setting to start. Even from the one session, I felt energized afterwards and I seem to have less neck and shoulder tension...

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have heard of these. My mother-in-law owns a far less sophisticated version. The claims of increased bone density appealed to her because she had osteoporosis at one time.

Spirit Yoga said...

Does she like using it? We're thinking of purchasing one!

Anonymous said...

Hi There,

Where is this located in Paradise,or, what is the name of the place? I'm trying to find info on it but, came to your blog.

Thanks!

Spirit Yoga said...

T-Zone Vibration - 1304 Topsail Rd Cedar Plaza, Paradise NL (709)782-0882

$60 per month for a membership. My husband got a month membership and I've been dropping in for the last couple of weeks. I love it. We like it so much, we plan on buying a machine!

Anonymous said...

I found this on here also and went for a free tryout on the machine... I'll be going back on Monday to sign up for a membership as they have a special starting on monday.. I'll give it a try and see...

Spirit Yoga said...

Great!!! My husband had great success with the machine after only two weeks. We did wind up purchasing a different model online and I love having one at home! Good luck with it!

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