I appreciate your words and have read through your site. It certainly seems you are fighting the “good fight”. If you read my post again, it says, “those TWO annoying sites”. I did not mean to include your site in the parentheses. Sort of an accidental typo…apologies.

About our site-
In efforts to keep it fair I didn’t try to steer people away from vertical platforms altogher but rather just encouraged them to try a pivotal platform- hence our slogan “feel the difference”. Here in the US there are very few quality vertical machines. The majority of American consumers believe that “Powerplate” is the name of the technology not the product- I believe this concept is also know has “brand genericide”. We are trying to break the consumers habits of using Powerplate to define the entire WBV category. I assume you are all on board with that?

Unfotunately, their one experience with certain vertical vibration machines has led them to believe that all vibration machines operate identically. We are doing our best to offer and educate them about the pivotal options. It comes down to what feels right for the consumer and what product will motivate them to take action in fitness/weightloss/ rehab and not use the product as a clothesline.

Although you may believe we are just marketing our products, we are actually doing quite a bit to advance the research and development for WBV as a whole. Aside from the University studies that we participate in( no funding proived by us what so ever) and the pro athlete training facility that uses our products, we are receieving amazing feed back about the technology as a whole and adding more publishes studies to the ever growing list.

At the pro-facility the athletes have a choice of a Pnuemex vibe plate and our NitroFit Deluxe model. Just yesterday I spoke with one of the ownwers of the facility Ethan Banning CSCS, NSCA State Director for Arizona about their application of Nitrofit. He informed me that 90% of the general athletes chose to incorporate the Nitrofit into their workouts rather than the vertical platform. He did also tell me that some of the more advanced athletes were using both products. Specifically the Pnuemex for warm up and stretches and the Nitrofit to force muscle fatigue in between sets of plyometrics or resistance training.

I guess what Im getting at is– dont hate, congradulate. I have worked very hard to build this company and get my products noticed while remaining ethical and honest in my marketing. I will never pretend to know everything about vibration and ask that you all regulate me if my head gets too big and I start to do so. I will flat out admit that there is plenty of research that still needs to be done. I’m doing my part on the pivotal end. If there are things that you guys don’t find accurate about the content on our sites– chime in- email me with suggestions and I will edit the content if you can provide reason as to why it is unethical or innacurate.

With that all said– I am getting ready to film a workout video for the Nitrofit products- I want to offer a segment about the entire history and development of WBV– if any of you can offer any footage or content that we can use, I will release the final content to you to use in your own endeavors.

Please stay in touch.

Long before the Soviets, Dr. Kellogg (he didn’t just invent the cornflake) was using vibrating platforms, chairs and bars in the 1880′s, because it was well known that vibration stimulated blood flow and was a means for mechanical massage. In 1912, Dr. Arnold Snow wrote a 12 chapter treatise on the use of vibration for its massage effects.

If you go back to the 1960′s and 70′s, potentially the correct term should be “Biomechanical Muscle Stimulation” coined by Dr. Biermann from what was then East Germany.

Doubt that it will mean much to Sal though, mores the pity.

Looking forward to learning more.