The Effect of Pivotal Machines on Posture

Most Pivotal platforms have a range of 0-10mm amplitude and go up to about 30hz. The amplitude is changed by simply placing your feet closer towards the centre or outside of the plate. This allows for easy use without having to push a button - however - like everything it has its drawbacks.

The simple maths

If the machine is …

Tendonitis: Can Whole Body Vibration Help?

Rob asks:

“I have recently been diagnosed with Tendonitis of the wrist. Will vibration training compound this condition, stopping me from training or can I modify my workout?”

Lloyd Shaw offers this answer:

“I have lost count of the people we have had through with Tendonitis and the results to date have been positive but we have learnt a …

3 Health Concerns About Vibration Training

Note: Vibration Therapy/Training has been used successfully and safely for almost 100 years - with no problems recorded. It is only recently that marketers have jumped into this technology with no background knowledge and only sales in mind. Trust me I worked for them and their concern for your health is ZERO. Anything that may divert a sale will not …

Increasing Bone Mass Density

Here are the findings from a recent detailed 8 month study on a pivotal machine (Gallileo 2000).

1. The study found significantly positive results for Bone Mass Density increase in post menopausal women using pivotal as compared to lineal machines. (4% increase at the hip;other 8 month studies with lineal machines with variety of protocols had given no

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What can Vibration Training do for the Health Industry?

What can Vibration Training do for the Health Industry that hasn’t been done before?

I know this is a question that a lot of those already involved in the health sector are asking and that’s who I’m talking to. I mean we have survived okay without it right? What’s so special about this technology that it …

Exercise Lecturer Cautions Against Vibration Training Claims

Dr Sue Broadbent is a lecturer in exercise prescription at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Health in Wellington, New Zealand. She makes the following statements in New Zealand’s Sunday Star Times.

“There’s some evidence it may improve fitness and yield better results than normal resistance training with weights, but it’s not increasing cardiac fitness at all.

“In other words, it won’t

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What is Vibration Training For?

Is Vibration Training just a quick fix to weight management, or is there more to it? Do people even really want to know? Or is it like TV - switching it on and watching the pretty pictures is enough - who cares how the thing works, right?

If you are one of those people who just want the results with …

Vibration Training for Weight Loss

Manufacturers claim Whole Body Vibration can lead to fat burning and weight loss. How does this work? Is there any evidence of this?
Energy In vs Energy Out
All activation of muscles burn calories - the question really is how much does Vibration Training burn - and will it actually make a difference?Usually this could be measured …