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Originally Posted by thedanshow35
do you do the exercises on it????
or along with it???
and what kind of exercises??
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One study in Germany just had the college students standing on the WBV machine for 2 minutes a day. At the end of the program, a group of 18 people reported and average increase of 14% to their vertical leap. I still have the link to that study if anyone was interested and just to check I remembered the facts correctly if they sound too extreme.
The program they used lasted 6 weeks and the people had 1 or 2 days to rest each week (sorry, can't remember if it was exactly 1, or two days off). They also had to have all their limbs slightly bent whilst standing on the platform because the vibrations cause stress to the joints if they are locked. Apparently the best gains in strength were found when the platform was set to vibrate a 25-27 times per second, with an osilation height of 8-10mm. If the vibration is slowed to approximately 10 times per second then scientists have found it helps to increase bone density (therefore the machine gets used sometimes in nursing homes because the old people can relive osteoperosis).
I didn't find any research on people actually doing exercises on it so I hope the other stuff I found there was still helpful. 14% increase is pretty good really... Our premier footy club where I live just bought a similar type of machine for their club costing $20,000 Aussie dollars. The coach had just made a press statement saying he wants all his team's training routines to be private, then the local paper prints a story on this expensive WBV machine they just bought LOL.
Cheers,
Mig