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Enjoy the benefits of whole body vibration using the LifeSpan VP1000 Vibration Plate. Its dual-motion design encompasses an up/down pivoting system and a secondary front/back pivot. The result is a multi-dimensional platform movement that enhances the benefits you'll receive from whole body vibration, including improved muscle strength, balance and flexibility. In addition to standing in an upright position, there are many other uses of the vibration plate to increase your physical activity and improve your strength, including calf stretches, lunges, squats, pushups, sit-up twists and tricep dips. Assembly is required.
The primary use of a vibration plate requires that you simply stand on the vibration plate in proper position while the vibration plate moves. Duration and frequency are important elements to consider in using a vibration plate. If you're physically fit, vibration exercise sessions should last no more than 15 minutes. If you're just beginning an exercise program, limit your time to 10 minutes per session. Whole body vibration should be used 2-3 times a week to supplement your cardiovascular workouts, with adequate time in-between sessions to recuperate.
How It Works
Whole body vibration is achieved by being on a platform that vibrates at a high frequency, causing your muscles to contract and stretch to maintain balance without your brain being actively involved. The rapid involuntary reflex intensifies even the simplest exercises. This fast repetition of your muscles reacting along with the controlled low impact to the bones creates the growth and strength.
 The platform's design provides multi-directional vibration, with movement up and down, side to side, and front to back. |
About Whole Body Vibration
Vibration technology is relatively new to the fitness industry but the technology was developed in the 1960s for Russian cosmonauts to prevent muscle atrophy and loss of bone density due to the lack of gravity in space. This proven technology is now used by elite athletes, those rehabilitating from an injury, and those interested in expanding their exercise regiment to take advantage of the health benefits achieved by using whole body vibration.
Specifications:
- 20 levels of vibration intensity
- 5 preset workouts
- Vertical and horizontal vibration
- Motor: 1.2 horsepower
- Maximum user weight: 300 pounds
- Unit Weight: 105 pounds
- Platform Height: 9 inches
- Platform Area: 15 by 23 inches
- Product Height: 55 inches
Manufacturer's Warranty
Five years for frame, one year for parts and labor
 Get a more intense workout as you perform lunges, squats, calf raises, pushups, situp twists, and more. |
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85 of 91 people found the following review helpful
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I had never heard of whole-body vibration-therapy machines until seeing this one in an Amazon Gold Box special. Even though I was immediately intrigued, images of electroshock therapy machines (for treating refractory depression) and death-row electric chairs immediately began competing with recollections of 19th-century crackpot claims on behalf of the miraculous benefits of electrical devices (grow hair? reverse time?) to give me cause for pause. If you, like me, decide to ignore mundane common sense and to proceed, here's what to expect:
The device comes in two cartons, totaling almost 150 pounds (if I'd had five or ten bucks on me, I would have tried to persuade the two congenial, strapping young delivery men to carry the boxes up the two flights of stairs). The haul proved manageable for this 170-pound AARP card-carrier, though getting the machine out of the carton required some careful strategizing. I panicked a couple of times when it appeared I was missing critical bolts, screws, spring and flat washers, but the missing parts had been "temporarily" installed, requiring unscrewing and rescrewing. The two included Allen wrenches will probably serve you well enough, but if you have a magnetic Phillips and hex wrench handy, count yourself lucky. At times I could have used a second person but was nevertheless able to get the thing up and running in less than 2 hours.
Recommendations are, for most people, to use the device three times a week, limiting each session to ten minutes. The plate doesn't "shake and bake," or give you a 'buzz job" like the coin-operated foot-relief machines I recall seeing at carnivals. Rather it moves horizontally and vertically at the same time, oscillating at a speed guaranteed to leave the user heated up after a few minutes (compare it to a ride on a frisky pony). If you want to up the ante, the instruction manual includes a number of exercises--push-ups, sit-ups, squats--for those "extra-motivated" users who feel like adding their own movements to those of the machine. Nevertheless, simply standing on the moving plate is guaranteed to improve circulation and leave you steamed up. It's not a miraculous cure for whatever ails you, and I suspect the number of calories burned is minimal. But there would seem to be some validity to claims of improved bone density, better balance, more flexibility of the legs and lower anatomy, and symptomatic relief of some aches and pains.
You can spend ten grand and more for one of these on Amazon, but this LifeSpan model is a rugged, fully-outfitted, near-professional piece of equipment that should satisfy amateur and advanced fitness freaks alike. Used judiciously, it should be safe for just about anyone (though pregnant contestants best not apply).
The device comes in two cartons, totaling almost 150 pounds (if I'd had five or ten bucks on me, I would have tried to persuade the two congenial, strapping young delivery men to carry the boxes up the two flights of stairs). The haul proved manageable for this 170-pound AARP card-carrier, though getting the machine out of the carton required some careful strategizing. I panicked a couple of times when it appeared I was missing critical bolts, screws, spring and flat washers, but the missing parts had been "temporarily" installed, requiring unscrewing and rescrewing. The two included Allen wrenches will probably serve you well enough, but if you have a magnetic Phillips and hex wrench handy, count yourself lucky. At times I could have used a second person but was nevertheless able to get the thing up and running in less than 2 hours.
Recommendations are, for most people, to use the device three times a week, limiting each session to ten minutes. The plate doesn't "shake and bake," or give you a 'buzz job" like the coin-operated foot-relief machines I recall seeing at carnivals. Rather it moves horizontally and vertically at the same time, oscillating at a speed guaranteed to leave the user heated up after a few minutes (compare it to a ride on a frisky pony). If you want to up the ante, the instruction manual includes a number of exercises--push-ups, sit-ups, squats--for those "extra-motivated" users who feel like adding their own movements to those of the machine. Nevertheless, simply standing on the moving plate is guaranteed to improve circulation and leave you steamed up. It's not a miraculous cure for whatever ails you, and I suspect the number of calories burned is minimal. But there would seem to be some validity to claims of improved bone density, better balance, more flexibility of the legs and lower anatomy, and symptomatic relief of some aches and pains.
You can spend ten grand and more for one of these on Amazon, but this LifeSpan model is a rugged, fully-outfitted, near-professional piece of equipment that should satisfy amateur and advanced fitness freaks alike. Used judiciously, it should be safe for just about anyone (though pregnant contestants best not apply).
40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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I can feel the difference in my joints and mobility from using the VP-1000. My wife also says the pain in her neck and shoulders is lessening. The assembly is not complicated and the allen wrenches necessary are included. I jumped on with some exercise weights and probably topped 270 pounds. The VP-1000 took it in stride. Check the weight limits on others. I looked for a vibration plate on eBay and elsewhere. As usual, Amazon had the best price with lighting fast shipping. I don't know how they do it. As the author of Top Gun Management, I fancy myself an expert in customer service and management. I come down hard on rip offs and inferior products. I don't think the VP-1000 or Amazon.com will disappoint you.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I waited a year to purchase this vibration plate and finally decided to go ahead after recent studies concluded the effectiveness of such training. Frankly, it's been a great incentive to exercise simply because it just feels so good! I start out my sessions just standing on it and it literally wakes up my body and I go through my routine with enthusiasm. I can't tell if it's given me extra muscle and bone mass, but the fact that I WANT to exercise with it may be meeting my goals anyway. Sadly, the cellulite seems to stick around and enjoy the workout, too, but I'm ever hopeful that it may eventually give up and go away. Anyway, after over two months of use, I'm still enthusiastic about this purchase.
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Great deal and a great workout in a short time. The handles and design are easy to use as is the display. Definitely recommend.
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