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Yes, there are health benefits to using vibration plates. According to Verebes, some of the advantages may include "improved ...

Dr. Valerie Cholet is a Professor of Kinesiology. She earned her doctorate at Penn State University and has taught in higher education for over 20 years. Her areas of specialization include Exercise ...

The first time I stepped onto a vibrating plate, I was reminded of vintage ads for the Mueller Exercise Belt—an archaic fat-jigging machine used by 1940s housewives to allegedly keep a svelte figure.

Think vibration plates, think devices from the 1940s promising to ‘jiggle’ away the fat on already svelte housewives. Thankfully that era is behind us, and that’s not at all what I’m talking about ...

Actually, it's your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that's generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept. These machines use vibrations ...