How Vibration Training Can Help You Lose Weight
Millions of people in the UK suffer from either obesity or being overweight, and it’s quickly becoming a nationwide epidemic. Even those who you may not consider to be overweight can suffer from a poor-self image which often comes from the fact that they dislike their body shape. The confidence issues bought about by this kind of self-image can spill into every part of your everyday life, including work, socialising, activities, home-life, etc.
As you can imagine therefore, every single year a new dietary craze will introduce itself, only to be used for a couple of weeks and then dropped by the majority of people.
Losing weight is never an easy thing to do and although most people inherently know the key to weight loss is exercise and diet, it can be extremely tough to push yourself and to know if you’re doing the correct things. As a result, any failure in losing weight is attributed to the diet and its subsequently dropped, creating a pattern of behaviour in most people.
However, there could be an easier way to shift that difficult weight around the stomach, buttocks and thighs. A recently completed study by the University of Antwerp looked at the effects of vibration training on losing weight – one large group of volunteers was split into three distinct, smaller groups. All three groups were given in-depth dietary advice, the first was then told to do no exercise, the second told to perform an aerobic activity (swimming, running, etc) and the third were instructed to use vibration machines for 13 minutes a day, five days a week.
After the experiment, the vibration group were found to have lost 11% of body fat, compared to 7% for the aerobic group and 6% for the diet-only group. The vibration exercise group were also seen to have lost around two thirds more in terms of abdominal fat that the aerobic group (with the last group losing very little).
Vibration fitness could well be seen as an excellent tool for those that struggle with diet and excercise regimes, and are looking for a low-impact, convenient form of weight loss. There are also several other suggested benefits to vibration training, including increased strength and flexibility, decreased cellulite and a reduction in recovery time. There’s also a large amount of research suggesting that they could be beneficial in increasing bone mineral density, making them an excellent possible treatment for osteoporosis.
