Whole Body Vibration, also known as WBV, is an amazing technology that allows users to achieve all the physiological benefits of exercise in a compressed amount of time.   The Russian initially invented this technology to fight muscle and bone deteoration in their Cosmonauts while in outer space (zero gravity).

Eventually people started to realize that this would work for all people suffering from low bone mineral density (osteoporosis) and also help build muscle.

The concept is simple.The machine move your body tissue up as your body weight forces things back down.  Basically a rapid acceleration and deceleration of the body and muscle tissues occur.  This is very similar to conventional exercise, the musle tissue is accelerated on the positive motion and decelerated on the negative motion.  The major difference is that with Whole Body Vibration this acceleration/deceleration occurs anywhere from 6 to 50 times a second.  In addition, WBV exercise also recruits 100% of the muscle tissue as apposed to 40% in conventional exercise.

The result is more stimulation in less time, therefor decreasing workouts from 60 minutes to only 10 because the high repetitions fatigue the muscles more quickly.

Whole Body Vibration is gaining more and more popularity as people become aware of the benefits.  Who wouldn’t want to get rid of an hour or two of time used up everyday for exercising in exchange for 10 minutes.  Not only that but now with high quality affordable units on the market from companies like PowerVibe (www.powervibeusa.com) you can now afford to exercise from the comfort of your own home.

In just 1o minutes a day you can get a full body workout.  Most people are at home reading or watching television anyways so why not hop on a WBV machine for 10 minutes and get some exercise.  You will look and feel better and chances are you will also sleep better at night.

Some of the most popular uses for WBV are exercise, muscle toning, weight loss, fighting osteoporosis, and improving lymph drainiage.  Other benefits include improved circulation, reduced stress, increased hormone release including seratonin, and just overall well being.

Think of this as an investment in your life and health.  How much is that worth to you?  Most people spend hoards of money on material things that do not do anything for their health or life.  Why not spend money on your well being and start planning for the future?