Archive for the ‘Strength Training’ Category

Just as a diverse diet provides vitamins and minerals, a complete exercise program should consist of varied activities to work every part of your body – in other words, cross-training.  Cross-training means that you incorporate a variety of activities into your exercise routine. It’s a way to broaden your activities and work different muscles.  Cross-training [...]

The 3 Types of Whole Body Vibration
As a follow up to the review of how Whole Body Vibration works, below is a summary of the 3 types of WBV:
Vertical
• Ideal for accelerated training, muscle toning, and osteoporosis.
• The platform moves straight up and down with minimal horizontal movement.
• You can feel vibrations through the top of your head [...]

A study was recently done on how using vibration equipment was beneficial in Chiropractic Practice. Here is what was said by percentage of respondents:
Practice Benefits
66% say that “patient satisfaction with care has increased”.
47% report that patients enjoy the experience and have referred others as a result.
13% say reputation in the community [...]

After reading part I, you may be asking yourself, “how does this relate to whole body vibration?”   I thought you’d never ask! Whole body vibration training is:
• Convenient. A Power Vibe vibration machine is small and cost effective and is ideal for the home. You can even watch TV while you’re doing [...]

Pauline Nordin of FighterDiet.com posted an interview she had with Venice Chiropractor Dr. Carmine Gangemi. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a certified Personal Trainer, and has a BS in Exercise Science/Adult Fitness, Dr. Carmine understands the benefit Whole Body Vibration offers for stretching and flexibility. Read on to gain some valuable knowledge about great [...]

Fitnessprofessorreview.com recently named the Power Vibe Pro 2 1st runner up in the vibration trainers under $2,000 category.  The review located here says, “PowerVibe is a rather unique vibration trainer company in that they offer three different units, each of which uses a different type of vibration technology – vertical, oscillating, and elliptical”
They rated the [...]

Knowing how exactly the whole body vibration exercise works will give you a better perception of how this equipment works to increase you wellness. WBV exercise simply refers to muscles being exercised creating minute short bursts of instability in the body. Contracting and reflexive muscle actions are focused on the muscles with every vibration produced. [...]

As we age, it becomes increasingly challenging to maintain our health, our bone density and our muscle mass.  Our body changes over time, and so does its needs.  But the need for exercise to maintain healthy bones and muscles does not change.
As we pass middle age into our golden years, as much as we still [...]

We can hardly watch television, listen to the radio or open a magazine without being bombarded by literally dozens of systems touted to be the perfect answer for fitness, weight loss, and muscle and bone health.  The media is packed with “new discoveries” to help us get more fit. That’s all well and good, but [...]

Vibration therapies have been around for a very long time.  The Russian Space program first experimented with vibration technologies to prevent the bone and muscle loss associated with long space travel successfully for a number of years.
As more and more researchers, scientists, and marketers from all over the globe have discovered the benefits of vibration [...]


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