Benefits of Power Plate Training

Power Plate

HOW IT WORKS

Power Plate generates natural stretch reflex - The human body has natural reflexes such as the eye-lid reflex, the touch reflex and the stretch reflex. The stretch reflex is what occurs when a doctor taps your knee with a hammer, this causes a reflex that extends the leg. The Power Plate generates a continuous special stretch reflex called the Tonic Vibration Reflex in all involved muscles.
Power Plate generates 30 to 50 reflexes per second - The special vibrating platform stretches the muscles, which activate Tonic Vibration Reflexes. Because the Power Plate vibrates at 30 to 50 times per second, these involuntary muscle contractions happen at the same speed.
Power-Plate activates 95% to 97% of the muscle fibres - Not only will your muscles contract and relax at very high speed, but also the amount of muscle fibres in every single muscle involved exceeds the amount of muscle tissue utilised in regular training. For most people in conventional training, a maximum of 40% of the muscle fibres per muscle are recruited. The Power Plate vibrations recruit between 95% and 97% of the muscle fibres. This also means that the deeper posture and stabilizing muscles (such as the spinal muscles and the pelvic basin muscle) that are normally hard to train, can be stimulated. But how does this reflex create stronger muscles and increase fitness and health?
Power Plate changes the acceleration factor - For years we tried to become stronger and healthier through weight training. Adding extra weight made the muscles adapt to this heavier load and become stronger. This is what the Greeks did in ancient times and this is what we still do. Now there is Power Plate, where we change the acceleration factor instead of the weight with much less strain on the ligaments and muscular-skeletal system and no more long exhausting sessions.

SPA / BEAUTY / ACTIVE AGING

Reduce appearance of cellulite through increased circulation and oxygenated blood ﬂow
Increase growth hormones to encourage the production of collagen, which aids with ﬁrmer, smoother skin
Increase circulation to encourage lymphatic drainage and detoxify the body
Reduce body fat by enhancing the body’s metabolism
Improve muscle tone
Improve bone mineral density by inﬂuencing the reconstruction and quality of the bone
Reduce the stress hormone cortisol to help keep the body healthy

MEDICAL / REHABILITATION

Improve bone mineral density to help ﬁght bone loss and osteoporosis
Reduce pain to enhance quality of life and overall function
Improve proprioception and balance to prevent falls and improve reaction
Increase circulation to enhance cardiovascular health
Encourage hormone release, particularly Human Growth Hormone (HGH), to promote recovery
Improve core strength and stability to prevent injury and restore function

SPORTS PERFORMANCE / FITNESS

Improve overall strength and power
Improve body composition from increasing metabolism
Encourage hormone release, particularly Human Growth Hormone (HGH), for building tissue
Improve core strength and stability
Improve movement efﬁciency
Accelerate recovery and regeneration
Increase range of motion and ﬂexibility
Improve sprint performance and explosive power

GOLF

Innovative Acceleration Training with Power Plate Products in Use on PGA TOUR
Revolutionary Fitness and Wellness Product Used by Growing Number of TOUR Professionals, Now Featured on PGA TOUR and Champions Tour Vans
NORTHBROOK, IL, April 1, 2008 – Power Plate North America announced today that its innovative Acceleration Training™ (a.k.a. “vibration training”) products will be used on the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour health and fitness trailers. Rory Sabbatini, Colin Montgomerie, Jesper Parnevik, Chip Beck, Mike Weir and Jerry Kelly are just a handful among a growing list of PGA TOUR and Champions Tour professionals turning to Acceleration Training with Power Plate products for its unique array of physical fitness and game-improvement benefits. Use by touring professionals underscores Power Plate’s distinction as a legitimate golf-fitness and game-improvement product.

“The PGA TOUR’s decision to make our products available to professionals on its Fitness Trailers throughout the season, and to avid golfers at retail, affirms our long-standing belief in Acceleration Training™ as a legitimate game-improvement tool for golfers,” said Brian Dillman, President, Power Plate North America. “The support we’ve enjoyed from TOUR professionals, elite swing coaches and golf strength & conditioning coaches, has been invaluable to establishing Power Plate in golf, and we’re thankful for that and look forward to continuing to help golfers of every level improve their games through Acceleration Training™.”

In addition, Power Plate products will also be featured at PGA TOUR Superstores, a retail chain licensed by the PGA TOUR, serving die-hard golf enthusiasts with 13 locations throughout the country.

The most critical physical aspects to consistency on the golf course – balance, flexibility and range of motion, explosive strength, injury prevention and rehabilitation, are among the primary benefits achieved through Acceleration Training. Yet it’s the time-efficient and low-impact nature of Acceleration Training™ that sets it apart from other training methods, allowing its variety of benefits to be achieved in shorter, 15-30-minute training sessions and without the rigors and potentially damaging effects to joints and tendons of higher-impact conventional training methods. Furthermore, the Power Plate has illustrated significant pain-reduction benefits to individuals dealing with back-related ailments, also common among golfers.

“I’ve experienced wonderful results using Power Plate products within my personal training regimen in the off-season and between TOUR events, and I was thrilled to learn that the PGA TOUR was going to offer them on the TOUR Fitness Trailer this season,” said Jerry Kelly. “I have no doubt that other TOUR pros will become believers through the chance to experience Acceleration Training™ first hand at TOUR stops this season.”

“About six months ago, under the guidance of my friend (golf fitness expert) Sean Cochran, I committed to an exercise program centered on a 15-minute Power Plate® routine,” said renown golf teacher and short-game guru, Dave Pelz. “To date I’m pleased to report a loss of over 50 pounds, stronger legs, increased flexibility, and feeling better than I have in 20 years.”

While it has emerged steadily within the golf community, Power Plate’s overall impact in professional sports is nothing short of significant, with extensive use now in professional football (roughly half of the League’s 32 teams are utilizing Power Plate), baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer, as well as a “who’s who” list of leading college athletic programs in the U.S.