A New Look at Losing Weight- New Research Will Affect The Way We Look at Dieting
By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2010-10-01 04:49:33 | Word Count: 681
If you have ever tried to lose some weight then you know how hard it can be. Dieting, exercise and special foods rarely work in the long term and the whole process is never enjoyable. And to make it worse sticking to these programs is almost impossible.
Don't feel bad you are not alone. In fact medical research shows that it's not just you. A study in the "International Journal of Sport Nutrition" showed that 5 days a week of 45 minute aerobic training for 12 weeks had no effect on body composition over dieting alone. Obviously even at these high levels of activity there is still nothing happening, but why?
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The problem is your body has a meter that keeps you around the weight you are but will always let you gain more. It wasn't long ago that we were living in caves and fighting just to survive! Our body thinks it is protecting us from upcoming periods without food. That rarely happens nowadays with food so readily available EVERYWHERE for cheap.
A new study that took place over a few years has just been completed had results that shocked doctors globally. Research presented at the "Congress on Obesity" showed that vibration exercise fitness was 4 times as effective (4 times the weight-loss) as traditional exercise for weight-loss. Further, the vibration group kept the weight off 6 months after stopping using the vibration machine. The "diet only" and the "diet and exercise" group, all gained the weight back and more, known as the Yo Yo effect we all know about.
What this shows is that Vibration Exercise (Wholebody Vibration) is able to reset the body's meter allowing you to keep the weight off. These results although shocking to most have been known by the small group around the world that have been using vibration fitness for years. This group not only consists of everyday people but of many of the worlds best athletes in the NFL, NBA, Olympics and many of the celebrities in Hollywood. Very few talk about their secret but some do such as Madonna, Mark Walberg, Sophia Bush, Serena Williams, Lance Armstrong, Heidi Klum and more.
Whole body vibration machines are starting appear in local gyms usually made by Power Plate or VibraSlim. I have tried both and they are both great machine but they each work slightly different. The Power Plate is used for sports training more by athletes. Its harsher vibration can be a turn off for the average person, it sometimes gave me a headache and really jiggled my eyes.
The VibraSlim is directed specifically for the average persons everyday use in home. Its vibration is less harsh but moves your muscles more like regular exercise.
At first hearing about vibration exercise I was more than a little skeptical. But who could blame me! But once on the machine I could really see how vibration fitness works. After 45 seconds doing squats I could not do any more, my legs were pumped up and felt like I had been doing them for 20 minutes. The vibration trainer explained to me that my muscles were being worked at a rate of 30 reps a second. It was easy to see how you could get an entire workout done in ten minutes. The research shows that you do not need to do more either as it does not increase your results.
I have made the vibration exercise fitness machine a regular fixture in my daily routine and I have to say I am really enjoying it. I am not only losing weight but I have much more energy and feel great. I don't get that afternoon fatigue I used to always get. I bought a VibraSlim Europlate the home model and I have it right in front of my TV where I use it everyday.
I encourage everyone to get on a whole body vibration machine and give it a try!
