Health can be achieved in a lot of ways. Most of the time, it’s with a balanced diet that provides the right vitamins and minerals for your body. With this, you also have to exercise, and this can be done a lot more ways as well. Some can be done and incorporated into your daily activities, such as jogging and aerobics, while others are more strenuous by guarantees amazing physical results. On the other hand, there are others that are not as exhausting, but in fact are quite relaxing, which can produce the same health outcomes. One such exercise is whole-body vibration training.
This new but exciting sort of training is done with a vibrating machine, sometimes referred to as a vibrating plate. You can stand or sit on them as the vibrate your entire body. And while this seems too simple and easy, it’s as effective as all the other more strenuous exercises. What’s even better is that you can combine whole-body vibration training with other exercises, and here are just some of them.
Squats
Since the whole-body vibration training only puts you in one place, you can easily do squats on the machine. Squatting from time to time helps strengthen your muscles and relieves the tensions off of your joints. But since the machine is vibrating, you have to pace yourself in order to catch a good rhythm. Although it isn’t necessary, a good rhythm helps you do your squats better and easier. You also have to find the right balance in order to still do the exercises without falling off.
Forward Deep Bends
One of the best benefits of whole-body vibration training is that it eases your muscles and makes them more flexible. It’s slightly similar to the effects of stretching without having to extend your body in the first place. But why not combine the two to possibly get double the flexibility? Forward Deep bends while on the vibration plate helps you achieve a more relaxed and eased body. But similarly, to doing squats, you also have to find the right balance in order to not fall off.
Push-Ups
Contrary to popular belief, whole-body vibration training doesn’t require standing on the vibrating machine. Practically the best part about this exercise is that it gives you the freedom to do whatever you like, whether that’s sitting on the plate, standing on it, or doing other exercises while you’re vibrating. Such exercises include the classic push-ups, but how is that possible? Position your hands onto the vibrating machine while the rest of your body is stretch beyond. This hybrid of exercises enables you to stretch and ease your muscles while promoting a stronger core foundation.
Reverse Push-Ups
Instead of placing your hands on the vibrating plate while doing your push-ups, reverse push-ups entail you to position your feet onto the machine and your hands on the flat surface. This take on the hybrid of exercises gives you a better chance of strengthening your core and getting those washboard abs you’ve always wanted. It will also tone your arms better and promotes better blood flow to the lower parts of your body, particularly your feet. However, you must also find the right balance when undertaking this combination.
Lunges
At some point in your life, you’ve experienced that pain of cramping up. And while this pain can be felt anywhere within your body, it’s most common on your legs. This is because your quadriceps often tighten up when you’re moving about and exhausted and the best way to avoid such is to stretch every day. Another way, however, involves doing deep lunges onto your vibration machine. This will strengthen your leg muscles even more as it also promotes flexibility.
Hip Lifts
Sometimes, you just have a bad back. Maybe you’ve been hunching too much or you’ve carried heavy objects on your back. If your daily activities force you to into such positions, then you’ll need exercises that will strengthen your spine. Try the combination of doing hip lifts during your whole-body vibration training. Positioning your feet on the vibration machine as you lay down on a flat surface, raise your hips from time to time and hold them up for a couple of seconds to a minute. This will improve your back and make it less vulnerable to any sort of pain.
Tricep Curls
If you want to strengthen your entire body—legs, limbs, joints, and all—then you can incorporate tricep curls onto your whole-body vibration training. Flaten your feet firmly on the ground, place your hands on the vibrating machine, and push your body up and down. Make sure that your entire body is stretched. Also, try to balance yourself while the plate is vibrating. This hybrid of exercises is bound to strengthen all the muscles in your body, as well as rejuvenate it for other more strenuous and physically taxing activities.
Sit-Ups
Practically one of the most common and easiest exercises to do while you’re whole-body vibration training is the sit-ups. Place your feet onto the vibrating machine while laying down a flat surface. Once you’ve gotten the position right, do the sit-ups repeated for a few minutes. Remember to take a break every now and then in order to avoid exhausting yourself. And similarly to other exercises in this list, you need to find the right balance in navigating with the vibrating machine. Once you’ve achieved this hybrid, you’re more or less guaranteed a better core foundation, a more defined abdominal area, and less tensed muscles.
Don’t be afraid to try whole-body vibration training. It might not be the most popular exercise to do right now, but rest assured, it’s getting there. More and more people are discovering this sort of exercise as an effective part of their fitness regimes. And if you think it’s a lazy type of therapy, you’ve mistaken. It’s actually the most open type of exercise as you can incorporate others while doing it as well. These physical exercises are just some of several others that you can do while on a vibrating machine.