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How Does Acceleration Training™ work?
Acceleration Training™ with Power Plate® equipment creates instability in the human body. With each vibration, the body is forced to perform reflexive muscle reactions at a rate of 25 to 50 times per second. These contractions must work in multiple dimensions as the Power Plate machine actually vibrates in three directions at once (up and down, side-to-side, and back-to-front), exactly as the human body is designed to do. The end result is an incredible improvement in strength and power.

The Power Plate Principle
The principle by which Power Plate machines work lies in the law of motion stated by Sir Isaac Newton: that the force of an object is equal to its mass multiplied by acceleration, or f = m x a. What this means is that you can improve functional force (stability, strength or power) by either applying more mass or more acceleration to the body. Many forms of training and conditioning use mass - as seen in methods with weight machines, free weights, etc. Instead, Power Plate machines use the second half of this equation by applying acceleration to the body, while keeping mass (i.e. your body weight) the same.

This is a real breakthrough in training and conditioning as we can now optimally “load” the human frame while minimizing high impact, high load, and high stress factors.  Gravity is the force that adds load to the human body every second of every day for every movement we perform. Through Acceleration Training™ exercise, Power Plate machines make the body feel as though it “weighs” more every time acceleration forces increase.

The result is that you work against a far greater influence or “load” of gravity in every movement you perform. This is the essence of all strength and conditioning programs and Power Plate machines simply use a different part of the same equation to achieve this! In fact, the amazing outcomes seen with Acceleration Training™ exercise respect the same biological and physiological laws of the body as witnessed in other forms of training. The difference is merely the nature of the stimulus applied (i.e. acceleration), and not the human response.



Modified on 12/07/2011 12:31:38 PM.