Comments on: The Power Plate – Home Fitness Solution or Gimmick? http://www.motleyhealth.com/news/the-power-plate-home-fitness-solution-or-gimmick Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: MotleyHealth http://www.motleyhealth.com/news/the-power-plate-home-fitness-solution-or-gimmick#comment-6416 MotleyHealth Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:57:36 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/articles/?p=1380#comment-6416 I was in a Virgin Active gym the other day and had the opportunity to ask one of the personal trainers to give his honest opinion of power plates. I made it clear that I thought they looked a bit gimmicky really. He said that in his opinion they really do provide a good workout, as you literally have to constantly work to just stand there. As you move you put tension on different muscles to keep your stability, and this is the workout. Whether or not they are better than performing some plyometrics, squats and lunges remains to be seen though. I was in a Virgin Active gym the other day and had the opportunity to ask one of the personal trainers to give his honest opinion of power plates. I made it clear that I thought they looked a bit gimmicky really. He said that in his opinion they really do provide a good workout, as you literally have to constantly work to just stand there. As you move you put tension on different muscles to keep your stability, and this is the workout.

Whether or not they are better than performing some plyometrics, squats and lunges remains to be seen though.

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