Wellness

[willdob3]

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@SilleeMeewrote:

Whatever it does, there's no such thing as toning. Exercise will build muscle and sitting won't. Exercising muscles and losing fat will give you muscle definition, not 'tone'.

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@SilleeMee

Thank you! Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who realizes this. I really dislike the word. It is marketing for women who are afraid of reality. For lack of a better way to state it...

[willdob3]

@pegsue

Id love to try one of these machines, not for weight loss, but for other health benefits. Sounds interesting.

[mcducky]

I regularly use the machine at my gym.  It's called total body enhancement.  I use it for circulation and relaxation.  

[hckynut]

@pegsue

What's the problem with your circulation, and how was it diagnosed?

hckynut(john)

[hckynut]

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@SilleeMeewrote:

Whatever it does, there's no such thing as toning. Exercise will build muscle and sitting won't. Exercising muscles and losing fat will give you muscle definition, not 'tone'.

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@SilleeMee

I disagree. There is such a thing as toning. There are many resistance types of exercises that do not build muscle. I don't believe @pegsue is looking for muscle definition or vascularity, rather to refine muscles without increasing their size. Toned muscles are not, by definition, stronger, but contract and elongate with much less effort.

That is also why warm muscles function with less energy input than those with cooler blood running through them. You can see this by measuring the elongation or flexibility, of any big muscle(hamstring) cold, and then after exercise. If accurately measured, there can be a vast difference. This can also be seen through Oxygen Uptake/Carbon Dioxide Expelled Stress Texting using Pulmonary Cart Equipment.

There is a Physiological reason any competent Physical Therapist/Exercise Physiologist, or Licensed Trainer advises against stretching cold muscles and connective tissue, and the above-mentioned Pulmonary Testing Charts this out for those doing that test. I have done this many times.

I do agree with you however when you say, "sitting won't"

hckynut(john)

[ID2]

Isn't this the same concept of the gyms in the olden days where you see a woman standing with a strap around their behind and its shaking her entire body??

[granddi]

Just a quick Google search of "NASA study of Vibration Therapy" will give you lots of information. Also WebMD, LiveStrong and others site studies and information. Very credible sources indicate benefits from linear vibration exercise. No one that I have found suggests that it is a replacement for aerobics, weights, resistance or any other conventional physical activity. 

[pegsue]

hckynut-I wasn't diagnosed with any circulation problem but have noticed sometimes my feet or hands are especially cold, or tingling sometimes...I assume it comes with age...and I'm getting to that age, LOL.  Plus I have a desk job, I try to get up regularly and walk around but sometimes you cannot do that....and just thought it would be a positive addition to healthy eating and exercising and if it happens to help with circulation, bone density, the lymphatic system, cellulite, stress-that would be a plus!   

[pegsue]

ID2-OMG-my grandparents had one of those things in the basement and when I would go over for visits my brother and I would race down the stairs to see who could get in that contraption first!  The good old days!

[hckynut]

@pegsue

My hands have always been cold, way before I considered myself old. My wife liked chocolate at hockey games, but if a concession stand close to our seats was out? If I walked to a further stand, by the time I carried the cup back to her? It was "barely warm chocolate".

Tingling? Only if my arm or hands have been in a bent condition for a very long time. Don't know your age, and I never ask a lady. I think I am an old, but very young, 78 year old(chronologically speaking) man.

Since I have had Lung Blood Clots(PE) on 2 different occasions, I have had many Doppler/Nuclear, and other types of procedures done where "circulation" can be a big factor. That has never had anything to do with my "chronological age".

Hey, if you think something makes you feel better, go for it. I have never read where these types of things harm and/or injure a person. Guess I just wouldn't classify it as an active exercise. Passive maybe?

Best to you now,

hckynut(john)