LifeSpan Fitness VP-1000 Vibration Plate
- Innovative whole body vibration exerciser improves muscle strength, flexibility, and balance
- Efficient and effective workouts include abductor stretch, lunge, calf raise, push-up, abdominal twist, and more
- Dual motion pivoting system with 20 levels of intensity and 5 preset workout times
- 300-pound maximum weight capacity
- Warranty: five years on frame, one year on parts and labor
Enjoy the benefits of whole body vibration using the LifeSpan VP1000 Vibration Plate. Its dual-motion design encompasses an up/down pivoting system and a secondary front/back pivot. The result is a multi-dimensional platform movement that enhances the benefits you’ll receive from whole body vibration, including improved muscle strength, balance and flexibility. In addition to standing in an upright position, there are many other uses of the vibration plate to increase your physical activity and improve your strength, including calf stretches, lunges, squats, pushups, sit-up twists and tricep dips. Assembly is required. How It Works
Whole body vibration is achieved by being on a platform that vibrates at a high frequency, causing your muscles to contract and stretch to maintain balance without your brain being actively involved. The rapid involuntary reflex intensifies even the simplest exercises. This fast repetition of your muscles reacting along with the controlled low impact
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List Price: $ 999.99
Our Price: $ 719.99
Review by Jackie Byler for LifeSpan Fitness VP-1000 Vibration Plate
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After working out on the uint for several weeks I have seen a difference in my level of flexibility and it has been a nice addition to my cardio and strength workouts. I first started using vibration therapy at my chiro’s office.
Really interesting to get on the unit and stretch to touch your toes…after about 20-30 seconds of the unit being on you will gain a couple of inches of reach.
I like this unit more than the other units I tried because it does not vibrate as quickly which the other models caused pain for me when I used the units. I also really like the vibration pattern because it goes all directions and I can feel more in my core than I could on the the unit at my chiro’s.
Great unit and nice compliment to my home gym. I would recommend this unit.
Review by Samuel Chell for LifeSpan Fitness VP-1000 Vibration Plate
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I had never heard of whole-body vibration-therapy machines until seeing this one in an Amazon Gold Box special. Even though I was immediately intrigued, images of electroshock therapy machines (for treating refractory depression) and death-row electric chairs immediately began competing with recollections of 19th-century crackpot claims on behalf of the miraculous benefits of electrical devices (grow hair? reverse time?) to give me cause for pause. If you, like me, decide to ignore mundane common sense and to proceed, here’s what to expect:
The device comes in two cartons, totaling almost 150 pounds (if I’d had five or ten bucks on me, I would have tried to persuade the two congenial, strapping young delivery men to carry the boxes up the two flights of stairs). The haul proved manageable for this 170-pound AARP card-carrier, though getting the machine out of the carton required some careful strategizing. I panicked a couple of times when it appeared I was missing critical bolts, screws, spring and flat washers, but the missing parts had been “temporarily” installed, requiring unscrewing and rescrewing. The two included Allen wrenches will probably serve you well enough, but if you have a magnetic Phillips and hex wrench handy, count yourself lucky. At times I could have used a second person but was nevertheless able to get the thing up and running in less than 2 hours.
Recommendations are, for most people, to use the device three times a week, limiting each session to ten minutes. The plate doesn’t “shake and bake,” or give you a ‘buzz job” like the coin-operated foot-relief machines I recall seeing at carnivals. Rather it moves horizontally and vertically at the same time, oscillating at a speed guaranteed to leave the user heated up after a few minutes (compare it to a ride on a frisky pony). If you want to up the ante, the instruction manual includes a number of exercises–push-ups, sit-ups, squats–for those “extra-motivated” users who feel like adding their own movements to those of the machine. Nevertheless, simply standing on the moving plate is guaranteed to improve circulation and leave you steamed up. It’s not a miraculous cure for whatever ails you, and I suspect the number of calories burned is minimal. But there would seem to be some validity to claims of improved bone density, better balance, more flexibility of the legs and lower anatomy, and symptomatic relief of some aches and pains.
You can spend ten grand and more for one of these on Amazon, but this LifeSpan model is a rugged, fully-outfitted, near-professional piece of equipment that should satisfy amateur and advanced fitness freaks alike. Used judiciously, it should be safe for just about anyone (though pregnant contestants best not apply).
Review by Gene Mcvay for LifeSpan Fitness VP-1000 Vibration Plate
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I can feel the difference in my joints and mobility from using the VP-1000. My wife also says the pain in her neck and shoulders is lessening. The assembly is not complicated and the allen wrenches necessary are included. I jumped on with some exercise weights and probably topped 270 pounds. The VP-1000 took it in stride. Check the weight limits on others. I looked for a vibration plate on eBay and elsewhere. As usual, Amazon had the best price with lighting fast shipping. I don’t know how they do it. As the author of Top Gun Management, I fancy myself an expert in customer service and management. I come down hard on rip offs and inferior products. I don’t think the VP-1000 or Amazon.com will disappoint you.
Review by R. Mckinney for LifeSpan Fitness VP-1000 Vibration Plate
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I received my machine, put it together and I’m very impressed with it. Well built. I like the way the vibration plate vibrates. The plate actually vibrates, unlike the others that only go up and down, It actually moves in three directions.
I’m also amazed at how quiet and powerful this machine is.
Very easy to put the few parts together that’s required.
This is a fantastic machine.
Review by E. U. Schneider for LifeSpan Fitness VP-1000 Vibration Plate
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I love working out on this plate,it is easy to operate,my flexibility and muscle strength increased a lot. The workout itself is not exhausting at all,it is fun and it became a part of my daily routine.
For all questions I had, the customer service was very helpful, always got satisfying answers.As a massage therapist I can highly recommend this plate. It is very well made, easy to handle and if used regularly, you get results quickly.