{"id":2909,"date":"2012-07-18T13:45:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/blog\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2012-09-16T18:03:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T23:03:49","slug":"power-plate-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/2012\/power-plate-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Plate Benefits: Lose Weight and Visceral Fat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2914\" title=\"powerplate3\" src=\"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/powerplate3-213x285.jpg\" alt=\"power plate\" width=\"130\" srcset=\"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/powerplate3-213x285.jpg 213w, http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/powerplate3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>From MedicalNewsToday.com (2009):\u00a0<em>Power Plate Exercise Aids In Weight Loss, Reduction Of Harmful Visceral Fat: \u00a0(Cathie&#8217;s note: This research confirms our experience with the power plate in our office . Please call if you&#8217;d like to make an appointment for training.)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>New research presented at the 17th European Congress on Obesity (ECO) suggests that exercise done on Power Plate\u00ae vibration plate exercise machines in conjunction with a healthy diet may help people lose weight and trim harmful belly fat.<\/p>\n<p>The study [Note: 1], conducted at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, found that overweight or obese people who regularly undertook Power Plate\u00ae exercise were more successful at long-term weight loss and shedding visceral or belly fat (which is associated with a higher susceptibility to conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and strokes) than those who combined dieting with a more conventional fitness routine and those who simply dieted.<\/p>\n<p>The study was conducted over a six month period, after which subjects returned to their daily lives and reported back for retesting at 12 months. In terms of weight loss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Power Plate\u00ae&#8221; group lost 11 percent of their body weight and maintained a 10.5 percent loss<\/li>\n<li>The diet and conventional fitness group lost 7 percent and maintained a 6.9 percent loss<\/li>\n<li>The diet only group lost 6 percent, and maintained less than 5 percent loss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even more promising was the reduction of visceral fat:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Power Plate\u00ae&#8221; group lost 47.8 sq. cm. (18.8 in.), and maintained a loss of 47.7 sq. cm (18.7 in.)<\/li>\n<li>The diet and conventional fitness group lost only 17.6 sq. cm. (6.93 in.), and maintained only a 1.6 sq. cm (.63 in) loss<\/li>\n<li>The diet only group lost 24.3 sq. cm. (9.57 in.) and maintained only 7.5 sq. cm. (2.95 in.) loss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We are extremely encouraged by the results of this study, especially in terms of the reduction of visceral fat,&#8221; said Guss Van Der Meer, Founder of Power Plate\u00ae. &#8220;Obesity is a major concern both in the United States and worldwide and we are excited that Power Plate\u00ae exercise may provide a low-impact way for people to lose weight and belly fat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note: 1 Dirk Vissers et al (2008): Does whole body vibration contribute to a reduction in visceral adipose tissue?<\/p>\n<p>Source:<br \/>\nJessica Vitale<br \/>\nPower Plate<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Power Plate Article\" href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/printerfriendlynews.php?newsid=149745\" target=\"_blank\">Power Plate Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From MedicalNewsToday.com (2009):\u00a0Power Plate Exercise Aids In Weight Loss, Reduction Of Harmful Visceral Fat: \u00a0(Cathie&#8217;s note: This research confirms our experience with the power plate in our office . Please call if you&#8217;d like to make an appointment for training.) New research presented at the 17th European Congress on Obesity (ECO) suggests that exercise done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1],"tags":[80,86,117,309],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2909"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2931,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}