From the vibrating belt machine to the twist board, people have been coming up with machines to take the “work” out of their workouts since the Victorian era. Most turn out to be ineffective fads, but ...

Are vibration plate effective? The health tool has been all over social media, claiming to help with everything from weight ...

The researchers reached the above conclusion by subjecting obese mice to 15-minute bouts of low-intensity vibration daily. The mice showed an improvement in their immune system, with respect to their ...

If you have any type of social media, you've likely seen someone trying to sell you a vibration plate claiming that they've lost weight by just standing on a small platform that vibrates. Similar to ...

What it was: The vibrating exercise belt. If there's anything that sums up our condescension for fitness fads of the past, it's these contraptions. Go to YouTube and search for "Mueller Exerciser Belt ...

Every generation has its own collection of interesting workout devices. That includes the Baby Boomer generation. In fact, ...

Every generation has its own version of the vibrating belt machine — the '50s-era contraption that promised to literally shake housewives into shape with minimal effort (and effect). This perpetual ...

"Ladies, jiggle your fat away" was the sales pitch I heard as I walked through the women's figure salon toward the instructor's lounge. It was the late '70s, and the old vibrating-belt machine stood ...

Time was, humans didn’t have to worry much about getting exercise. When we had to kill, gather, grow, or herd our own food, working out happened naturally. Of course, as soon as we figured out how to ...

For years, companies have been hawking vibration as a form of exercise—from those fat-jiggling waist belts in the ’80s to the vibrating platforms found in many gyms today. Now, a new study in mice ...