Sport and Recreation

Power Plates

St Pauls Gym now has a top of the range model Power Plate available for members to use. Power Plates are vibration plates that stimulate your body to subconsciously recruit more muscle fibers when you are performing an exercise. Power Plates can increase muscular strength and power, aid weight loss, improve circulation and cardiovascular function, improve bone density and flexibility as well as reducing pain and cellulite. It can work almost every muscle in your body.

Power Plates work by moving their surface between two and four millimetres, up to 40 times per second, to accelerate your body's reaction to the exercise you're completing. It's called acceleration training because the plate increases acceleration to increase your force output to equal training with heavy free weights.

You can also get a really good workout in half the time. Our recommended sessions should last about half an hour.

Power Plates aren't just a quick and effective way to workout, they also have proven health benefits. As one of the only fitness machines to have gained Class IIa MDD Certification in Europe, Power Plates are actually classed as a medical device.

Power Plates can stimulate immediate increase in circulation, oxygenating the blood, improving the removal of toxins and helping to reduce cellulite. A sustained long-term weight loss of up to 10 per cent can also be achieved along with a balanced diet and exercise plan.

Power Plates have the potential to increase bone mineral density and improve your muscle strength. This can have an immediate increase in blood flow, improving the body's ability to transport oxygen, macro-micro nutrients around the body and dispersing waste products more efficiently.

Find out what the craze is all about and contact reception to book onto a Power Plate Workshop for only £3.50.