Should you buy a vibration plate? Should you invest more time using one if you already have one?

Do they actually work? Lately, it seems like everybody is talking about vibration plates.

I mean, not a day goes by that I don't get asked that question.

Shalene, do they actually work? And probably like you, I'm seeing some crazy claims.

Like this is the end-all, be-all cure to almost everything that midlife women have to deal with.

I've heard people say that it helps reduce or even eliminate cellulite, reduce your body fat,

that it can make you stronger and leaner and improve your bone density.

You've probably heard claims that it's great for lymphatic drainage, anti-aging, and just overall circulation. So if you're like

me and you're a little skeptical about these kinds of things, and you actually want to know,

like, what does the science say? You're in for a treat. There's some real surprises that I found

when I dug into the science, and I don't like seeing people waste their money. I don't know about you,

but lately I've been feeling like midlife women are suddenly the target

of everything.

Like they're realizing that we've been struggling and at first I was like, oh, this is great.

People are finally listening to us.

We're finally seeing that there's some solutions out there and people are taking this stage of a woman's life very seriously. But now, I don't know,

I'm becoming more skeptical. I feel like there are a lot of companies and a lot of influencers and

just a lot of people in general that are trying to make us feel like we have to buy every single

little thing and that everything is a miracle cure. And I'm the kind of person who I prefer to look at the science. And that's what we're going to do today. Much like you, I've been seeing vibration plates like all over my social media. I see them at the gym. I have a lot of friends who have them at home. And I've been wondering myself, do I need to plunk down a credit card and buy one of these things like make extra space in my house or is this

is this kind of a gimmick so in the last 30 days i've done the research i've talked to the experts

and i've tested vibration plates myself and there's actually more than one claim that when i

looked into the research the evidence actually shocked me and we'll get to that in just a second. Hey, my name is Shalene Johnson, and if this is your first time tuning into the Shaline show, welcome. Thanks for being here. We'd love to have you as a member of our community. Make sure you subscribe. I am typically a skeptic about these kinds of things. Like, I have friends who fall for everything and they love it and they swear by it. And I'm just one of those people that's like, I kind of need to see the research first. There's only so many hours in the day. And, you know, I kind of want to have more fun than feeling like there's yet another thing I need to do. For me, growing up, I remember in the 70s, those jiggle machines that women would stand on.

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