Vibrating the body stimulates muscle spindles, the receptors that help control when muscles contract and relax, said Brad Schoenfeld, a professor of exercise science at Lehman College in the Bronx.Your muscles also contract during exercise, so it’s reasonable to think that using a vibration plate would tire them out and change your physique — especially if you perform exercises while on top of the plate. But data suggesting that vibration will help you gain muscle or lose fat is sparse, Dr. Schoenfeld said.Vibration alone isn’t enough for most people to significantly challenge their muscles or heart, or to burn calories or fat, said Dr. Amy West, a sports medicine physician at Northwell Health in New York. To do that, you’d need to do resistance training and aerobic exercise.People who are mostly sedentary or unable to exercise could theoretically see modest changes to their physique after standing on a vibration plate. This is because their activity level would increase “from nothing to slightly something,” said Dr. Rekha B. Kumar.
