power plate - yay or nay?

[pinkkitty]

One of my friends has just splased out �200 on a Power Plate (well, a cheaper version of one from Decathlon) and she swears it's the best �200 she's ever spent.
For those not in the know the PP is a vibrating platofrm that works your muscles hard by making them vibrate and is meant to be something like 70% more effective than doing an actual workout and all in just 10 minutes.
Has anyone ever used one of these and do they really work? Obviously there are no real cardivascular benefits, but she stands on hers and works her upper body with weights at the same time. How much good can standing on a vibrating platform really do you? Any thoughts?

[lovenut]

I was going to get one or at least start doing sessions on it at my gym. However, I was put off as the guide says you still need to eat healthy and include it in part of a CV exercise routine so really its just an add on to your general workout and healthy eating regime...then again it might work perfectly well for others but didn't for moi.

[Velvetee]

If you paid �200, then surely it's not a Powerplate. I would be wary of using these poorer quality imitation platforms, they are very different from genuine Powerplates and do not support all the research.

As for if they work, well the only form of exercise that really works, is hard graft, toil and sweat.