I asked the @powerplate girls if they were P.R. and paid to promote PowerPlate Vibration Machines. It took a while to get an answer but I got one,here’s part of it.
“we are Power Plate trainers, PRs, marketers, directors, customer service, sales assistants, educators and are here to answer questions and help people understand more about the Power Plate machine…. Our Power Plate trainers are busy instructing clients and advising programmes for them, however any specific training related questions are forwarded over to them.”
While this gives a little credibility to the twitter posts it’s a cop-out. They are paid marketers using social media to promote a product. Their posts are mostly statements about which model or movie star is using a PowerPlate and there’s a lot of “retweeting” of others posts, saying they’re planning or have done their workout. There’s also some links to exercises videos.
I’ve yet to see any real questions asked and answered! They are P.R. marketing people above all else. It was easy for me to find the P.R company they work for. P.R. people are not “on the floor” trainers even if they’ve done a basic instructor course; what’s more the level 1 course is all about marketing. Questions can be forwarded to trainers I don’t doubt that but then to have to wait for a reply, all via the marketing company; seems to me to be a very inefficient way to deal with queries. I can answer your queries immediately in the studio or by phone or email.
I’m not against advertising or promotion; heck, I’m promoting Vibration Training every day with this website and in many conversations both in person and online but I’ll never be seen pushing the gossip that “..insert movie star or model name here..” uses the brand of machines that I work with. They do! I could list a “who’s who” of celebrities, models, media people and more but who cares? Vibration Training (on real, medium- high force machines) is for everyone; the stay at home mom, the elderly priest, the airline staff (we get a lot of these), the obese for whom it’s a lifesaver, the top personal trainers and sales staff from local gyms, athletes, students, those with disabilities and just about everyone else.
I can’t promise you’ll end up looking like a model or movie star if you train with me but I can promise that I’ll push you hard and encourage you (there’s nothing politically correct about our way of encouraging though – you may get a smile and kind words but you just might get told how much you “suck” and get shocked and shamed into doing better).
You, the reader, really can do the Safety Program, no excuses accepted. If the 84 year old priest and the 200kg mom can do full 60 second positions on a high force machine then you can! You’ll have a fully supervised session in a fun environment and get great results.
Call into any Vibra-Train Studio in New Zealand, Australia, and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, U.K. or read more of my blogs for more information. There’s a contact link in the Welcome tab at the top of the page.
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