The Gymform Vibromax Vibration Machine. A quick search shows people are asking questions like, “does it work?”, “will I lose weight if I use the Gymform Vibromax?”, “will I get muscle from the Gymform Vibromax?”
The title of this blog post gives my answer – the advertorials for this vibration machine are, in my opinion, a scam. There are so many inacuracies and downright lies in the text and on the websites that offer this machine for sale.
Things like -
- The Gymform Vibromax is the ONLY massager which tones up muscles, firms up your figure and massages the whole body
- 10 minutes a day on our new Gymform Vibromax correspond to: 2 hours of tennis or an hour of swimming
- it promotes Strength and Power Conditioning, Fat Burning, Advanced Aerobic and Anaerobic Training
The machine works with a see-saw/pivotal action – when you stand on the machine one foot goes up while the other goes down; up/down, up/down. Watching a person on this type of machine you can see their body shake and it looks quite funny or even quite attractive if the model on the machine has a good figure or a well build muscular body BUT don’t mistake this shakey wobble for true muscle contraction – it isn’t!
The advertisers claim that the machine platform frequency is 30Hz – that’s 30 movements a second – It’s been independently tested and found to run at 9Hz which is a huge difference. The advertorial that showed on Television New Zealand’s Good Morning Show in May and June 2010 showed an Auckland personal trainer on the machine and it was clearly running at about 9Hz. It was so slow that you could count the Up/Down movement.
And then there’s the Price – well someone has to pay for the TV adverts and that someone is, of course, the buyer. Television is an expensive yet effective method of advertising a product – it’s on TV so it must be good, right? Wrong! There’s nothing about expensive advertising that guarantees a product will be good for you. And, the price is around three times that of the same machine bought elsewhere.
Then there’s the Shame. The consumer buys a product, uses it just like the advert tells them to and they don’t get the results promised. They don’t get amazing, firm, toned muscles, they don’t lose lots of fat, and they certainly don’t feel like they’ve been playing tennis for two hours, in fact there’s no fatigue at all.
What then? They quite often blame themselves, thinking they are doing something wrong – the Personal Trainer on the infomercial looks great and she/he said they use that machine to look the way they do, to get their firm and toned “beach body”. The poor consumer then blames their parents for giving them non-responsive genes or they rue their lack of willpower.
It’s the machine that’s at fault, not the consumer – although I have little sympathy for the person who buys a product without checking it out first. Google is like a lifesaver on a calm beach, pointing out the rips -
And to help you – check this out: Vibration-Training-Advice.com for Vibration Machine reviews and many articles about Vibration Machines to help you choose the right one for your needs and to get the results you want.
So, is the Gymform Vibromax good for anything? I’m tempted to say it makes a very good Clothes Hanger like many others of the ‘As seen on TV” fitness products but Yes, it does have an excellent use – it’s a low speed, pivotal, Vibration Massage and Therapy machine. It gently improves circulation and helps a little with mobility. It can also enhance mood and help with relaxation. These benefits are great for the very unfit, the very obese, or older person who will gain from them but for most of us – there’s simply no way that standing upright on this machine for twenty minutes while watching television is going to give the body that the person in the Advert has. For those results you need a High Energy, lineal machine, an excellent Safety Program, and you need to be prepared to work hard!
Excellent advice – thanks a lot
I recently tried a pivotal vibration machine (“nitrofit”) set to 10 Hz. Previous to this trial I had a kink in my hip that months of yoga and stretching was not getting rid of. The kink disappeared after a 10 minute session on the machine, and after 24 hours, has not come back.
Glad to hear that, Barry. Make sure you go back and do some regular sessions. Both types of machines (pivotal like Nitrofit, and Lineal/upright) work well for sorting out hip problems like you had. Sciatic and piriformis nerve irritations also are often relieved by regular use of the machines using a safety program. Even the VibroMax that I’ve written about in the above article can help with these sorts of problems.
where can I find the electrical diagram of Vibromax? You need to contact the supplier of the machine for help.
First of all i want to make it clear that i am not the representative of any company and am not paid for destructing or promoting any product like this article does. I am a consumer and was searching about the vibra Max and already have same searched info about similar products and below is my neutral and true conclusion of this article:
If you read this article with analytic mind you will get to know This is an article straightforwardly against that product and promoting the other product linked in last of this article.
So, for a neutral result and opinion you must seek someone who have used such products.
If you do not know anyone then you can safely try any product like this: considering these products normally came with home delivery and payment upon delivery. Order one, pay them use it for days and see if you get positive results if not, then see what other products they offer order some other when they ask for payment hand them the product not working and threat to sue
i hope my point is clear!
Believe only on the source which is not promoting other product but telling you neutral findings.
After 5 years of researching and working with Vibration Machines; if you do not want to take my advice, that’s your choice. If you are truely a consumer wanting to buy a machine you would heed my warning and ask lots of questions of the sales person trying to sell you the VibroMax. It isn’t always so easy to send equipment back; better to know what you are buying before you sign a contract to buy it.
I do NOT sell vibration machines. There is no link to machines for sale – you are very wrong on this. I work in the world’s first dedicated Vibration Training studio where we have very high energy machines, completely different to the VibroMax (you can’t buy one, ever). Also this website is read by people all around the world, I could not possibly be selling anything to all the people who read this.
This is a very good review.. But my problem is i dont know what to look for here on the Philippines.. Only machine sold here is the vibromax.. If someone could direct me where to look i’d be a happy person.. Cheers!!
where I can get your product Gymform Vibromax,
In Dubai, U.A.E.
We do not sell the Gymform Vibromax and do not support it.
I’m sorry I do not known what good quality machine is available in the Philippines but check out this info page to see the different machine types. A medium energy lineal or a premium speed pivotal is what you need for serious exercise but a machine from another category might be more suitable – it depends on what you want the machine for – training OR therapy/gentle stimulation.
http://www.vibration-training-advice.com/machine-reviews