Siegfried Schmidt - Whole Body Vibration. Professional vibration training with 250 Exercises.

When you do the exercises presented in this book “Vibration Training the Professional Course”, you do so at your own risk.

The author and the publisher assume no liability for personal injury, property damage and financial losses arising out of reproducing the exercises from this textbook.

The exercises published in this textbook cannot replace medical diagnosis, advice or treatment. They do not represent instructions for self-treatment of diseases, even if the author documents the use of said exercises based on his own personal experience.

If you have current health problems you should always first consult your doctor before starting exercise.

If you are unsure, you should always consult your doctor first before you do the exercises published on the following pages.

Please only ask doctors who are familiar with the vibration training system. Unfortunately it does occur that some doctors refuse to have anything to do with something that they have not experienced.

Training with us in our studio are, general practitioners, medical specialist and gynaecologists. All are impressed and come back!

›› Nonetheless never take a physical risk! ‹‹

The exercises published in this book represent no therapeutic action or form of treatment.

They serve only to inform and act as an aid to memory.

To what extent the user of this book performs the exercise demonstrated, is up to the individual user.

The Author

•Over 2000 customers.

•Ages between 13-70 years old.

•Approximately 80% of women (aged 20-45 years old).

•Typically professional career customers who have little available free time.

•From low levels of fitness up to top athletes.

•Many customers are former back pain suffers.

•Visiting sport teams use our studio for preparation for the oncoming season. The national league men’s handball team, the football league team from Pfullendorf, the women’s football team from Sigmaringen, and the wrestlers from Taisersdorf are just a few of the clubs that train with us.

Group training with the south SCP Pfullendorf football team in the Figure World Studio.

So, coaches, trainers and dear athletes, here we begin.

For those of you that are not familiar with vibration plates I would recommend to read the theoretical summary at the end of this training book.Sufficient advice, understanding and expertise should be gathered for good customer service.

Special observance to the safety regulations and the subsequent text will be adequate for those who want to get into great shape. Knowledge of what is happening to the body during this type of training helps to raise the motivation and the understanding of why vibration plate training is so effective.

Please note:

The high pre-stressed of the muscles (about 90%) on the vibration plate enables you to do heavy power training!

This happens even if the muscles are pre-stressed millimeters from the machine and then contracted again by the body.

Your muscle profile grows only in the resting phase, at least 30 hours of rest is required when plate training.

However, this should not be longer than 70 hours before the next training session takes place on the plate in order to train the targeted muscles.

Only then are you are in the so-called super compensation phase, which allows you to improve your performance levels.

The trained professional will be in the super compensation phase, which begins about 30 hours after training and lasts up to the 45 hours after training.

Everything else is counterproductive when strength training with vibration plates. Of course, you can (not competitively) do cycling, jogging, swimming, play tennis or hiking while in the recovery phase.

The massage exercises on the plate are also useful, but do not complete strength training!

For professionals and therapists “please only begin the training session when you have fully understood and can answer customers questions on safety regulations.“

Abbreviations of the exercise descriptions:

How to use this book:

Each exercise is accompanied with one or more photographs that are self explanatory.

Below the pictures are recommended time guidelines for beginners, intermediate and advance athletes, as well as the major muscle groups that are being exercised.

Sometimes incorrect body postures are shown and explained as a reference.

If you want to arrange a training workout now, simply take an exercise from each muscle group and compose your own training routine!

You have the fastest success in achieving excellent body-toning, if all muscle groups are trained.

In short programs you should not only train the stomach, legs and buttocks, but also the back and legs – because both the agonist and antagonist should be encouraged.

However for best muscular tone it is best if you exercise the entire body.

If you or the customers after several exercises need to be more challenged, you can add some strength exercises to the routine. You can also increase the added weights or the time of the exercises.

During group training, set all machines to the same number of seconds. Demonstrate to beginners and advanced users how to step on and off the plate without stopping the machine.

Run the machine continual if possible during the circuit. Experience shows that people who often train with you are about 10 seconds faster per exercise than a beginner due to being familiar with the equipment. Sometimes customers can adjust the frequency, mode or the time on the display by mistake.

Customers that finish quicker should use the remaining time to breathe deeply until the others with longer training times have finished.

Please pay attention to the following symptons:

Muscular trembling is a sign of overloading the muscle. Ensure that you or your customers have enough time during exercise to have a drink and catch some breath. Try not to stand over sensitive customers but observe their reactions as they train.

We have had no serious injuries in all the years that we have been training with vibration equipment. So the actual legal status of the signed declaration of intent (contraindication, sample letter) in the Theoretical Chapter is untested should it go to a court and therefore I would recommend that it is viewed as reference.

In the Studio we do not allow customers to use the equipment if they have not signed this declaration. This has only happened twice in over a thousand customers.

I strongly advise that the vibration plates should not be left unattended in the gym, hotel, or spa facility! The plates are too valuable and too dangerous for misuse.

A customer, who is standing or lying on the plate without the correct knowledge, could result in a serious injury.

Important safety features of plate training are:

•Supervision.

•Eye contact with the customer.