Vmax Fitness Pulser 2 Whole Body Vibration Machine; Newest Dual Vibration, 3 Vibration Modes; Premium Home; 440 Lb Limit, Rear Wheels

Use it everyday can see the difference in my body

When you purchase something like this, you rarely have a benchmark by which you can make a judgment. I was using it religiously and then had several strokes. I didn’t use it for awhile, but when I started back on my daily routine, the day after I started all my muscles were sore, just like when I worked out on my own. This validated to me it is working as designed. It has toned my muscles, even the skin appears more taunt. I set my reminder and do this every day at 12:30 pm. In just 10 minutes, my full body workout is complete and I am energized. It beats sitting on the couch and watching my health deteriorate!

It has been six weeks since we purchased our Pulser 2. We love It. This a very solid and capable machine. It is as sturdy as any machine I have tried at any price point. We feel that it is a really good value/investment in our health.The knob controls are great. The pre-programmed routines are quite good, although I prefer to use the manual mode. It is a good idea to explore different combinations between the oscillating motor and the spiral vibration motor. I have found some great/balanced combinations. I recommend being gentle with your body as you explore and discover what you respond to the best.This machine is a bit heavy, but that is one of its best features and the wheels help if you need to move it. I engage in a lot of movement on the Pulser 2 and it moves right through everything I do. I am really impressed.The one thing I would improve is the smell of the paint when the new machine arrives. VMax should find a way to reduce or eliminate the odor. It has gotten much better over the last six weeks and it has not impacted the performance of the machine at all. Until VMax finds a way to improve the smell, rest assured it will cure and get better over the first month in particular. It did not negatively impact us, it was just a little distracting.Other than that one issue, it is great machine and I highly recommend it to anyone who can afford it. I am giving it five stars.P.S. I did not buy our machine on Amazon but decided to review it here as a courtesy. I have not been in any way compensated for this review.

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I am an exercise nut with a Master's in Human Kinesiology and a passion for medicine and sports-medicine. As many have, I did a lot of research on whole body vibration (WBV) machines, and came to grips with the two major researched movement types. The most common of the two is the oscillating platform, i.e. a see-saw movement where as one foot goes up, the other goes down. The less common and, due to construction technical demands, more expensive, is the lineal, which is the entire platform moving up and down. Power Plate is the most famous of these. Other types of movement include spiral, horizontal, and combinations of each.A great deal of research has shown the effects of dosed (as opposed to damaging, continuous over several hours or more) WBV on the human body, but to date not all results are completely explained. A short summary of published findings include:1) Increased bone density2) Increased internal body temperature3) Improved balance4) Increased power output (e.g. jumping)5) Decreased back pain6) Tremendously decreased time of rehabilitation for patients who've had ACL reconstructive knee surgery7) Increased fat loss, specifically the more harmful visceral fat (by up to 8 x compared to "regular" subcutaneous fat)8) Improvements in function for some patients with multiple sclerosis9) And more.....**Keep in mind that some of these findings are as a result to specific vibration frequencies, vibration type, and the power (g-force) of displacement.Back to the Pulser 2. Per the User’s manual, [...] the Pulser 2 does three main movements:1) Oscillating from 5-22 Hz, with a maximum vertical displacement of 11 mm.2) Spiral, from 20-50 Hz, with 0-2 mm horizontal displacement.3) Combination of both.The frequency range seemed right—most research focuses on the 30 Hz range (30 movements per second) and the amplitude seemed adequate for adequate muscle movement. Let’s get on to my experience.My Pulser 2 arrived in two large boxes. A rubber mat to use as a cushion is included, but only my wife uses it. I don’t want any dampening of the vibration intensity. Though a bit heavy, assembly was easy. The user manual was emailed as a link by V-Max. Excited, I couldn’t wait to try the machine, but found the oscillating / see-saw movement didn’t work. I wrote V-Max Fitness and their rep wrote me back right away, saying they’d ship a replacement base unit right away. It arrived within a week, along with an RMA with which to return the defective base unit. Lesson here: Save your box and Styrofoam until you’re sure everything works well! I connected the replacement base without any problem, and everything worked great. Since our floor is carpeted, I cut a roughly 30” x 30” ½” piece of plywood and stapled a rubber mat to the top. On the bottom, I put some rough gusset plates so that they could serve as cleats on the carpet, keeping the Pulser from shaking around or surfing the carpet. It has worked great. Other reviewers have noted the smell of the machine "off-gassing", but I honestly didn't notice. My wife did, but it wasn't a bother. As it turns out, we have the Pulser 2 set by a living room window that is usually open to fresh air.Controls: The lighted panel is quite nice, and as other reviewers note, the rotary dials are also handy—one each for oscillating and spiral—with one exception: as the vibration speed and intensity goes up, the entire tower shakes pretty hard so you have to play with the dials a bit to control their settings. Why? Your hands and fingers vibrate so hard they often spin the dials, themselves very sensitive, the wrong way. It isn’t a problem per se, but it’s there. The other miscellaneous button is the standby button. Pushing it shuts down everything, including the panel lights. At the end of a workout I hit this to dim the panel lights. I haven’t tried programming my own routine yet, but will eventually give it a shot. My favorite two pre-programmed modes are 7 & 9.Since getting it set up, I have used the Pulser-2 daily, religiously. Many times, I’ll use it twice a day, once in the morning (always), and often in the evening. Every other day I’ll do exercises, i.e. squats, pushups, downward dogs, bridges, etc. on the platform. I stiffen my legs and slightly pelvic tuck to get a huge impact on my gut and transfer the vibrations further up my torso. The results have been quite remarkable and incredibly helpful, and I’ll list the obvious ones:1) After my calves got very sore from a calf-and-jogging session I wasn’t used to, I expected to be crippled for a week. Instead I got on the Pulser, using only the horizontal setting at a setting of 60, or 50 Hz, for a few minutes. The next day my calves were completely pain-free. I was stunned, despite having read plenty of research showing that whole body vibration machines reduced the duration and intensity of delayed onset muscle soreness by 50% or more.2) My left quad has been a persistent source of trigger points in the adductor and VMO area, making my left knee hurt pretty much anytime I lunge, squat, etc. Since using the Pulser 2 every day, that soreness began diminishing within a couple of days, and now is 90% gone, and even now—more than a month later—I find myself remarking to my wife just how neat it is to be able to move, lunge and squat pain free. It is so weird because due to the long-term pain of my left knee, I automatically baby it when I use steps or whatever, but don’t need to anymore! Physiologically, I believe this is due to the vibration serving as a neuromuscular “reset”, possibly because of the rapid on/off action on the muscle spindles.3) It is a great wake-up tool.4) My right knee, one with a torn meniscus and constantly prone to swelling and impossible to bend fully, as in I couldn’t kneel on the floor and sit on my haunches, is swelling free. For the first time in years I can kneel without stiffness or swelling.5) I’ve lost about 5 lbs in the past month, and that’s no joke. It is a killer for me to lose weight! I cannot directly attribute the weight-loss to using the Pulser 2, but I have read convincing research that WBV’s effects on visceral fat are remarkable due to yet unknown mechanisms.I absolutely love this machine, and due to its cost and my paranoia of stuff going wrong, I did buy an extended warranty from V-Max. It’s expensive at ~ $300, but with my investment in this machine, I want peace of mind too. If something changes, I’ll update in the future, but for now, I couldn’t be happier. If enough people ask, I’ll post pictures of specific movements on the Pulser 2 that help target the biceps and lats better than what’s in the User Manual. Ditto for a position that challenges the hamstrings and gastrocnemius muscles during knee flexion, a rarely utilized position, as well as targeting the soleus, the deep stabilizing calf muscle that is critical to knee joint function.I hope this helped and, again, feel free to write me with any questions. Oh yeah, though I do comp-based reviews, I also write reviews simply because I want to share my findings and results. Why? I use the reviews of others quite extensively to guide my own purchasing decisions, so why not pay the favor back? More philanthropically, I definitely see how much this machine has helped me, and a cheaper version of an oscillating WBV has literally changed my mother-in-law's life for the better.Sincerely,Tony