Hypervibe Performance Machine Details
Both kinds of platform have been used extensively in scientific research which has unveiled a number of distinct differences between the two platform types. Most notably:
- PIVOTAL REDUCES RISK OF NEGATIVE EFFECTS CAUSED BY HEAD VIBRATION
- PIVOTAL HAS MORE PROVEN BENEFITS
- PIVOTAL STRETCHES MUSCLE SIGNIFICANTLY
- PIVOTAL CREATES MORE G-FORCE AT OPTIMAL FREQUENCIES FOR THE STRETCH REFLEX
A Hypervibe machine is an affordable Pivotal vibration machine with the independently verified ability to generate over 17G of G-force at 28Hz.
Pivotal and Lineal, What's The Difference?
Pivotal
In Pivotal vibration machines, the platform you stand on tilts around a central pivot point like a see-saw. The left and right sides alternate up and down while the centre remains fixed.
You can change the amplitude or distance your feet move up and down by moving them either closer or further away from the centre. Typically, high quality Pivotal vibration machines have a total peak-to-peak Amplitude of 10mm or more at the platform's widest point. German-made Pivotal vibration machines were the first to be used commercially and be validated scientifically.
Lineal
In an attempt to compete with the successful German vibration platforms, a Dutch company created a vibration machine with a new kind of platform movement called Lineal.
A Lineal vibration platform remains horizontal at all times with the entire platform moving up and down by the same amount. Lineal vibration platforms typically have very small peak-to-peak Amplitudes ranging from 1 to 5mm.
At the time, the exact mechanism of how Whole Body Vibration works was largely unknown. Lineal vibration machines soon joined Pivotal vibration machines in scientific experiments aimed at uncovering what was causing the benefits Pivotal Whole Body Vibration exercise had already become famous for.
To date, Pivotal vibration machines maintain a prominence in research with more research-proven benefits than Lineal vibration machines.
More Muscle Stimulation, Less Head Vibration
A major advantage of Pivotal platforms is that they raise one leg at a time. As one leg goes up the pelvis tilts and the other leg goes down. This side-to-side rocking of the pelvis and lumbar spine causes most of the vibration energy to be absorbed by the time it reaches the rib cage which keeps any head movement to a minimum. Lineal platforms on the other hand move the whole body up and down including the head.
Without professional instruction, many users who try Lineal Whole Body Vibration machines report an unpleasant vibration occurring in the head.
"Lineal Caused 189% More Head Vibration"
In 2007, research funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute compared the effects of exercising on a Lineal machine with the same exercises performed on a Pivotal machine.
They found that in all the body postures they tested: "transmission of vibration to the head was 71 to 189% greater during vertical (Lineal) than rotational (Pivotal) vibration." and that "rotational (Pivotal) vibration has the lowest risk of negative side effects."
