As you're trying to get ripped, you're building bone as well as muscle. WebMD reports that weight-bearing exercises that stress the bones can benefit people with osteoporosis, and those looking to avoid developing the condition, which wears away at your bone mass.
A few years ago, a biomechanical engineer at the State University of New York at Stony Brook invented a machine that he believed could mimic the positive effect that exercise has on bones - without having to actually work out. The machine was a platform that you would stand on, and the vibrations it produced would put a small amount of stress on the skeletal structure, the same way exercise does.
According to The Globe and Mail, although interesting, this machines is not as effective as exercise. A Canadian study set out to determine if the device could help build bone mass in post-menopausal women.
“To our disappointment, we did not find an effect from vibration therapy in these post-menopausal women,” said the senior researcher Angela Cheung, director of the osteoporosis program at the University Health Network in Toronto.
For now, people who are concerned about the health of their bones should stick to the real deal and get some exercise.
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