Vibration plates alone produce very low calorie burn compared to real exercise.
FITNESS
Vibration Plate for Weight Loss
RESEARCH
- Small fat loss with diet
- Low calorie burn alone
- Better results combined with exercise
COMMUNITY
- Won't cause weight loss solo
- Needs diet restriction too
- One person lost water weight
SAFETYPeople with joint problems, pregnancy, or pacemakers should check with a doctor before using vibration plates.
WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS
ALL 14 ON PUBMED ↗Adding vibration to a weight-loss program produces small improvements in body fat.
Vibration combined with a structured weight-loss program may modestly increase resting energy expenditure in adolescents.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
READ THREADS ON REDDIT ↗COMMUNITY SENTIMENT
25% positive
“A vibration plate is going to do next to nothing for weight loss. If you like it, use it! But it’s not for weight loss. Either you’re eating too many calories, not moving enough, or both. I know cutting down lower sucks and is miserable, but that’s what is probably going to be necessary, unless you want to burn several hundred calories a day through exercise so you can eat more. For me, eating less has always been easier (but still miserable). Good luck!!”
U/ALONE-BLUEBERRY ↗“Unfortunately, vibration plates do nothing for weight loss as they don't actually help you burn any calories. If you feel you can't eat less than 1300 but that's not too far from maintenance at your height, you've gotta get in some sort of exercise to give you more calories to work with. I'm 5'3" eating 1200 calories a day without any exercise, which I also find to be not enough... so I do strength training some days, walk 12,000 steps other days, dance Zumba at home other days – something that burns around 200+ calories, which brings me up to 1400 calories per day!”
U/MEGANHOLLORAN ↗“I’ve been using my vibration plate consistently for about 3 weeks now. I’ve lost 4 lbs, haven’t toned anything really but I wonder if it was just water weight I was holding on to?”
U/WEAK-ASTRONOMER365 ↗COMMENTS
Add context that might help others — skin type, conditions like PCOS, what you'd tried before. The more specific, the more useful.
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