BodyVibe Review by Personal Trainer

Does the BodyVibe really work? Can a person lose weight just standing still on the BodyVibe gadget 10 minutes a day, like the 30-minute infomercial says? BodyVibe claims that just 10 minutes a day standing on this thing will create a full-body workout. Just 10 minutes a day standing on the BodyVibe will burn fat, raise metabolism, increase bone density, detoxify, and improve skin and nails, says the BodyVibe infomercial, as well as BodyVibe "expert" Dr. Keith DeOrio. The BodyVibe is a simple-looking contraption that you step onto -- the platform is about the diameter of a stool, and appears to be half a foot or so off the floor.

Extending from the (Pro 2000 model) BodyVibe's platform is a vertical but slightly curved, cylindrical contraption about three feet in height, culminating in a small electronic console with handles poking up from it that resemble the handles of a stair stepper machine. The BodyVibe claim is that a person literally stands in place on it 10 minutes a day. All throughout the BodyVibe infomercial, the voice-over kept stating that: 10 minutes a day. So did Dr. DeOrio and the infomercial hostess, who'd be standing on the BodyVibe, hands holding the handles, while she and Dr. DeOrio talked.

BodyVibe claims to work every muscle by sending vibrations throughout the body that hit every single muscle: Every muscle gets a workout at once. However, the hostess's body didn't appear to be vibrating in the least. Her voice sounded fine, not shaky, and she never sounded out of breath. At one point Dr. DeOrio placed a glass of wine on the BodyVibe's platform and the liquid shook around.

I'm a personal trainer, and I will tell you right now that it's impossible to work out muscles by standing still.

If a machine is sending vibrations through a person, this is not a workout. What if I came up to you and grabbed your arm and started shaking it? Would your arm be getting a workout? I'd be an external source causing your muscles to move, while you did absolutely nothing. You know you wouldn't lose a single pound if I shook your body.