Experts weigh in on vibration plates and whether they can help you workout and lose weight.

I couldn't lift weights after a back injury, so I tried a vibration plate instead. Spoiler: one benefit surprised me, and one claim didn't hold up.

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The first time I stepped onto a vibrating plate, I was reminded of vintage ads for the Mueller Exercise Belt—an archaic fat-jigging machine used by 1940s housewives to allegedly keep a svelte figure.