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" It&amp;#039;s impossible not to be skeptical of Ironman&amp;#039;s Resolution Vibration Trainer ($2000), which claims to help users lose weight by shaking them. You hold a sequence of poses, including squats and a legs-in-the-air crunch, for up to 90 seconds at a time while the platform vibrates. Ten minutes of this, says Ironman, is equal to 60 minutes of &amp;quot;conventional strenuous exercise.&amp;quot; We planned to test the Resolution for a full month--but then we turned it on. Anyone who has tried yoga knows that holding a position can be a tough workout. The violent shaking made it slightly harder to maintain some of the poses, which we assume was meant to be a good thing. But this skull-rattling, innard-scrambling machine also gave us headaches and made us nauseous, and the platform&amp;#039;s nonskid surface scraped our palms and bruised our shins. After one day with this merciless, bucking bronco, none of us -- including the personal trainer we brought in -- were brave enough to get back in the saddle. The Resolution Vibration Trainers rumbling platform induced muscle contractions -- and poor reviews -- from our testers. (Photos by Erin McCarthy) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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