Patent ID: 7238143

Claim:
A method of conditioning muscles in a selected portion of the body comprising the steps of: i) providing a vibration generation unit having a housing containing vibration generation equipment including an upright vibrating member longitudinally reciprocating therein with an amplitude of longitudinal motion, and extending out through the housing; said vibrating member having an axis angularly oriented to selectively vibrate the muscles in the selected portion of the body; ii) vibrating the upright member with an amplitude between 2 to 12 millimeters and with a frequency between 20 and 40 Hz; and, iii) centrally attaching a lateral member directly to the vibrating member so that opposite ends of the lateral member can be held/pushed with one's hands and so that the full amplitude of longitudinal motion of the vibrating member is wholly transmitted to the lateral member; and, so that during exercise selected muscles in a region of the body are specifically conditioned.