Biodensity Machine

What is bioDensity™? bioDensity is a technology designed to increase bone, muscle fiber and connective tissue through “impact loading” of the body in four directions.

Impact loading exercises include any exercise that puts a higher than normal load through the bones of the body within a short period of time (i.e.) running, jumping, and landing). This type of exercise will cause a stress on the bone that leads to remodeling and a maintenance or improvement of density. The bioDensity technology provides the safest way to apply an impact load to the body that is self-loaded and variable. Regular use of the bioDensity essentially improves the structure of the body, the building blocks of good movement and function for life.

Is using bioDensity™ safe?
Yes. bioDensity was designed to be safe, effective and an efficient way to increase bone density, muscle tissue density and connective tissue density. During a bioDensity session each participant is positioned in the strongest biomechanical position to produce force in four different directions. This ensures that the body can safely withstand the load that is being provided in the activity. The machine is self-loaded so each person dictates the force that is applied (i.e. you are withstanding the load that you, yourself, produce).

Will my muscles feel “sore” after doing a bioDensity™ session?
Unlike traditional weight training or vigorous Power Plate session you will not experience the type of muscle soreness that usually accompanies those types of training. Because the movements only require five (5) seconds of maximal work your body will not produce the byproducts that cause muscle soreness.

USING bioDensity™ Regular use of the bioDensity, through impact loading in four directions, promotes increases in bone density, muscle fiber density and joint strength. In order to gain the most benefit from impact loading, the goal is to produce the greatest amount of load with the muscles which in turn puts that same load on the bones. The greater the amount of load, the greater the stimulus to change your body. As you can imagine, the more rested you are, and the more energy you have prior to your bioDensity session, the greater your ability to produce force. Your central nervous system is alert and “ready to go” and your muscles have a “full tank of gas”.

How long does it take to complete a bioDensity™ session?
Your first bioDensity session will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. The session can be completed in street clothes (for women, it is suggested that they NOT wear high heeled shoes). All other sessions take less than 10 minutes to complete.

What will I “feel” before and after doing the bioDensity™ session?
When completing the four movements in bioDensity you will be required to produce maximal force for five seconds each. The force that you produce would be equivalent to pushing an object of significant weight and size in four different directions:
forward using your hands;
forward using your feet; 
upward using your knees and
upward using your arms and legs together.

After completing a bioDensity session you will feel like you’ve completed physical work. You will feel warm (from increased blood circulation and work completed by the muscles) and you will notice an improvement in your posture (from the decompression of the spine and joints from the impact loading). Within 24 hours you will feel muscular fatigue but not soreness.

Will my muscles feel “sore” after doing a bioDensity™ session?
Unlike traditional weight training or vigorous Power Plate session you will not experience the type of muscle soreness that usually accompanies those types of training. Because the movements only require five (5) seconds of maximal work your body will not produce the byproducts that cause muscle soreness.

ABOUT BIODENSITY
Bone Mass Density
Bones are living tissue. They contain nerves, blood vessels, and marrow, where blood cells are created. Bones are constantly tearing down and rebuilding themselves, like a freeway construction project that never ends.

Bone is a vital connective tissue that makes up the solid foundation for the human body. Because the primary function of bone is to allow us to move in an effective way, it has to resist continuous mechanical load without breaking. To enable this, it optimizes its structure with subtle adaptations to maintain rigidity along with lightness.

Mechanical loading produces strain (compression) on the bone that causes it to promote skeletal integrity and overall density. The level of integrity and density of the bone is correlated to the amount of strain that it is exposed to. bioDensity™ facilitates loading that causes strain (compression) on the bones to promote improved integrity and overall density, that equals multiples of load beyond daily activity and traditional weight training.

Muscular Density
Muscular training can produce one of two results:
an increase in muscle size (sarcoplasmic hypertrophy)
an increase in muscle density (myofibrillar hypertrophy)

Traditional weight training (multiple sets and repetitions) produces increases in muscle mass and size. This increase in size is a result of increased volume of fluid within each muscle cell. This result is not permanent and the temporary increase in muscle size decreases once you stop training.

Myofibrillar hypertrophy, on the other hand, is an enlargement of the muscle fiber as it gains more myofibrils, which contract and generate tension in the muscle cell. With this type of hypertrophy, the area density of myofibrils increases and there is a significantly greater ability to exert muscular strength. This type of hypertrophy is best accomplished by training with heavy load and very low repetitions.

When muscles are required to generate force to lift the heaviest load it can (100% maximal effort) it will adapt by generating more myofibrils to help it contract with more force. This is called myofibril hypertrophy. The number of myofibrils in each muscle fiber will grow as an adaptation to the stimulus provided by load that is maintained for one repetition. When you use bioDensity™, you generate force in four directions to a maximal effort. By completing these four movements (one repetition each) you stimulate myofibril growth in all of the major muscle groups of the body.

Using bioDensity
Regular use of the bioDensity, through impact loading in four directions, promotes increases in bone density, muscle fiber density and joint strength. In order to gain the most benefit from impact loading, the goal is to produce the greatest amount of load with the muscles which in turn puts that same load on the bones. The greater the amount of load, the greater the stimulus to change your body. As you can imagine, the more rested you are, and the more energy you have prior to your bioDensity session, the greater your ability to produce force. Your central nervous system is alert and “ready to go” and your muscles have a “full tank of gas”.

The Physiological Impact of bioDensity™
Bone Mass Density
bioDensity™ makes possible a safe, self-induced, neuro-musculoskeletal stimulus that provides loading up to multiples of body weight. Such loads are normally associated with impact loading¹. The U.S. Surgeon General states that activities that involve impact loading are most useful for increasing or maintaining bone mass². User-volunteered, unsolicited patient DXA Scans have shown an average 4.5% bone mass gain (n=7) for individuals in the program for 3 years². 

Myofibril Muscular Development

Significant muscular strength gains can be seen from just a single optimal biomechanical Load Exposure³, this Load Exposure in the optimal biomechanical range is the stimulus that bioDensity™ allows to its users. This is a result of myofibril muscular development, where individual muscles increase myofibril count, which produces a higher power-to-weight ratio in the user. (muscular adaptive response shown below)