In this video John Shepherd finds out about the benefits of whole-body vibration training as an intra-workout recovery. Spending 30 seconds on the vibration machine, it is claimed, can clear lactate and lactic acid from the exerciser’s muscles, speeding up recovery and therefore allowing for maximum effort on subsequent sets. There is also an additional benefit – the increased stimulation of fast twitch muscle fibre, which boosts subsequent muscular contractions, by an effect called potentiation.