There it was again. The familiar bag on my door that brought me the newest issue of the "district news". Out of pure boredom while riding the bus, I took a lot at the magazine. I'd rather I didn't. I don't usually fret about other people in the fitness industry, but today's experience was too much for me to remain silent. On the cover page I found a teaser for an article that deals with the first "Power plate" studio in the district. In case you don't know, a powerplate is a vibrating device onto which one steps in order to "train". The basic concept is that the body will reach with muscle tension to stabilize itself on the vibrating surface. This, in turn, is - of course - believed to strenghten the muscles and burn calories. Combined with basic calistenics and isometric holds, this training method has been employed by some professional athletes as a supplementary tool. Remember those "perfect abs" electro-muscle-stimulation ...