Muscular strength gains through WAVE vibration exercise are accomplished two ways:

Effect on enhancing neurological adaptation; and
Increasing force generated through the acceleration factor.

Neurological adaptation:

Muscular strength increases follow a certain path:

• Neurological adaptation.
• Muscular adaptation and hypertrophy

Muscular adaptations occur through an increase in the cross sectional area of muscle fibers, thereby improving the contraction properties of muscle tissue leading to a maximal contraction that provides more force and power. Muscle hypertrophy usually begins after 4 to 6 weeks of training.

Vibration training on the other hand, accelerates strength through neurological adaptation. This means that strength will increase through improvements in the quality of muscle contraction. For the untrained individual, there is a definite lack of control of muscle fibers. In essence, approximately 40% of all muscle fibers are being recruited with conventional training. With the WAVE, there is nearly 100 percent recruitment of muscle fibers, thereby allowing an accelerated improvement in initial strength. This allows for a sedentary, untrained individual to make significant initial strength gains with no strains on their joints, ligaments and tendons, making the WAVE an excellent addition to any rehabilitation or fitness setting.