I feel the need for a transformation!  What I’ve been doing for exercise is not getting me to my desired body fat % and muscle tone so I’m ready for a CHANGE.  I’m ready to lay out an entire whole body vibration exercise regimen for the next 90 days.  Basically, I’ll be dramatically increasing the time on the Noblerex (from the recommended 10 minutes a day), doing new challenging exercise routines on it, and adding in good diet, good cardio, and maybe a bit of detoxing for the fall transition (my specially!)

The Noblerex K-1 will replace all traditional weight training at the gym (not that I’ve been doing much of that lately, I’ve been doing more running and biking than anything else with this summer weather) and will also be used for most of my pre and post workout stretching routine.

Noblerex 90 Day Challenge Outline:

• Five days a week (the body needs a 24 hour break between intense training) either use the K-1 for 10 minutes a day twice a day, or 20 minutes twice a day, never just standing on the machine, but holding different poses for 1-2 minutes each.
• Sweat each time I’m on the K-1!
• 4 days a week: 30-50 minutes of cardio either running, spin class, or using the elliptical machine.
• 2 days rest or do yoga
• Continue to eat a raw food diet (see my other blog for info on how I like to eat), but try to lower the sugar by eating little to no dried fruit, honey, or desserts.   Fresh fruit in the morning and carbs such as oat groats, sweet potatoes, and quinoa are fine for me.

Note: unless you are already in very good health and are used to exercising a lot, please stick with the recommended 10 minutes a day until your body tells you you can handle more.  I don’t want anyone getting hurt!

This may not look like much of a change, but with a secret weapon like the Noblerex K1, I think this will do the trick.  Remember that the Noblerex is working out about 97% of your muscle fibers as opposed to just 45% with conventional exercise.  It’s also contracting your muscles 7-28 times per second.  Take that and multiply it by the minutes you’re on it, and you’ve got an incredibly intense workout that is sure to give your body the message to CHANGE, SCULPT, and TRANSFORM.  Vibration exercise is so efficient!

I will be starting this challenge the week of 9/21 and kicking it off with some videos, some body stats and measurements, and a before picture.  I’ll also be having some friends and guests doing mini challenges (30 days) with me so that will be fun to see their results in just 30 days.  I have a brand new OMRON scale to measure my progress as well as theirs, and I think you’ll be really entertained to watch us transform while having the best workout ever!

I’ll be letting you know what I’m doing on the Noblerex, a bit on what I’m eating—but I don’t plan on doing food logs or anything, it’s almost impossible to track calories or macronutrients the way I eat—and what else I decide the add in or subtract if I feel more or less needs to be done.

Enjoy the challenge and I really hope you’ll do something similar along with me!

~Lenette Nakauchi

If you’ve checked out the www.noblerexk1health.com site, you probably already know there is an abundance of benefits exercise on the Noblerex K1 can provide.  I am not just talking anecdotal, nice-to-haves either.  The vast majority of them have been shown in research studies.  Just type in Whole Body Vibration on pubmed.com and you’ll see too.  Here are just a few of them again:

• Builds muscle strength, stamina, and tone
• Increases flexibility and range of motion
• Enhances balance and coordination
• Reduces soreness by washing out lactic acid build-up
• Strengthens and enhances core muscles and posture
• Reduces training time–60 minute total body workout in 10 minutes
• Decreases healing time from future injuries
• Warms up the muscles before a performance
• Massages muscles
• Raises resting metabolism
• Helps breakdown fat and cellulite
• Improves skin quality with improved circulation and toning of muscles and reduces the appearance of varicose veins
• Improves collagen production (hello face lift!)
• Reduces back and joint pain
• Decreases blood pressure
• Improves digestion and bowel movement regularity
• Assists in ongoing detoxification
• Increased feeling of overall well-being and energy
• Increases circulation and blood oxygenation
• Stimulates and flushes the lymphatic system
• Improves proprioception (sense of the relative position of parts of the body)
• Stimulates and redevelops the neuromuscular system
• Builds bone mass and bone mineral density– combating osteoporosis
• Is used in many different rehabilitative capacities
• Reduces and prevents muscle atrophy
• Provides a low impact workout suitable for beginners as well as hard-core fitness enthusiasts
• Boosts production of Human Growth Hormone
• Reduces cortisol levels (stress hormone)
• Elevates serotonin levels (the “happy” neurotransmitter)
• Activates reflexology points on the bottom of the feet

Okay, I kid—that was practically all of them!  But if you’re anything like me, a bunch of these benefits really spoke to me.  These are benefits that I’ve had a challenge achieving on my own with traditional/conventional exercise.  I’m one of those people who LOVES to exercise.  I have had a gym membership for as long as I can remember, maybe since I was 19?  I love cardio and weight training.  I’ve had personal trainers and yoga studio memberships.  I love spin classes, cardio kickboxing, yoga, pilates, weight training and sculpting classes at the gym, etc.  Did I mention I love to run and bike all over the city?  I probably exercise 5-6 days a week doing a variety of things yet I’ve had a lot of challenge in getting to a lower body fat percentage and in getting more toned.   At 5’2 my weight is about 102 (it can fluctuate 1-2 lbs) and my body fat percentage last time I checked was 23% (using the gym’s handhelp OMRON body fat meter).  I think this is way too high and I can see it too!  I’m 27 years old and in great shape but I’ve been at 15% body fat before so I know I can do better!

So today I’d love to share with you some of my health goals and areas of improvement I plan on seeing reached with a 90 Day Challenge (more on this in the next post!):

1. Lower body fat percentage: I’m aiming for 17%.  I don’t really care about my weight.  If I put on a few pounds of muscle, great!
2. Improved muscle tone.
3. Reduction of cellulite—there is some dimpling my thighs and butt
4. Improving my circulation.  The last time I went to my naturopath, she mentioned I had poor circulation.  I also feel a weird tingling in my hands and under arms sometimes…
5. Balancing my hormones.  My hormones have always been a bit off.  I’ve been on birth control for about ten years now because when I go off them, my period gets pretty irregular.
6. Be happier MORE.  With an increase in serotonin, why not? It’s good to feel good!
7. Reduce my back and neck pain.  I frequently go to an acupuncturist to work on my back, neck, and shoulders.  This is most likely from being at the computer most of the day.
8. Improved skin.  I’d also like to experience some sort of visible youthening effect.  I am expecting something with the increased Human Growth Hormone being produced by me.
9. Less stress.   Enough said
10. Appetite Control (I can get pretty ravenous!)  I think the increased oxygenation and serotonin will help here.
11. Improve bladder control.  I don’t suffer from incontinence or anything, but I usually have to go to the bathroom pretty often.  I’m not sure if this 90 day challenge will help, but I am thinking it will.
12. Better/less sleep.  The increased exercise (for ALL my muscles) and HGH should help here.
13. Improved digestion.
14. More friends.  Just kidding!

Wow, that seems like a lot!  Currently, I am already a very healthy person with a good diet and a good level of fitness, but I’m a good example of all of you out there looking for a real EDGE to reach their goals and even their competition.  I think that it will be easier to see toning and shaping results on my too beeause I’m already in decent shape se this will be a fun experiment.  The Noblerex K-1 is going to be that EDGE for me and others and I can’t wait to start this challenge!

Hi, my name is Lenette Nakauchi and I am so incredibly excited to bring this whole body vibration machine, site, and blog to you!  Our health and fitness play such a huge role in our life experience.  I love what a role model of mine, Karyn Calabrese, says: “If you don’t take care of this (gesturing to her body), the most magnificent gift you were ever given, where are you going to live?”  I know that not only the Noblerex K-1, but the information on this site and blog will help those who are ready for it achieve new levels of health, fitness, and happiness in their body.  This will without a doubt positively affect other areas of their lives, helping to attract more of what we all want and deserve.

I fell in love with the Noblerex K-1 a couple years ago at a health festival in Sedona, Arizona.  I tried it out for the full 10 minutes and I honestly felt sore the next day.  I never forgot the fun feeling of stimulating relaxation while on it, nor the appreciation I felt for the exercise received while traveling on vacation.  My next encounter with the Noblerex was here in Chicago at my reflexologist’s office.  He had one and I was so excited to see it again that I asked if I could use it for 10 minutes before the session.  I was sore all over from the 10 minutes again!   I ran to his place four miles away several times since then just to use it and swore to myself I would have one.

I’ve always been really into health technologies and gadgets.  If something amazing is out there to help us get healthier and feel better, I want to try it out myself.   If the only place I can get it is online, even better   I have so many fun gizmos at home and I love them all!  So I started to get really interested in Whole Body Vibration, or Total Body Exercise.  I spent months researching other brands and machines out there.  After talking to other companies, testing out their machines and even getting a training session on a few of them, I discovered that I had stumbled across the best oscillating vibration machine on the market for the quality, safety, and value in the beginning.  The Noblerex K-1 won my heart, body, and a place in my home so now I am sharing this with you!