Everyone Tells You To Exercise--Almost NO ONE Tells You To Do This

We always hear that we need to eat well, sleep more, and exercise. And there is a much longer list of shoulds. But we are not told specifically to "activate our muscles daily."   

If you think about the word "exercise" it is very broad and can mean many things.  Muscle activation is a specific thing, with a long list of direct benefits. 

==>> And the specific problem is that the older we get, the less active our muscles become.  Not just weaker, but less active.  Meaning, fewer muscle fibers are being used, less often, with less speed. 

 In addition, the connection/signal between the brain and rest of the body starts to weaken. Large parts of our body start to not be used, and when that happens we start to lose function.  Inflammation increases, metabolism slows, repair becomes less efficent.

Power Plate was originally developed for elite athletes. It became a global standard  because the technology and mechanism can help everyone at any age make their body function better.

Specifically, Power Plate helps activate as many muscles as possible, as efficiently as possible.  Muscle activation is likely one of if not THE most important components of our health.

Power Plate is best understood not as an exercise device, but as a high-efficiency mechanical signaling system.

There are many ways to activate muscle—strength training, sport, manual activity—but they require time, motivation, and physical capacity that most people either don’t have or can’t sustain consistently.

Power Plate delivers rapid, multi-directional mechanical input that activates a large percentage of muscle fibers, including stabilizers and fast-twitch fibers, in a very short period of time.

In that sense, it functions as a shortcut to more complete muscle activation, lowering the barrier to delivering the kind of stimulus the body needs to regulate itself.

The Important Link Between Muscle Activation And Aging:

When you start to look at the core drivers of aging and human function, you begin to see a pattern. You’ve probably heard of inflammation.

But you’re less likely to hear about:

• oxidation
• glycation
• methylation

These are newer concepts but fundamental to how the body breaks down—or maintains itself over time.

All of them are directly influenced by muscle activation..When muscles are activated:

• inflammatory signaling improves
• glucose is pulled out of the bloodstream (reducing glycation)
• mitochondrial efficiency improves (reducing oxidative stress)
• gene expression and repair signaling become more stable

When muscles are not activated consistently, the system decays.

So the real question is not just: “Are you exercising?” or "Are you eating well?” The deeper question is:

How much of your body are you actually activating—and how often?

This is where the idea starts to shift.

Because we’ve all been trained to think in terms of:

• nutrition
• hydration
• sleep

But almost never: daily muscle activation as a requirement

Daily muscle activation as a requirement — not optional, not “when you feel motivated.”This requirement becomes more critical with age. As we get older, muscles don’t just get weaker — they become less active. Fewer muscle fibers are recruited, contractions slow down, and the signaling between the brain and muscle (via the neuromuscular junction) weakens.

Large portions of the muscle mass start going “offline.” When that happens, function erodes: metabolism slows, repair processes become sluggish, and the body drifts into a pro-aging state.

The science connecting muscle activation to the core drivers of aging is direct and powerful

.InflammationActivated muscle releases myokines — signaling molecules such as IL-6 (in its contraction-induced form), irisin, and others. These shift the body away from chronic low-grade “inflammaging” toward anti-inflammatory and repair modes. Without regular activation, pro-inflammatory signals dominate, accelerating muscle breakdown and systemic decline.

Oxidation (oxidative stress)Muscle contractions improve mitochondrial efficiency and trigger mitophagy — the clearing of damaged mitochondria. This reduces excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) that damage cells, proteins, and DNA. Low activation allows dysfunctional mitochondria to accumulate, ramping up oxidative stress and creating a vicious cycle of further damage.