In the fitness industry, the wonders of electrical muscle stimulation training are being hyped up. Is the hype true?
The Electrical Muscle Stimulation training promises serious results months after consistency and this is what the experts said about this.
It is a great comfort that fitness is always just within reach. However, knowing that being fit won’t let you require a lot of gym time anymore would be a greater comfort. With all the innovations and advances in the fitness industry, a new device has been created to make the latter possible.
This device can magically help you build a toned body if done and used with consistency. As much as we know, we can only gain good results by working hard and being consistent.
The innovation is called Electrical Muscle Stimulation training and it would only take up as short as 15 minutes of your time to do this while reaping the results of your usual hour-long exercise routine you do at home or gym. Now, is this really the magical and wonder workout it claims to be?
Blake Dircksen, D.P.T., C.S.C.S. is a physical therapist at Bespoke Treatments in New York City, and according to him, an EMS workout is just working with the usual physical movements and the only difference is the addition of electrical stimulation through wearing a vest, suit, or shorts.
This device delivers electrical stimulation to your muscles that make your workout extra intense. How is this possible? This is because as you keep on moving, the muscles are forced to contract due to electrical impulses.
How is this done? You will be made to wear a training outfit made of thin fabric appropriate for this specific type of training so the electric currents can just go through it without any problem. No worries about the electric current as it is not something that will shock you. It would only give you tiny tickles which may become pleasurable as you go along. It will not be painful exactly.
After wearing the device, you will be made to do low-impact exercises such as planks, lunges, and squats. You might think this is pretty simple but no. The impulses will make resistance making every movement more intense.
Even though you’ve only done this for 15 to 20 minutes, it would make you feel like you’ve been on exercising for a long time. Dircksen, based on his statement from the post of Shape, said that the soreness will depend on the “intensity of the work, the weight used, the amount of time, how much eccentric load was done, and if any of the movements were done in new ranges,”
In the Philippines, a lot of training centers already offer this.
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