electronic muscle stimulators (EMS) questions

[kelvin1704]

Does anyone has experience with this? Does it actually helps?

 

[pdo]

Hell no it doesn't work don't wasted your money. I have got one that I paid $200 that's now sitting in the closet collecting dust. A

 

[rommel]

well i have no experience with EMS as a form of exercise...but theraputically it is helpful...especially when muscles have been damamged and the firing/synapsis is out of wack...EMS is used to exhaust the muscle and therefore forcing it to relax

lol..well i guess paldo answered the exercise view point....lol

 

[kelvin1704]

thanks for commenting

Is there any one else that have experience with these units?

ps: all i wanted (as everyone would), is to have great abs without exercising. ;p

 

[Jgtdragon]

I tried it. Don't do much if you want to build muslce. It does tone it. I can feel it.

 

[Biochem101]

Therapeutically...E-Stim is used in conjuctionwith active and isometric exercises. If you expect to have significant gains with these devices sitting in front of the TV, you will be sore and dissappointed.

You are better off doing sit-up/crunches or a few freeweight exercises. Remeber the Abb-Cruncher with the spring you pulled against your gut?; Snake oil. Same with E-stim unless you use it under the supervision of a Physical Therapist. BIG waste of money and time otherwise.

Spend the money on a personal trainer or a gym membership.

Sorry if anyone actually got duped into buying one of these things.

 

[Flat]

to get great abs you first have to lose all the fat over them. you cant spot reduce fat so forget it lazy arse

 

[kjwise]

Charlie Francis has an excelent article about this on Testererone.net
The truth about EMS

 

[PeteyPete]

kjwise, i wish i read that article 6 months ago, i was unable to regularly attend the gym, i lost over 40lbs of muscle (from 210, to a still solid 170), but dragging that machine around with me might have been enabled me to minimize my losses.....

 

[Flat]

<< Charlie Francis has an excelent article about this on Testererone.net
The truth about EMS >>



very interesting, as a top level cyclist/swimmer, I have never heard of this.

 

[nortexoid]

increase the voltage of the device to really work those muscles!

you can even use it for electroconvulsive therapy!...great for provoking generalized siezures....tell your friends.

 

[bacillus]

not meaning to be a killjoy here guys but shouldn't this be in OT??

 

[ChrisOh]

EMS is a good way to preserve muscle mass while injured or on vacations, it doesn't build muscles but will tone and sculpt them. Theres only a few muscle groups you can use this on (large ones such as abs and chest) and you cannot use them on small groups such as biceps, triceps, etc...

 

[Tsaico]

A buddy of mine used it when he was in rehab, bad motorcycle accident, and it just works your muscle. as for losing weight and the stuff many commercials advertise, it may, but if you still eat like Sh!t then think sit-ups (or their EMS equivalent) will help you lose weight, then I also have a bridge that you can run on and will sell to you cheap.