anybody use electrical muscle stimulation?

[backfromlayoff]

Does anybody use electrical muscle stimulation in there workouts?

i remember a few years ago (i dont know about now cause i been out of the game for a while), Paul Dillet used to promote it in the advertisement section of flex, muscle fitness, etc.

anyway, after i had double knee surgury (twice) they used it on my thighs and i got some good muscle development. Not size, but definition wise.

 

[Rich_d]

I don't think in anyway it can take the place of hard training, but when I'm pushed for time and can't make it to the gym that much in one week I decide I'll skip my abs and calves that week and do them at home by hooking them up to the electrodes. Its pretty much for definition. Once your already toned, I don't think they do much other than help maintain.

 

[boss]

that is intended for the lazy of the lazy.

 

[beefybull]

I disagree.

While generally these products are marketed to the lazy (the type of people that say "fuck situps, I'll do this").

However, I think sticking the electrical stimulator machines up to muscles (think calves, abs, shoulders, etc.) can stimulate them for at least small development

 

[Qrios]

I'm not sure it would be an easy way too use electro stimulation.
If you want some real effect from it you would have too do it with a current that causes pain.
I have just read about it but it seams interesting.
Woulden't experiment with macrocurrent (over 1 milliampere i think) by myself, think it can be dangerous.

 

[DeepZenPill]

Now I don't have any experience with the subject myself, I've done a bit of reading about it. Unfortunately I dont' have any sources handy to quote, but I have a pretty good memory.

Supposedly electrical stimulation cannot match up to real physical stimulation because the current required to do that would offer more harm than benefit. Furthermore, the retail electrical ab stimulators and whatnot tell you to use for no longer than 10 min, which is not nearly enough time to get any benefit.

The electrical stimulation they use for rehab is on a completely different level than these retail pieces of shit. These machines actually do provide decent stimulation to the muscle, but this is after damage was already rendered to it. It is not meant to be used to build sizeable quantities of muscle mass.

 

[SofaGeorge]

I'm retired from the infomercial industry. The companies selling the EMS machines via infomercial are all being sued by the FCC for fraud. It's a big scandal.

Bottom line is EMS machines don't do jack.

 

[ManOfArms]

I've read that external stimulation of a muscles group can cause communication problems between the brain and that muscle group. I learned this while doing research on another subject.

I guess if anyone is interested enough, you can look it up your selves, should not be difficult..

 

[backfromlayoff]

I bought one of those informercial ab belts and it was peice of junk. it lasted less than 2 weeks or so and broke.

I do have two units that paul dillets company used to sell and those are still running after all these years.

deepzen: you said those physical therapy machines are different, can you eleborate more on this? because you are right, after the knee surgury that machine put definitions on my thighs that i have not been able reproduce with home units. Do they use more power or what? I guess if i run across any forclosure equipment or going out of busines or upgrading there units i better pick up one of them, LOL.

 

[jubei]

I bought one a couple years ago. Gave a decent masage...not much else though.

 

[satchboogie]

I bought one a couple years ago. Gave a decent masage...not much else though.

that's some funny shit.

 

[DeepZenPill]

deepzen: you said those physical therapy machines are different, can you eleborate more on this? because you are right, after the knee surgury that machine put definitions on my thighs that i have not been able reproduce with home units. Do they use more power or what? I guess if i run across any forclosure equipment or going out of busines or upgrading there units i better pick up one of them, LOL.

I really don't know the specifics on how they're different, but I'm pretty sure the physical therapy machines use more power than a shitty infomercial home unit. There's more of a difference than just power though, but I really don't know much more about it.

 

[Medical Detective]

They seemed to work well on Jackass.
LMFAO
There is a minor benefit.
However not what we are looking for.

 

[Qrios]

An article by Charles Francis
http://www.t-mag.com/articles/159ems.html
I haven't read it so maybe it's junk.
Was actually looking for something Poliquin wrote about it in a QnA.

 

[JungleRizla]

I didn't read the any replies to your post, except I have to say that they are crap...any of those machines are good for nothing. Don't waste your money and screw all the "test studies show that 92% bla bla bla shit!!!"...overpriced scrap yard junk. "People" in general are so quick to believe anything that is a case study where they say a large percentage of people had this much reslut from using their product...

 

[baby_bbol]

It wont build muscle, but I use it on abs every night after working out. a half hour on level 5 and the next day, you abs are so tight and soar.

It really works well for isolating them, better than any ab workout I have tried.

 

[Mo T 4 Me]

I bought a 150$ electrostimulatoir several year ago but did not really use it .
I think it could be effective for toning the muscle, not for building it. The power output is not that weak (for small muscles) and contractions can be painful.
It gives a good endormorphin rush too.

 

[Seth28]

I bought one in high school many many years ago, I wrestled and had such bad shin splints I could barrely walk, so i bought one to to stimulate the anterior tibialis muscle (the muscle that becomes inflammed in shinsplints) and i have to say that after using it for month or two it did help alot. i still have it but havent touched it since. its gotta be 10 years old wonder if it still works.