WHAT IS ELECTRO MUSCLE STIMULATION?

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HOW DOES EMS TRAINING WORK?

During traditional strength training the brain sends impulses which stimulate certain muscles to contract. However, not all muscles have a well-developed connection to the brain and these muscles are not activated as easily and therefore they will not develop so well.

EMS Training stimulates all the major muscle groups and also helps to develop the motoric nerve connections relating to muscle movement. By sending electric impulses directly to these motoric nerves, even the weakly connected muscles are activated.

Because muscle fibres are activated in a non-regular order with EMS Training, a more intense level of training is enabled from the start, which creates more muscle fibre at an accelerated rate. More active muscle tissue requires more energy intake which therefore burns more calories, even at rest!

EMS Machines

There are hundreds of different types if EMS devices.
A few of the top full body EMS devices include Miha bodytec, Xbody, Vision body, E-fit, AQ8 and Myofx.

At Bionic Fitness we use Miha Bodytec and Myofx as our wireless device.

Full Body EMS Vs Tens machines

The biggest difference between TENS and EMS is that TENS is designed to stimulate nerves and EMS devices stimulate muscle cells. Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as a TENS muscle stimulator.

TENS uses high and low frequency current pulses in a small range around 100ma. An EMS unit utilizes cycles that induce muscle contraction and relaxation at various intensities from one to 130Mh. These cycles improve muscle blood flow while decreasing inflammation. Whereas TENS units are primarily for pain management, an EMS unit reverses muscle atrophy and retrains previously paralyzed muscles.

TENS units treat a single part of the body, whereas EMS devices are used on whole muscle groups.

EMS units find their biggest application among athletes for physical and rehabilitation therapy. They are important for strengthening muscles, tendons, and ligaments.