Reply With Quotewell, electronic stim units are used in physical therapy and rehab centers all the time.
Compex EMS- Worth it?
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08-18-2005, 12:57 PM #1UNLEASH THE BEAST ELITE MEMBER
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Compex EMS- Worth it?
Here is a sample link to the Compex EMS machine- http://www.clevertraining.com/compexsport.html
What do you think, is it really worth it? I'm not talking about for building huge muscles, but for muscle recovery, recovering from injuries and to help certain muscles warm up and relax. What do you think?I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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08-18-2005, 12:59 PM #2Patrick ELITE MEMBER
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08-18-2005, 01:06 PM #3UNLEASH THE BEAST ELITE MEMBER
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Right, and my Chiro uses it on my shoulder and forearm and I love it.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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08-18-2005, 01:09 PM #4Patrick ELITE MEMBER
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yea, I love it. It feels great. Don't know if that home version is as strong as they use in the clinic though? Not really sure exactly. Ask your chiro next time you are there were he got his at (medical supply outlet) or what he reccomends.
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08-19-2005, 01:51 PM #5UNLEASH THE BEAST ELITE MEMBER
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It does feel great. I actually bought one yesterday, my Chiro is ordering it for me. Only $250 (better price than $889 LOL) and he says it's the same power as what he uses. I'm also buying some of the books and DVD's from Elite that I read in that article you recommeded. Time to turn the training around and get serious
Originally Posted by P-funk
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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08-19-2005, 02:57 PM #7Functional Lifting = Life
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"With electrostimulation, the excitation is directly produced at the motor nerve by means of 'optimal' electrical impulses that guarantee efficacy, safety and comfort in use. Thanks to this process, the muscle cannot distinguish between a voluntary contraction (caused by the brain) and an electrically induced contraction: the work that it produces is the same irrespective of the nature of the order."
Wouldn't this mean that if the electrical stimulus were powerful enough, one could go to failure without will power becoming an issue? I realize that using the stimulus for compound moves like deadlifts is probably not possible yet because too many muscles are involved, and IMO you really need some level of the mind/muscle connection to make the movement work. If/when they do figure that out, what's to stop people from training with just electricity? Or perhaps I'm just misreading the entire thing and it cannot make your muscles move without you necessarily 'thinking' it.Push yourself. Enjoy yourself. Be yourself.
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08-19-2005, 03:01 PM #8Amor Fati
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no pills or machines will ever replace mechanical loading as the prime stimulus for the development of strength, power or hypertrophy. the human body is just too smart to waste its limited resources on useless shit, you need that stress (mechanical loading) to be present in order for your body to adapt.
maybe in 100 years they will be able to genetically engineer babies that will grow into guys with 20 inch arms and 800lb benches, but that is going beyond nature IMO."The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge." -Barry Marshall, Nobel Laureate
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