Electronic Muscle Stimulants (EMS)

[seloifter]

http://toneatronic.com/emsunits.htm

these are little pads you place on your muscles, and they send electric shocks to tighten and contract the muscles........ supposedly the same effects of a regular work-out....

has anyone tried these out before? do they actually work?

I'm sure it can't get the same results as a real work-out with free weights..... but, does anyone know any concrete stuff about EMS?

 

[gym addict]

They don't work...save your money.

 

[DX_Flyer]

nothing beats the real thing, so save your money, and besides they're pretty painful.

 

[Iceberg]

I put it on my private area one time, next thing I knew, I was in colonial America.

 

[Drex]

That stuff is JUNK. They dont contract your muscles NEARLY enough to get any sort of "workout"

 

[Beatnik_666]

Unless of course, normal workouts are beyond you due to injury.

 

[Krassus]

Robin Williams had an extcellent standup comedy act about this.

"Strap one of those things to your head and repeat after me: "I. WILL. NOT. BUY. STUPID. SH1T. FOR. NO. REASON."

 

[Soshyopathe]

I've used one of those actual $20,000 electronic muscle contraction machine, and it still didn't do a damn thing. You would get more out of 50 crunches than strapping that on your abs for an hour.