During EMS training, we directly affect the muscles. The pulse, precisely calibrated in depth and frequency, comes from the electrode and stimulates the desired muscles, which contract and send a signal to the brain about their work. Simply put, we bypass the brain and spinal cord, sending impulses directly to the muscles and thereby causing them to contract. This process is called electromyostimulation, or EMS (EMS)
When a person performs exercises in a special EMS suit, his body sends both natural impulses - from the brain to muscles and vice versa, and artificial - from muscles to the brain, thereby forming new and improving existing neural connections. For therapeutic purposes, this helps to re-teach the muscles to work, and in sports, it improves the response, since the rate of transmission of impulses from the brain to the muscles increases.
The main goal of EMS training is the same as in the gym - to activate the muscles with a certain amount of effort the right number of times. The characteristic difference is that there is no need to use large weights for effective muscle contraction, which means there is no risk of injury. The load on the muscles is achieved thanks to electrical impulses, due to the effect of which it becomes difficult to lift even a 5-kilogram dumbbell, therefore the exercises are performed with their own weight or with minimal weights. And the intensity of the sent impulses, which are adjusted individually for each person, allows you to optimally load the muscles in just 25 minutes.
As in any sports, there are contraindications. EMS is not suitable for pregnant women, people with pacemakers, epilepsy, circulatory disorders and a number of other diseases.
