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UNDERSTANDING EMS: A PEEK INTO PHYSIOLOGY

THE ESSENCE OF MUSCLE
MOVEMENT

Every time we move, it’s because our brain has sent a special message through our nerves to our muscles, telling them to contract. This happens thanks to motor units—a combo of nerve fibers and the muscle fibers they control. Imagine it like a team, where the brain is the coach, the nerves are the messengers, and the muscles are the players. The size of the team varies: some muscles work with just a few fibers for delicate tasks, like blinking, while others use thousands for big movements, like running.

MUSCLE TEAMS IN ACTION

Muscles work in teams, called motor units, to make your movements smooth and precise. The smaller the team, the finer the control—think of the intricate movements of your eyes versus the powerful stride of your legs. When a muscle gets a “go” signal, all its fibers contract together in an all-or-nothing fashion. This teamwork lets us adjust the strength of our movements, from the lightest touch to the most forceful action.

A CLOSER LOOK AT MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Underneath the microscope, muscles reveal a world of tiny building blocks called sarcomeres, linked together like chains. When muscles contract, these chains pull tight, shortening the muscle. It’s a bit like how a drawbridge pulls up: the sarcomeres are the chains, and contraction is the bridge rising. This whole process is powered by protein filaments sliding past each other, with elasticity provided by another set of filaments, ensuring everything snaps back into place afterward.

MUSCLE LOOPS & TRAINING

Our muscles are interconnected, forming loops that work together to enable movement. This means training one muscle impacts the whole loop, making isolated training less effective than full-body approaches. EMS training takes advantage of this, ensuring all related muscles are engaged and trained together for better efficiency and results.

THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSCLE TONE

Muscle tone is the natural tension in our muscles, crucial for maintaining posture and readiness for action. It can vary, reducing during relaxation and increasing during activity. Factors like stress can also affect muscle tone, highlighting the connection between our mental state and physical condition.

EXPLORING MUSCLE CONTRACTION TYPES

Our EMS devices are manufactured in Germany to the highest standards. This ensures your session is delivered in a safe and controlled environment, under the guidance of our professional trainers.

THE ROLE OF THE EMS DEVICE

The EMS device we use in our studios sends signals to motor units throughout your body, causing them to initiate a contraction. The power of the device and the reason it is so effective is that these contractions occur in all major muscle groups simultaneously, for the whole of the 20 minute workout. It would be impossible to achieve contractions in the same way through voluntary movements alone.

WHY WE RECOMMEND ONE SESSION PER WEEK

Understanding Supercompensation

Imagine your body as a battery – when we workout, we use up the energy stored in the battery. But afterwards, during the recovery phase, our body is able to charge back up beyond its original capacity. This is called supercompensation, and here's how it works:

Base level

Think of this as your body's normal state, chilling in balance. If you're already pretty fit, this level would already be high, and the size of any gains you can achieve would be lower, but every bit of progress counts.

Training Stimulus

This is when you challenge your body with a workout. You might feel a bit worn out as your energy dips, which is totally normal since your body is using up its resources to keep up.

Recovery

Post-workout, your body gets to work, repairing and refueling itself. This phase is all about building back better, as your energy reserves get topped up.

Supercompensation

Here's the cool part—your body doesn't just refill your energy tank; it overfills it, prepping you to be stronger than before. But, there's a catch: to make the most of this extra energy boost, you need to time your next workout just right, at the peak of this supercharged state. Improving your performance is all about this cycle of push, rest, and push again at the right time. The trick is to balance how hard and often you train with enough recovery to let your body supercharge itself for the next round.

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