Electric stimulation Device

[steeve]

Hi:

I just bought an electric stimulation device for muscles. I want to know if it is really safe for the body in general. Let me know if you have any experiences or thoughts on that. Does it replace usual work out ? Thanks, Steph

[Todd Blue]

you just wasted your money, bro

[msctalbtrbb]

Todd is right. A local TV station just did an in-depth study with several people in the area in a controled experiment. None of the participants (both male and female) showed any gains what-so-ever after 10 weeks using the device as instructed by the manufacturer.

[steeve]

Well, thanks for the advice, but my girlfriend had therapy following a surgery around her left knee (they removed all the muscles), and this device just re-built the whole thing (muscles). Anyway, I am using a cheap one, the abs are really more defined but I can't say if they are improving (mass). Thanks again, Steph

[msctalbtrbb]

I'm glad that your girlfriend is recovering. I hate to split hairs, but you say that the surgery removed all of the muscles around the knee. If that statement is technically correct then it would be impossible under any conditions for muscle cells to re-create themselves. I suspect that there must have been some fibers left and it is known that the application of electrical impulses will stimulate muscle growth. However, this is almost always in a strictly controlled environment since the electrical impulse is far stronger than what is produced from the small NiCAD battery that comes with the AB Devices. If you notice, the information that comes with these devices is almost totally devoted to diet. We already know that is the secret to a defined midsection.

[steeve]

Hi and thanks.

Yes, I checked with Nathalie and there were some fobers (very little) left, and apparently, the system used was far more efficient and powerful than the 3v battery included in the kit ! It may be just good for the abs (adding more definition). Thanks, Steph

[Power-BB]

Originally posted by Todd Blue
you just wasted your money, bro

Bump! Also your girlfriend has muscle on her knee? I doubt your getting more definition cause what your thinking is spot reduction which isn't true.

[ex_banana-eater]

my parents bought the ab tronic, and id have to say ive used it on my hand and on my shin muscle to gain strength. it works!

[bigjay00]

Originally posted by Todd Blue
you just wasted your money, bro
bumb tat its true every bodybuilder i talked it has never wored out for them..get a refund

[Gene]

Ok, let me drop some knowledge on you guys so no one considers this stimulator crap ever again. Muscles are covered by a layer of subcutaneous (under the skin) fat, and electric muscle stimulators can't do anything to it. Nextly, your muscles are stimulated by an extrinsic force (ie, NOT your nerves), so you don't develop any kind of additional strength at all (If anything , you may start twitching when you are older -- not a good thing). Yes, studies have shown these things totally useless, except in early post-surgical or post-injury stages; and yes, those are models and bodybuilders (who got their physique with hard training and dieting the REAL way) in the commercials just so the stimulators would look cool by jiggling their big already-developed muscles. Save your money and buy some protein powder or a dumbell.

Peace

[AnthonyGoldsGym]

NBC News, Wednesday, May 8 2002:

May 8 - It certainly sounds too good to be true - devices that promise toned abdominal muscles, with no work. But wishful thinking is a powerful thing, and so are infomercials, and tonight, the government is warning that a lot of Americans are getting ripped off by those electronic ab products, while the people selling them are getting fat and happy.

Kim Nash is one of 3 million Americans who asked, "why exercise for a flat stomach" ... and instead, bought one of those electronic belts seen in infomercials.

"I'm surfin' through the channels, watching this thing, and this woman's stomach was just jumpin' and I'm like "I don't have to sit-ups ever again, let's get this," Nash says.

Just listen to what the infomercial for one of the electronic ab belts promises: "With the touch of a button, you can go from flab to hard rock abs ... Gives you the results of 600 sit-ups in 10 minutes without any effort."

Today, the Federal Trade Commission Chairman says, that's not so.

"We think these claims are false and deceptive", says Timoth Muris, FTC Chairman. "The simple fact of the matter is, you can?t lose weight, you can't lose inches, you can't get rock hard abs, you can't get anything of that nature without diet and exercise."

In fact, the FTC went to court against the makers of Ab Tronic, Ab Energizer and Fast Abs, demanding an end to the claims and money back for purchasers.

Fast Abs says it's stopped making the belt, but adds: "The Fast Abs product is a safe and effective product to use",
says Jeff Knowles, attorney for the distributor of Fast Abs.

And Ab Energizer "looks forward to presenting the merits of its product to the FTC."

As for Kim Nash? "There was absolutely no difference whatsoever, I even tried on my thighs, on my backside and absolutely no difference at all," she says.

The FTC says Americans may have wasted $100 million on belts instead of exercising their judgement - and their abs.