These fibres are always stimulated first during exercise. Slow-twitch muscle fibres support endurance activities like walking, swimming and cycling. Understanding how each of these works, is the key to ensuring a workout that will really get results. We all have two types of muscle fibre – slow-twitch and fast- twitch. Deep muscles are stimulated far more effectively than through conventional exercise alone, making every move stronger and delivering visible improvements more quickly. The extra stimulus causes your muscles to contract more and work harder.Ĭombining EMS with exercise is a very targeted way of super-charging the effects of your workout. Muscles need this stimulation in order to move.Įlectro Muscle Stimulation (EMS) is nothing more than an amplification of the body’s own electrical pulses. I n everyday life, your body stimulates muscles naturally by sending bio-electrical pulses down the spinal cord and into your nerve fibres.
I could try and explain what happens next but this is what the website says: I was then connected to the lectern and the scart lead was plugged in. Further strapping was put on my legs, arms and bottom – this all fitted very snugly. Now it was time to don the body suit which involved squeezing into a waistcoat reminiscent of a scuba-diving jacket. They can also tell you what your metabolic age is – mine is actually 15 years less than my real age, so from now on if I’m asked how old I am, I will give my metabolic one! Once kitted out, my height and weight was measured and my body was analysed for hydration, muscle mass, visceral fat (this one is important as it is the measure of the fat around your vital organs) and my BMI was calculated. Another thing that had attracted me to Bodystreet was the fact that they provide all the kit – no need to buy Lycra active wear or expensive trainers – no smelly kit to wash either – they even provide the towel for a shower afterwards. My first impression was how little equipment was on show – just a couple of lectern type stands with a scart lead.Īfter my medical history had been taken by owner Veronica and we’d confirmed that I had neither high nor low blood pressure it was into the changing room to put on my shorts and top. I made my first appointment and hot-footed it down to town. Thirdly – 20 minutes a week with the promise of a toned body in time for my holiday sounded pretty tempting. Secondly, because it doesn’t put any strain on the joints, my dodgy knee couldn’t be used as an excuse.
This interested me on several levels, firstly because I don’t get very much time to spend going to a gym – at least that’s my excuse, in truth it’s because I don’t have the inclination to go and spend hours every week doing something I don’t enjoy.
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Here they use something called EMS – Electro Muscle Stimulation to have a full body work out in just 20 minutes. I can’t be the only person to have stopped at the lights on the Kingsway junction with Princess Way and seen the sign for Body Street with its tagline “20 minutes is enough” and thought ‘What is that all about?’īeing nosy I went onto their website and was intrigued to discover it was a fitness studio like no other.
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