Gym dropouts with lapsed memberships who are concerned about the state of their bodies might want to explore an innovation called Bodytec Electro Muscular Stimulation (EMS). This scientific approach to fitness operates by exercising different muscle groups simultaneously and at high intensity. It offers a complete body workout in 20 minutes once a week and promises visible results in just six weeks. The technology is not new, but its use in exercise has become a revolutionary way in which to improve physical endurance, strength, stamina and body shape. Everyone has 650 muscles hugging their skeletons, with 29 pairs supporting the torso, or core. But when people do not exercise regularly they become dormant from lack of use. EMS wakes them up and zaps them into performing by sending an electrical current into the receptor nerves of the different muscle groups. The muscles contract and release, recouping lost strength, while the activated receptor nerves start picking up alerts from t...
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