Is it possible for you to get your muscles worked out without fatigue? Don’t think it can be done, right? But this is possible with the Contour Abs. The underlying principle being that the contour muscle stimulator works on the EMS technology. EMS is the electro muscle stimulation technology. The contour abs uses 3 AAA batteries to increase the muscle stimulation. These impulses do not work out the muscles in the abdomen region on their own. The impulses are sent to the muscles, through specially designed medical grade gel pads, which act as electrodes.
These electronic impulses stimulate the muscle nerves, connected to the central nervous system to activate the muscle fibers. These activated muscle fibers contract and relax, mimicking the action done in a crunch exercise. The impulses in reality, override the reaction of the brain to instruct the central nervous system to do the action. The Contour Belt thus enables a fatigue free work out of the abdomen core, strengthening and toning the muscles in the process.
The effectiveness of the contour abs belt can be fully understood when you understand the effectiveness of the EMS. It is reviewed that athletes, have been used for studying muscle hypertrophy using EMS. In one particular study, there had been marked improvement of 4 – 8% in the quadriceps of triple jumpers in just 3 weeks; this was two to four times’ better result than the control group. Even competitive wrestlers have been tested with EMS, and they had experienced a 4.5% improvement in muscle mass after just 3 weeks. The reasoning behind this is that the EMS training is supposed to produce more micro-trauma, than concentric type of training, thereby leading to more muscle growth.
So the contour abs which works on the EMS principle can also be expected to increase the muscle growth. More muscles in turn mean more calorie burn up for the body, as the body requires an additional 60 calories to maintain a pound of new muscle.