Quite simply, EMS is the fastest, safest way to build muscle, and everyone – at every age — needs muscle. Retaining and building muscle has been shown to improve health in a number of ways:
Body Pulse Studios EMS technology is more effective at penetrating muscle fiber than the brain. When the brain sends a signal to a muscle, only about 65% of muscle fiber is activated. By contrast, the external EMS stimulus penetrates nearly 100% of muscle tissue. This produces a workout that is simultaneously ultra-low impact and incredibly effective, gentle yet intense.
Each Body Pulse Studio session is led by a trained exercise professional who has been specially trained in EMS technology. Trainers lead no more than two clients at a time through a series of stretching, flexing and contracting exercises designed to activate multiple muscle groups at once.
Your trainer can take into account any injuries or areas of special concern. Eight major muscle groups are activated during an Ems session, and your trainer has the ability to control each muscle group individually, creating a highly personalized, infinitely tailored exercise experience. Body Pulse trainers work with everyone from professional athletes to the elderly in their 90s. Body Pulse really is the last fitness program you’ll ever need. Get started by booking your trial session today!
As with all relationships, fitness can only be achieved when your nutritional intake is properly balanced, and energy sources work together. To achieve results, you need the right combination of protein and carbohydrates.
Protein: Protein is the building-block of our body and the foundation of muscle gain. Protein makes up the body tissues from muscles to the skin. That said, despite myths and misconceptions surrounding protein-heavy diets, it’s essential to balance your protein intake with other necessary nutrients.
Carbohydrates: Carbs are the principal source of fuel for the body. Not only are carbohydrates essential for maintaining energy levels, but they also prevent muscle weakness and degradation. Complex carbs are essential for bodily strength and should make up the majority of your daily calorie intake.
For long-lasting, healthy results, it’s vital to build good nutrition habits. This includes consuming the right balance of protein and carbs and recognising the relationship between nutrition, exercise, and energy levels. None can exist without the others.
You might be familiar with the notion that protein = muscle mass. This is an accurate association, as protein is responsible for creating the building blocks of muscle tissue. It also helps recovery after workouts by repairing torn muscles and maintaining the general makeup of your body.
It’s also vital for maintaining:
Protein itself is made from a combination of amino acids that are vital for healthy body function. While the body can make several of these amino acids by itself, nine Essential Amino Acids (EAAs) cannot be produced by our bodies alone and must be consumed in our diets.
Although protein is vital in muscle growth and health, carbohydrates are also crucial for a healthy body.
Carbs are used by the body to help replace glycogen lost during physical activity and aid insulin in transporting other essential nutrients to the cells and muscles.
Getting the right balance of carbs and protein in your diet is also beneficial for post-exercise recovery by limiting muscle breakdown and promoting muscle growth. Because carbs provide energy, they also provide your muscles with the energy they need to grow strong and healthy.
What kind of carbohydrates should I eat?
While carbs are crucial for muscle growth, that doesn’t mean you can chow down on a post-workout snack of chips and loads of white bread!
Thanks to the slow release of energy that can be used by the body in a plethora of different ways, carbs are essential for muscle growth and general wellbeing. Here are some of the real benefits of complex carbs:
Carbs prevent muscle weakness.
Carbohydrates maximise the body’s ability to store and process glycogen, which provides the fuel you need to complete any physical task, from listing your arms to taking a step.
When you exercise, your body uses up glycogen in the muscle you’re moving.
When these stores run low, you’ll feel tired and achy.
By loading up on complex carbohydrates before a workout, you can maximise your body’s glycogen stores, delay fatigue, and improve your physical performance. Not only will this help you beat your PB, but it will also provide a more thorough workout and build stronger muscles.
Carbs prevent muscle degradation.
Although low-carb diets seem to be the latest fitness craze, not consuming sufficient amounts of complex carbohydrates can result in muscle loss. It can also cause less protein to be absorbed and used by the body.
This is due to a restriction in carbs causing an increase in nitrogen being excreted by the body. Because nitrogen forms part of the amino acids that make up muscle protein, excess nitrogen excretion is a strong indicator that the muscles are breaking down.
Carbs help muscle recovery after exercise.
To understand the part that carbs play in muscle recovery, we need to look once more at the body’s glycogen stores.
As glycogen is used by the muscles during exercise, athletes must replenish these stores immediately after exercise. If the body runs out of glycogen, gluconeogenesis occurs, and the body must find new sources for glucose production to compensate.
When this happens, the body will look to fat and protein sources to restock the glucose the body needs for energy. It will turn to fat first, and protein will be the ‘last line of defence’ if your energy is deficient. Taking energy from protein means the body is effectively breaking down muscle, causing it to waste away.