Would anyone recommend EMS between reps (or sets) in either weighlifting or speed training? I have a unit but am unsure about the use during these periods and what sort of application I would use.
Would TENS or the massage protocol be the best?
thanks for your help
I guess you could use it for Potentiation but that’s about all. It takes time to set these things up so it’s probably impractical as well. If you are using something like the ARP which allows movement during stimulation then maybe it would be possible.
I had the ARP on me immediately prior to doing back squats (pads placed on my spinal erectors) and felt that my glutes were freed up to be involved in the movement. Very interesting feeling. I would like to experiment more with it.
Compex has some protocols for doing concentric and eccentric work with the unit on during lifting sessions. Haven’t tried it yet. Like was mentioned previously, lots of work to get it all set up. If you start sweating, the pads could come off.
Sweat?
Can you not just use big crocodile clips?
ARP has a different effect respect to classic EMS, you can use ARP during muscle work and in any kind of cocktail idea that jump in your mind!
With EMS you can do pre-weight stimulation or during the rest phase between the reps, but not while you do a movement.
For sweating problems, a good conductive gel and straps are useful.
I’m not too concerned with using EMS as a potentiator but more as a means of recovery and what type of application would be the most suitable ie., tens, massage, active rest etc?
EMS can be used with recovery purpose, and this is a point.
The other point is “when?”.
Charlie speaks about EMS before to go to sleep.
An Italian famous strength/condition coach (10 years Juventus FC), my dear friend, Giampiero Ventrone used EMS as Charlie.
Yes, we know Charlie speaks about strenght, but when we use EMS then have a better strenght level because we reduce hypertonic/contracted muscle fibers too, and for recovery and injury prevention is a great point.
I’ve no experience with EMS during the training sessions (only ARP sorry), but you can try to use strength program before training of specific muscle group, and after training as a massage tool.
Probably a chance can be given to massage program between the sets or strength work, but wait Charlie or others for this point.
Generally too much stimuls are not better for the body, simple, linear approach is a must.
What does ARP stand for?
The new installment in EMS Theory has been posted
ARP is by design to be used DURING movement,and muscle (brain) work. Just as we all humans are.
What current parameters does ARP use, and what research supports the claims made by some in this thread. I wrote to the two companies mentioned by jamirok and mortac8 in this thread, and asked if they were FDA certified. Nobody answered.
I have no idea which companies you are mentioning here,as there is only one,ARPwave LLC,whose official site is:
[URL=]www.arpwave.com
As Jamirok correctly stated above.
The ARP Technology is FDA approved and certified.
If you need FDA Status code and details I can forward those to you privately.
Let’s keep our focus on training here,though,as doubt “is a word describing only desire not to participate”.
The other one was mentioned by Mortac8
The FDA does not approve, it only certifies. 
FDA certified,then.Hope this satisfies your need for drastic precision here.
You do not sound that interested in knowing more than doubting,though.
oh God, it’s the same company…
Pakewi,
Do your own experiences with ARP (with athletes you’ve worked with) support these findings of improved strength?
Also, what is the protocol with these tests? Is ARP performed immediately before, during, both?
My own experiences show significant,consistent improvements not only in strength,but also in displaying multiple simple and complex abilities.
However,what holds true for classical training holds even to a greater extent for training with the ARP: the way you set up your goals and proceed towards them is entirely what makes their actual achievement at all possible.
ARP can and is used either before,during,and after exercise and performance,depending on what we project to achieve,and in a wide range of applications,ranging from simplest protocols designed to prepare for or recovery from exercise to complex training and recovery routines.Similar degrees of variance in results such as that showed in the case studies presented above can be achieved even with basic purposeful applications of the ARP.
Key point is understanding the huge difference between the ARP and any other AC EMS technology,and realizing the potential of the stimuli it provides.