EMS Theory Comments

[Charlie_Francis]

@gciriani

I hope Charlie or somebody else can answer that question. Charlie’s recommended stimulation protocol is 10/50/10, i.e. 10 seconds on, 50 seconds off, repeated 10 times. The Compex and Globus programs are approximately 5/25/20. Globus may add a few program geared toward Charlie’s recommendation, depending on demand, since it already offers the custom programming ability. The machine you have, being a more economical European model will not add lengthened programs.

In a separate thread a member had asked about how many more repeats to do to make up for the shorter on time. The reply from Charlie, if I recall was about 16 repeats.

Yes, i think 20 might be a few too many at 5/25, although another option is to go 10 in one session and another 10 later in the day separated by at least 4 hrs. This might be desireable in the case of an injury that limited other means of training- like a calf injury etc.