purchasing EMS units

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I toally agree CF, months ago I did max contractions with short rest times (10-15s) and boy was it bad, kinda like during 3x200 at 95% resting 3mins.

@Charlie_Francis

With all due respect also, you need to do your homework:
1: I started working with EMS in 1973 personally and, later, with athletes, including the holders of many World Records. That’s why so often, when you buy EMS units, you see material I’ve written as part of the accompanying literature.
2: By 1981, I was working with Dr J Cywinski, Dir of Med Engineering at Harvard,MIT, and Mass Gen Hosp and Pres of the Am Society of EEs, with over 200 patents for EMS equipment.
His experience with athletes dated back to 1952 when he was brought from Poland to the Soviet Union to develop EMS protocols for them.
3: Practical experience with contractions at the highest intensities on the highest quality athletes will show that rest times DO matter. This is always the most contentious element because those who wish to use EMS in a clinical setting want to maximise revenue by shortening treatment time. If you can get your own unit, you are not bound by this limitation.
A simple test for forum members. Do 10 maximal 10sec contractions using a 50 sec rest between, then, on another day, try 10 maximal 10sec contractions with a 10 sec rest between and see which protocol allows the contractions to stay maximal and which sees the contractions fade towards the end. The faster the athlete is, the more this will be the case.