Do these things actually work?

[Seamus123]

I saw an advert on TV this morning for one of those devices that you attach to yourself and it sends tiny vibrations into your mucsles to help you lose weight without really doing anything. Do they actually work?

 

[Ravin the Poet]

Apparently they do work, as they simulate a work out by moving your muscles in the same way you would while say running, lifting weights. Not much else I can say, but maybe google it and see.


Ravin

 

[TBKahuna123]

I disagree, I have never known anyone who has used these kind of devices that has seen actual results. They MIGHT help with muscle tone, but not weight loss. The only way to lose weight is cardio workout and reducing caloric intake. It's that cut and dry.

Now, if I can just get myself to remember that, it's easier said than done.

 

[EJFan]

no. they don't work. period.

firstly, stimulating muscle response has nothing to do with weight loss. these "machines" don't do anything to enhance muscle growth... proper eating with good weight lifting enhances muscle growth. the only way to effectively lose weight is to consume fewer calories than you burn. any other solution is temporary, ineffective and/or unhealthy.

 

[M's girl]

Isn't it a shame?

EJFan end TBK are right.....

 

[Eilan]

no. they don't work. period.

firstly, stimulating muscle response has nothing to do with weight loss. these "machines" don't do anything to enhance muscle growth... proper eating with good weight lifting enhances muscle growth. the only way to effectively lose weight is to consume fewer calories than you burn. any other solution is temporary, ineffective and/or unhealthy.

Listen to him. He knows what the fuck he's talking about.

 

[TBKahuna123]

any other solution is temporary, ineffective and/or unhealthy.

Fuck, at this point I'd settle for temporary, ineffective and unhealthy!

 

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[Eilan]

Are you talking about the device that attaches to your cock? Whooooo I tried that and it felt great! Didn't lose any weight though.

I thought this was gonna be a cock thread.

 

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[Eilan]

Every thread gets there sooner or later.

All roads lead to cock, huh?

 

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[EJFan]

i see you ALMOST made it to ten posts before engaging in your little snark party.

 

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[College_geek]

Hell no. I can't believe they even still sell those things since exercise scientists and doctors have written numerous articles about how all it does is jiggle your flab around. If it were that easy, we'd all be using them.

 

[EJFan]

Hell no. I can't believe they even still sell those things since exercise scientists and doctors have written numerous articles about how all it does is jiggle your flab around. If it were that easy, we'd all be using them.

this is so very true.

additionally, there's a vast difference between muscle gain and weight loss... you can't really do both at the same time. so even if they DID work, you'd still find it virtually impossible to lose weight (fat) while gaining muscle.

 

[SweetErika]

Here are some reviews of these products. Beware of any that sound like commercials...they're likely planted by the company.

When these came out, I asked my physical therapist if there was any validity to the claims because we were using an e-stim machine to work a muscle around my knee after surgery. He said an unequivocal "NO!" and gave me a list of reasons, two of which were: true muscle building requires conscious work (even when you're hiking up a big flight of stairs, you think and coordinate), and nothing available for that price that runs on those batteries could possibly provide enough stimulation/contraction to actually work the muscles in a beneficial way. The machines health professionals use are very powerful, expensive, and made to target specific muscles on individuals with separate leads, and these TV products aren't comparable or effective.

 

[TBKahuna123]

He said an unequivocal "NO!" and gave me a list of reasons, two of which were: true muscle building requires conscious work (even when you're hiking up a big flight of stairs, you think and coordinate), and nothing available for that price that runs on those batteries could possibly provide enough stimulation/contraction to actually work the muscles in a beneficial way. The machines health professionals use are very powerful, expensive, and made to target specific muscles on individuals with separate leads, and these TV products aren't comparable or effective.

That's what I was gonna point out, they just don't have enough power. I occasionally recieve muscle stim treatments from my chiropractor if I really tear up a muscle during hockey. A few years ago I got a cramp in my calf so bad that I had what they call "slow tears". I had 4 muscle stim treaments that week and was playing hockey that weekend, it worked amazing. So the next year I had a pulled a muscle(hamstring I think) and went in thinking he'd slap ont he stim patches and away we'd go. He told me that it wouldn't work for that, that the purpose of muscle stim is to breakdown scar tisue, loosen up the fibers and increase bloodflow, thus hastening the natural healing process. These stims don't really strengthen, tone or build muscles, they promote healing of brokendown tissue.

Muscle stim works great when used correctly, but losing far and toning muscle isn't it. There may be SOME benefits of toning adbominal muscles through forced contractions, but the gains would be minimal and would require hours and hours of use. Possible, but not at all practical.

 

[EJFan]

When these came out, I asked my physical therapist if there was any validity to the claims because we were using an e-stim machine to work a muscle around my knee after surgery. He said an unequivocal "NO!" and gave me a list of reasons, two of which were: true muscle building requires conscious work (even when you're hiking up a big flight of stairs, you think and coordinate), and nothing available for that price that runs on those batteries could possibly provide enough stimulation/contraction to actually work the muscles in a beneficial way.

in addition, stimulating the muscles to cause a reflexive response is not going to cause muscle growth... only making the muscle fibers tear and then rebuilding them with proper diet will cause muscle growth. in order for this to happen (among other things) you have to eat a caloric surplus and that's contradictory to what you need to do to burn fat... that requires eating at a caloric deficit.

 

[EJFan]

i probably should add that increasing your muscle mass will afford you the opportunity to eat more in general as the muscle mass will burn more calories by your very existence.

 

[jetdriver68]

I saw an advert on TV this morning for one of those devices that you attach to yourself and it sends tiny vibrations into your mucsles to help you lose weight without really doing anything. Do they actually work?

Of course they work! They wouldn't put something on TV if it wasn't true!