Does Electrical Muscle Stimulation technology work?

A team of us are going to be blogging weekly to keep us motivated and report our experiences on toning belt, Slendertone System-Abs. We’ve been given toning belts to trial and test, whether electrical muscle stimulation really does work? They claim with the System-Abs you’ll “get a firmer, flatter stomach in four weeks.”

How does it work?

The System-Abs uses clinically proven EMS technology to exercise all areas of the abdomen. A signal is sent to the abdominal, and as the signal strength increases this causes the muscle to contract. The great thing about this system we can use it absolutely anywhere you like, relaxing at home, watching TV, doing the cleaning or even at work.

Before we start, I’d just like to introduce myself and the rest of the team including our motivations and what we’d like to get out of the System-Abs.

Sap, 27
I really want to get back into shape! Over the last six month I’ve started going to the gym twice a week and love aerobic exercise (particularly the step machine and running). Unfortunately the flat stomach I used to have is a distant memory. I basically want to have a firmer, flatter stomach and overall look and feel better in myself in my body shape. If you have any tips about the System-Abs and exercise, I’d welcome your thoughts and ideas.

And meet the rest of the team….

Ashley, 25
I’m a keen runner and I am interested to see if the Slendertone System works whilst I am doing exercise. I wouldn’t class myself as a ripped athlete but always keen to stay fit and work on the abs with minimal effort i.e stacks of sit ups.

If I can continue to run long distance and develop my abs at the same time with the belt then it’s a winner! I usually run about 6k twice a week and local football on a Sunday. Slendertone me up!

Richard, 27
I am in pretty good shape but have a little bit of a tummy, it’s the only area left to tone and am struggling to target this area, I cycle quite a lot which is good for all arms legs and bum but not so good for tummy.

I am hoping that a Slendertone will target this area.

Rachael, 29
I am really looking forward to doing this trial. I am a relatively fit person, and have knowledge of health and fitness within the gym as I use to train people. I thought this would be a good experience for me as I have always been against gadgets that are suppose to make you slim and trim without the hard work, so this should be interesting.

Also, I know that you’re abdominal muscles are the hardest ones to train, especially for females because we naturally carry more fat mass as apposed to lean muscle! Can’t wait, bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt, 29
I’m reasonably fit but want to tone my stomach. I don’t have much fat on my stomach but haven’t got much definition either. I’m really looking forward to trying out the system abs. I find it very difficult to find time to exercise being an office worker and living 45 mins from my home, also with my type of occupation you find that you really need to do overtime this leaves even less time to do a workout.

I also find that it’s very hard to have the willpower to take that initial step and to get motivated to exercise. Even though you are sat in an office all-day you can still be very tired and the tiredness is mental rather than physical. I’m hoping that the system abs will not only tone up my abs but give me an incentive to start doing some more exercise.

Overall I hope that I generally feel better about myself and feel less tired in the evenings. No more excuses!

Sam, 24
I’m reasonably fit. I don’t have much fat on my stomach but don’t have much definition either. I hope to improve my muscle tone and definition.

And so the trial begins…..

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