People try many things for body shaping. They take a few “slimming, fat-burning” pills and nibble chocolate in front of the TV, hoping that overnight the layer of fat built up over years of persistent snacking will “disappear.” They eat salad for two weeks and wonder why the few pounds they lost come right back within three days after the diet.
Unfortunately, body shaping requires more than that! You need to make lasting changes to your eating habits and move and train much more.
Is that tiring!? Yes, it is! But it’s the only thing that works. However, there are several tools that support body shaping efforts. One of them is the muscle stimulator—if used properly.
Can you lose weight with ONLY muscle stimulation?
I have to say NO. Muscle stimulation is not a “magic wand” that simply makes those fat deposits disappear overnight that developed through “years of hard, exhausting work.”
Many react offended to my answer and refer to ads where they saw a housewife nibbling cookies as she watches TV while some pill supposedly melts away her fat. These ads are scams. They show what people want to see: that you don’t have to do anything to lose weight and you can continue your life and diet as before.
Warning! The chiseled bodies in these commercials are shaped through grueling workouts and strict diets—they’re shown to make you believe that thanks to the advertised device, you can become enviably “shapely” without a drop of sweat.
The truth is that such a method doesn’t exist. You have to “burn” the stored fat! Exercise is the most effective way. No one can move and train for you! There’s nothing that can replace it, but it’s certainly possible to aid the fat loss process.
The muscle stimulator accelerates muscle development, improves workout efficiency, and thereby enhances fat burning. It truly helps you reach your goal faster.
Does muscle stimulation “burn” fat?
Muscle stimulation significantly accelerates muscle growth, strengthening, and muscle metabolism, thereby supporting the fat-burning process. However, the stimulation impulse alone does not burn fat.
Does muscle stimulation convert fat into muscle?
The answer is a definite NO. Fat cannot (directly) be converted into muscle.
Fat is created by poor eating habits, consuming large amounts of high-calorie foods, a sedentary lifestyle, and avoiding exercise. In contrast, muscle is “built,” increased, and strengthened through regular training, perseverance, and effort.
Fat will never turn into muscle. The energy released by burning fat must (can) be used to build muscles. This is what has a shaping effect.
Fat loss. Does stimulation help?
My answer is YES.
When used regularly alongside proper nutrition and exercise, muscle stimulation accelerates muscle mass growth, which contributes to higher energy expenditure. Therefore, the muscle stimulator indirectly aids in weight loss.
You might think: “I eat healthily and exercise, so I don’t even need electrical stimulation.”
Indeed, it’s not absolutely essential; muscle stimulation is not a prerequisite for weight loss. However, through stimulation, muscles become toned, firmer, and thicker much faster. Such muscles require more calories even at rest, thus speeding up the fat-burning process. With stimulation, you can achieve the desired result in a shorter time.
Muscle stimulation is especially useful for those who have limited time for workouts.
Stronger muscles burn more calories!
With muscle stimulation, muscles become stronger and their metabolism improves. As a result, workout intensity will increase, too. You’ll move faster, run longer, lift heavier weights, or perform more reps in the same time. Fatigue decreases and with more frequent and more intense workouts, more calories are burned.
By increasing muscle tone itself (making muscles more efficient), the body burns more calories. With a healthy diet and daily exercise exceeding 60 minutes, the body also draws energy from stored fat. The muscle stimulator makes the fat-burning process easier and faster.
What are “lipolysis” programs for?
Some devices offer special programs to mobilize fat deposits in the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs. These are usually called “lipolysis,” meaning fat dissolution.
On the abdominal area, fat is much more “fluid.” The impulses of lipolysis programs make the fat cell membranes more permeable, so fat kind of “flows out” of the cells. However, lipolysis treatments should be combined with exercise. Increased circulation from movement is very important because the fat droplets “released” by stimulation only leave the storage site this way. Without it, the dissolved fat “re-solidifies.”
Combining electrostimulation with movement can enhance the rate of fat loss and thus make body-shaping training more effective.
For stimulation combined with workouts in the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs, it’s worth using a reusable belt or electrode pads, as the lifespan of adhesive electrodes is greatly reduced by sweating. There are belt-like electrostimulation electrodes that can be used while walking, cycling, or jogging.
