FIRST PRINCIPLES
For convenience, these guidelines for Electrical Muscle Exercise (EME) are grouped into three sections - Rehabilitation, Toning and Body Building.

Rehabilitation - for those who are overcoming an injury, who have just come out of plaster, or who have had recent surgery.

Toning - for those with average tone who want to improve muscle condition and shape.

Body Building - for those with above average muscularity who want to gain muscle bulk, strength and power (appropriate also for sports people).

* Ideally, these sessions should be performed every second day. This allows adequate time between workouts for rest and recovery. Please note that one should not have the next exercise session if still sore from the previous one.

For those wanting to start body building/sports training we recommend starting with 'toning' and building up to 'body building' over a period of 2 - 3 weeks.

Please be aware that these pages are intended as a guide only, and any fitness/rehabilitation programme should be guided by an accredited fitness instructor, sports physician or physiotherapist.

List of precautions.

From time to time, the 'work load' in a workout will need to be increased for gains in strength and muscle fitness to continue. When this is required, simply change the following parameters as indicated.

1. Increase the duration of a workout
2. Increase the intensity of contraction
3. Increase the contraction time
4. Decrease the relaxation time