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BRETTO Posts: 201 Joined: 2002/05/25	2002/07/10, 04:47 PM You know those stupid electro-pad things you stick to your body in different places? They use cycles of mild shock to tense your muscles over and over. Isn't tensing your muscles over and over again exactly what you do when you lift weights? I understand that lifting weights flexes your muscles much more intensely than those pad things, but technically if you had a strong enough shock - one than really tenses your muscles hard, you could strap on your electro-pads and go to sleep. You wake up the next morning exhausted and PUMPED-UP! Right? :0)
Lumina20 Posts: 966 Joined: 2001/10/31	2002/07/10, 04:50 PM I don't think you'd wake up at all
BRETTO Posts: 201 Joined: 2002/05/25	2002/07/10, 04:56 PM lumina20.........LOL!!!
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/07/10, 05:18 PM Ha, ha, ha! I agree...you may not wake up the next day. Seriously, the mild electronic shock tenses your muscle but does not destroy them! This is achieved by continuous strain which essentially tears them apart. So, you're not just "tensing" your muscles in weight training. During your sleep, your body begins to repair the damaged muscle tissues. As time goes by, the repaired muscle strands become stronger and thicker. This increases muscle mass and density which increases your overall strength. Therefore, unless you shock your muscles enough to destroy them, those electronic contraptions are pretty much useless. I guess you can turn yourself into a lightning rod and do it that way, but you may do much more damage than just destroy your muscles...LOL! -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever!