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Does Full Body EMS Really Make Core Muscles Stronger? A German University Study Tested It for 10 Weeks

Does Full Body EMS Really Make Core Muscles Stronger? A German University Study Tested It for 10 Weeks

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Did you know muscles can get up to 27% stronger without long gym sessions? So why are so many people still tired, weak, and stuck at desks?

A German university study tested whole-body electrical muscle stimulation, called Whole Body EMS. They followed untrained adults for 10 weeks and measured real muscle changes.

The sessions were short. Only 20 minutes, about once or twice per week.

Yet something interesting happened. Core and trunk muscles became much stronger.

Researchers measured strength using force and torque tests. The strongest group improved 15–21% in muscle force.

Torque increased even more. Some people reached up to 26–27% improvement.

That is not a feeling. That is measured data.

But here is the surprising part. Posture did not change much at all.

Stronger muscles did not automatically fix posture. That raised an important question.

Is strength enough on its own? Or does the body need something more?

The study also tested different EMS frequencies. 85 Hz worked better than 20 Hz.

That means how EMS is used matters. Details change results.

This research was done at German public universities. It was peer-reviewed and ethically approved.

No marketing. No influencers. Just data.

If you sit all day, this matters. If you feel weaker than before, this matters.

And if you like real science explained simply, this is for you.

👉 Click the link to explore more. You’ll find the full research digest, podcast, and original paper.

You may be surprised what else this study reveals. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4jAmZPt

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