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The Compex Muscle Stimulators have just launched in the US. It is based on Swiss design and technology and assembled in the USA. Compex products are used throughout Europe by elite athletes and sport enthusiasts to enhance their training and improve their sports performance. Compex Sport and Fitness are the only sports muscle stimulators cleared by the FDA for marketing in the United States to be broadly marketed to consumers. Compex is utilized by elite triathletes such as Petr Vabrousek, Simon Lessing, and Melanie McQuaid. HOW DOES IT WORK? When you exercise, the brain sends the order in the form of electrical currents that travel at high speed along the nerve fibers. These electrical currents excite the motor nerve, which then passes the information to the immediate surroundings of the muscle, triggering a muscle contraction. With electrostimulation, the excitation is directly produced at the motor nerve, rather than by the brain. Compex Muscle Stimulator produces powerful muscle contractions through "optimal", safe and comfortable electrical impulses delivered at the motor nerves. A unique training planner on CD-ROM guides athletes in customizing these electrical impulses to target their workouts for power, endurance, speed or resistance. This enables athletes to enhance their training and improve muscle performance for any sport. TRAINING PROGRAMS Complete Training Programs Designed For All Athletes & Their Particular Sports! A sprinter versus a marathon runner, a football player versus a basketball player, a cross country skier versus an alpine skier; all require widely different physical preparation to achieve peak performance. Strength, speed, explosive power, resistance, endurance…with Compex Sport or Fitness, you can tailor your training program to suit your personal needs. If you currently employ a variety of training methods, you can combine the following training programs to enhance your athletic performance: Potentiation Program: (Sport Unit)

Warm up faster for competition or physical activity

Release maximum strength more easily and readily

Prepare muscles for activity without psychological and cardiovascular fatigue and osteotendinous

Athlete is able to warm up muscles more efficiently without expending energy Endurance Program: (Sport and Fitness Unit)

Enhance muscle fibers' ability to use more efficiently (VO2)

Help muscles cope with long duration aerobic activities

Increase muscle resistance to fatigue

Targets slow twitch muscle fibers

Ideal for runners, cyclist, swimmers, triathletes or anyone that needs to increase or maintain stamina Resistance Program: (Sport and Fitness Unit)

Increase resistance to muscle fatigue

Increase strength of slow-twitch muscle fibers

Increase power of fast-twitch muscle fibers

Increase resistance to prolonged efforts

Ideal for anyone that goes to the gym to lift, increase muscle size, and stay in shape Strength Program: (Sport Unit)

Increase sheer muscle strength

Increase size of muscle

Help reduce risk of injury

Ideal for power lifters that want to maximize their size and workouts

Ideal for athletes wanting to increase pure strength and size Explosive Strength Program: (Sport Unit)

Increase explosive strength for short bursts of power

Targets fast twitch muscle fibers

Develop quick reactivity and forceful responses

Sheer, fast, and explosive power

Ideal for athletes that need that explosive power for forward or upward movements Active Recovery Program: (Sport and Fitness Unit)

Increase local blood flow through the fatigued muscles

Speed up removal of lactic acid

Promote the release of endorphins

Facilitate relaxation of muscles and reduce muscle soreness and stiffness the next day

Ideal for the athlete that plays back to back games, has little time to recover between events or lifting sessions, and needs his muscles to be ready on a day to day basis TRAINER CD & PLANNER An Essential Tool For Achieving The Best Results… Compex® Sport comes with a sophisticated and easy to use training program, in CD-ROM format. The CD features over 75 different sport alternatives so no matter what your sport, the Compex Training Planner helps you optimize your workouts and training regimen. Numerous Criteria Are Brought Into Play: Choice Of The Muscle To Be Stimulated - The muscles that work hardest in the specific sport should be stimulated first. For example, in Alpine skiing and cycling, the quadriceps are the primary muscles to be developed because they are used most intensely in these sports. However, Compex® Sport also provides intensive work of the ancillary muscles that are often neglected in conventional training. By selecting your sport on the CD-ROM, you will see the muscles that will be worked and the order of priority. Choice Of Program - Your Sport Determines The Appropriate Stimulation Program You Need: Endurance Resistance Strength Explosive Strength Choice Of The Levels - There are five different working levels for each of the four training programs: Endurance, Resistance, Strength, and Explosive Strength. The choice of the level will depend on how many hours of ordinary training you do. The Compex® Fitness CD-ROM will determine the best level suited to your training objectives and fitness level. Frequency Of Training Session - The number of sessions you should perform with Compex will vary depending on your competition season. Your muscles have to be stimulated at different rates depending on whether you are in a rest mode, in a maintenance mode, in a resumption of training mode or training during competition. Cycles Duration & Session Planning - The Training Planner helps you determine the number of weeks of muscle stimulation necessary to reach your goal. It also establishes the number of daily and/or weekly sessions to best meet this goal. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Neuromuscular stimulators from Compex Technologies are widely used by European athletes to enhance muscle size and strength, and improve athletic performance and physical fitness. Now available in the United States, Compex products use solid medical expertise and sophisticated electronic technology to provide powerful but comfortable muscle stimulation. Electrostimulation How Does It Work? - The operating principle of electrostimulation is very simple and faithfully reproduces the processes involved in muscle contraction under the control of our brain. When we decide to contract a muscle, the brain sends the order in the form of electrical currents that travel at high speed along the nerve fibers. At the end of the run, these electrical currents excite the motor nerve, which then passes the information to the immediate surroundings of the muscle, triggering a muscle contraction. With electrostimulation, the excitation is directly produced at the motor nerve by means of 'optimal' electrical impulses that guarantee efficacy, safety and comfort in use. Thanks to this process, the muscle cannot distinguish between a voluntary contraction (caused by the brain) and an electrically induced contraction: the work that it produces is the same irrespective of the nature of the order. The Optimal Impulse - The high quality electronic components of the Compex device generate optimal impulses. On the one hand, the impulses must fulfill efficacy criteria, since they have to be very strong to allow optimal recruitment of muscle fibers. On the other hand, the impulse must be safe and comfortable, with the power being perfectly controlled to avoid electrical pain or burns. Delivered by a current generator, the optimal impulses generated by the Compex device are perfectly rectangular, biphasic and symmetric, with duration depending on the muscle being stimulated. Muscle Physiology - A muscle is composed of elongated, cylindrical cells: the muscle fibers. Several types of fibers are distinguished depending on their speed of contraction: slow, intermediate and fast. Within individuals, the disposition and the proportion of the various types of muscle fibers are genetically determined. The fast fibers will be predominant in a sprinter whereas a marathon runner will have more slow fibers. Consequently the type of physiological properties required to excel in a sport will vary from one sport discipline to another. The Compex training programs specifically take into consideration these physiological differences and the unique requirements of different muscular qualities that optimize performance within a given sport; i.e. strength, explosive strength, endurance and resistance. Shipping Weight: 4.0 lb.