BOOSTING YOUR METABOLISM WITH EMS
A SMARTER WAY TO BURN CALORIES
BY NUZUNA
What is Metabolism ?
Metabolism is the rate at which you burn calories known as your basal metabolic rate ( BMR ). Broadly speaking , you burn calories just by existing — whether you ’ re sitting , exercising , or sleeping , your metabolism is converting calories from food into energy . That energy powers your cells and maintains all your systems , from your brain to your muscles .
When you increase your BMR , you increase how many calories your body uses to keep everything running . When you burn more calories than you consume , you ’ re more likely to lose weight . However , in terms of weight management , calories are just one piece of a larger puzzle . Of course , there ’ s a lot of variability in everyone ’ s personal BMR due to variables like age , sex , body composition , hormone profile , and inflammation levels .
How Can Metabolism Be Trained ?
We have three major energy systems that we can influence with training . ATP is an important currency for energy !
Adenosine-tri-phosphate ( ATP ) is the center of our energy systems . It creates energy for muscles to work by donating a phosphate molecule and releasing energy ( and becoming adenosine di-phosphate in the process ). This process of ATP- > ADP is absolutely needed for muscle contractions . We can think of it as being essential for any muscle contraction . We can think of ATP as our currency that we need to purchase muscle contractions and further boost our metabolism .
So building muscle is one of the best ways to boost your metabolism , period . That ’ s because body fat is easy for your body to store — but muscle is metabolically active tissue . That means your body has to burn calories just to maintain your muscle mass . Having more muscle mass will help you burn more calories when you exercise . More muscle means more strength and more force production , which means more caloric expenditure .
The Most Important Energy System for Boosting Your Metabolism
The simplest energy system to describe is the Alactic system . It is the system that acts the quickest and gives us the most power . Those benefits come with a cost in that it is short-acting . We only get this boost for short periods of time . It uses ATP that is stored in the cells and creatine phosphate , which quickly gives up a phosphate molecule to change ADP back into ATP .
Within 5 seconds of maximum effort ( think a full-effort sprint ), your creatine phosphate system is depleted by a third . Within 15 seconds , it is reduced by 50 % and within 30 seconds it is basically depleted . As we move past the 30s , another energy system kicks in to create ATP .
This Alactic-system is great for heavyweights of 1-5 reps per set or highintensity sprints . This kind of training creates the most amount of tension in the muscles and triggers fast-twitch fibers which metabolites ATP very efficiently .
But What If You Can Not Lift Heavy Weights or Sprint Fast ?
If your body is not ready for lifting heavy weights or fast sprints then EMS exercise is a great alternative to train this energy system without the downsides of heavyweights and speed training .
For a long time , EMS exercise was meant to train specifically for injured or less productive people . But also because of the limited accessibility of only using low frequencies . Nuzuna ’ s EMS exercise uses low to mid-range frequency impulses to penetrate deep in the muscle and ligaments and create an awesome muscle tension that can be used with almost every training style . Old EMS technology was always connected to a lot of cables and had no freedom of movement . However , with the Nuzuna ’ s revolutionary SUPER-SUIT , free movement is no longer a dream . Nuzuna ’ s SUPER-SUIT stimulates slow and fast-twitch fibers simultaneously . So lifting light weights with the boosting effect of our SUPER-SUIT creates the same muscle tension as heavy weightlifting and therefore increases your metabolism .
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