Compex Fitness Trainer Muscle Stimulation Device
When a technique like electronic muscle stimulation is as widely used by elite athletes such as Jerry Rice, the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets, it's because it is effective. Compex Fitness Trainer muscle stimulation device is an innovative product that improves sport training. By using the Compex fitness trainer athletes get the true competitive advantage because the can train more effectively and efficiently.
Compex Fitness Trainer is a muscle stimulation device meant for individuals interested in building muscles, toning and shaping to improve general physical fitness. The Compex Fitness Trainer includes two training programs and one special program. Electronic muscle stimulation is effective for muscle and fitness training and well as muscle rehabilitation.
The electrical impulses control the work of the muscles via the motor nerves. Programming these impulses enables the athletes to target their workout for power, endurance or resistance. The Compex electronics give powerful contractions without pain. The microprocessor controls the work of the muscles while adhering to principles of traditional training physiology.
Compex Fitness Trainer Programs

Endurance program

Helps you cope with long-duration aerobic activities and increases muscle resistance to fatigue by building slow-twitch muscle fibers

Resistance program

An all-around program for endurance and strength, building both slow-twitch and fasttwitch muscle fibers

Active Recovery program

Facilitates relaxation of muscles and reduces muscle soreness and stiffness following competition or demanding workouts.
This type of equipment has been used successfully in physical medicine for many years. It has nothing in common with the "gadgets" that can be found on the market.

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. This enables athletes to enhance their training and improve muscle performance for any sport.

Who Should Use It?

Compex Fitness Trainer muscle stimulation device is designed for serious athletes and general fitness enthusiasts who wish to enhance their competitive performance and gain a true competitive advantage!
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 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 three training programs to enhance your athletic performance: Endurance Resistance Active Recovery
Each of these three training programs offers five different levels of work that can be gradually increased.
ENDURANCE Program (Levels 1-5)
Who Can Benefit? Athletes competing in endurance events will see results with this program! It develops the oxidative power of the slow muscle fibers (i.e. their capacity to take oxygen). Sport Usage: Marathon, Swimming >400 m, Running, Triathlon, Rowing, Cross Country Skiing, Cycling, Skating, Soccer, Walking Its Special Feature? This is a long program of medium intensity. It increases the capillarization of the muscles and establishes a working regimen for developing the oxidative power of the slow muscle fibers, to achieve greater V02 capacity and endurance. Program Profile: The Endurance Program is a long program (45 minutes) that works slow muscle fibers (i.e. the endurance muscle fibers) required in endurance sports.

RESISTANCE Program (Levels 1-5)
Who Can Benefit? If you're an elite or amateur athlete, competing in a sport requiring intense effort (i.e. "power") for more than 10 seconds, you will benefit from this program. This program increases muscle size, strength and density in the higher modes/settings, and improves muscle tone and firmness in the lower modes/settings. Sport Usage: Running: 400m, Running: 800m, Cycling, Body Building, Swimming >100m, Dance, Weight Lifting, Toning & Shaping, Mountain Biking Its Special Feature? The Resistance Program makes the muscle work very intensively. This enables you to train the muscle at an intensity seldom achieved through ordinary training. The Resistance Program builds muscle size, strength and density. Program Profile: The Resistance Program consists of long tetanic (fused or solid) contractions of the slow and fast twitch muscle fibers, alternating with short contractions in the "active rest" stages.

ACTIVE RECOVERY Program:

Who Can Benefit? This program is for all athletes. Compex's Active Recovery Program is designed to speed your muscle recovery after an intense training session or competition. Its Special Feature? This program increases blood flow into the muscles, which helps remove lactic acid, thus enabling a faster recovery of muscle capacity. The result is increased relaxation of the muscles, thereby minimizing next-day muscle soreness and stiffness. This is what increases the speed of your recovery. Program Profile: In the Active Recovery Program, the muscles do not contract; they undergo a series of twitches like a massage. The frequency of the twitches gradually decreases over the 24-minute session.
Compex Fitness includes: Compex Muscle Stimulator, Battery Charger, User Manual, Electrode Placement Guidebook, Carrying Case, Electrode Lead wires (set of 4), 2"x2" Gel Electrodes (1 pack of 4) and 2"x4" Gel Electrodes (1 pack of 2)

COMPEX SPORT vs COMPEX FITNESS TRAINER Now that we have 2 models of Compex Units to choose from, a common question is Which unit is right for me? The following information should help you decide. Two models to choose from: The Compex Sport is the choice of many cyclists, triathletes, and others who are looking for a training advantage. The six programs, Potentiation (Warm-Up), Resistance, Strength, Explosive Strength, Endurance, and Active Recovery, cover all your training and recovery needs throughout the season. The Sport is especially useful for enhancing and even replacing weight training in the gym during the off-season. If you are interested in building pure strength and muscle mass, and you normally incorporate off-season weight training into your routine, this unit would be a better choice for you over the Fitness Trainer. The Compex Fitness trainer is a scaled-down version of the Sport. Having three programs, Endurance, Resistance and Active Recovery. I think that runners in particular, and anyone else wanting to maintain their existing muscle mass, are good candidates for the Fitness Trainer. The Resistance program is a light strength program that can be used to help increase strength significantly without building large amounts of muscle mass. Also, if recovery is primarily the area you are looking to improve upon, this unit is a good choice.
Program Potentiation Resistance Strength Explosive Strength Endurance Active Recovery Compex Sport * * * * * * * * * Compex Fitness Trainer Primary Purpose Warm-up Light strength or strength maintenance Strength building Pure sprint strength All endurance sports Excellent recovery