Increase muscle strength, muscle mass and speed with EMS

Hello bloggers, im happy to note once again that the wonders of technology spans across all areas. My reason for saying this is due to the wonderful discovery I made while searching for a new topic to post. What seems to be a long time widely used device in Europe has been slowly gaining momentum in North America. The device I am referring to is the Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS), which was developed to increase muscle strength, muscle mass,  jump height, running speed and recovery. What I get to understand about the device is that electrical impulses are generated by the EMS unit and delivered through electrodes on the skin close to the desired muscle to be stimulated. For training purposes it provides greater contraction of the muscle therefore using more muscles than normal methods. The EMS also helps with muscle recruitment velocity, it changes the sequence of how the body uses muscles naturally by switching from a slow twitch to a faster twitch when needed. The EMS changes this sequence "thus making this type of muscle training beneficial for all speed, power and strength athletes."  As for weight training, it is more beneficial to beginner athletes as it helps to increase muscle strength and mass at a faster rate for those who are lacking. Overall, EMS is more commonly used for rehabilitation, however I believe that if incorporated in one's training program the benefits can be significant. EMS is a highly under- rated product and with the right marketing and product education particularly in North America, it can become a huge success.  I have attached a video below of how the EMS works during weight training for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

RFID chips plan to go mainstream in Tack and Field

Recently I have discovered that the use of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) chips during races have been steadily gaining popularity within the sport. According to the website speedendurance.com, the chips are being strapped to the shoes of athletes particularly during road races and long distant races on the track such as the 10,000 meter and the 5,000 meter. The chips have the capability of tracking the location of athletes 25 times per second and will allow officials to track how fast athletes are moving and the speed at which they are accelerating. RFID was used at the 2008 Beijng Olympics in the 10,000 meter event for tracking the splits on every lap. As quoted ont the website Boston.com, the RFID chip other wise known as Lynx was founded "by MIT grads almost twenty years ago, has high hopes for the new system, which it describes as "radar for sports."  Players wearing the battery-powered, ultra-wideband tracking chips — which are a bit smaller than a book of matches — can be located in a stadium within about six inches." Lynx is considered to be a localized indoor gps system due to its superb tracking capabilities. The product makers have hopes of  Lynx extending further to the sport of football where one will be able to see an actual first down in pile up and even further extending to horse racing. According to speedendurance.com "At the Reggie Lewis Center, the chips talk to six wireless data receivers located around the building. The collected data about players’ location can be viewed in real-time on a laptop, to give announcers information about estimated finish times, for instance, or can be replayed afterward by a coach to help runners identify the points in a race where they may have slowed down." A feature that would greatly help both coaches and athletes in evaluating their performances. Many advocates of the RFID chip are anxious to see the chip being used on a super athelete such as Usain Bolt who's superb speed could now be broken down accurately with the chip recording his 10meter splits. I have attached a youtube video of what the Lynx RFID chip can do. Enjoy!!!

Increasing strength and virility through technology

One of the many ways that Track and field uses technology in track and field to increase strength and virility by using what is called a Virtex.

Greetings

Welcome all ardent track and field lovers and occasional event viewers. Track and field is one of the oldest sports known to mankind predated as far back as the Olympic Games of Ancient Greece since776 BC, a time when only men were allowed to compete.Organized track and field continued while becoming widely popular up until the Middle Ages where it all but phased out. The sport picked up momentum once again in England during the 19th Century through its public schools and universities that held inter class track and field meets or meetings as they are currently called. As track and field regained its popularity and began to spread globally there was the need to establish global standards and rules in order to govern the sport. In its development, technology has played a major role in the development of track and field ranging from the making of the track which needs to be perfectly symmetrical and and exact in the distance of 400m, to the use of certain equipments and techniques that would aid athletes in running faster than before, jumping further and higher than before and not to mention throwing further than ever imagined. It also affects the actual competition itself through the use of electronic timers, lap timers and photo finishes to name a few. The aim of this blog is to constantly keep readers abreast as to the latest technology that is used to improve the sport, the virility and the agility of the athletes.The blog aims to not only give a synopsis of these technologies but also to analyze how it will affect the sport while simultaneously encouraging feed back and debate from readers. Thanks for visiting my blog and HAPPY READING!!!!