BJ didn't use that much, no where near athletes and BB'ers these days! Just read Speed Trap,
5mg of Tablets Dianabol 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off intially
then 5mg on one day then 10mg the next, and back
Later injectables
and the Estragol - again very low dosages
But off course it does help
Q: What are your thoughts on electric muscle stimulation for sprinters? If positive please explain how they are used.
A: EMS is a very useful adjunct to training. First, EMS can address muscle imbalances, by specifically working one set of muscles. Second, EMS can be used during an injury to maintain the unaffected muscles (an ankle sprain could make running and lifting impossible for a time even though almost every muscle in the body is ready and able to work) Third, EMS can be used as part of the rehabilitation program (this is particularly useful with knee injuries, where the VMO can be maintained without the need to bend the knee. The VMO is particularly fast to waste away during an injury, perhaps because it does a lot of eccentric work as a shock absorber. The standard protocol for EMS strength building is 10 maximal contractions of 10 sec duration with a 50 sec rest between contractions. In clinical settings, the rest period is almost always shortened in order to speed up the treatments (time is money). This greatly compromises the effectiveness of the treatment by reducing the force of the contractions, even though the patient may not feel the difference. Perhaps an analogy would help here. What would yield better average 100 meter times- 10 repeats with 20 min rest between, or 10 reps with 1 min rest? A lot of research went into determining the protocol I describe- so don’t stray from it! HOWEVER, what the Eastern block discovered, but didn’t tell you is that this EMS protocol can be applied up to three times a day, if necessary, provided there is a 4 hr break between applications! This is especially effective for athletes who are, shall we say, nutritionally enhanced.
Q: In your book, you talked about the PowerStim models from Bio-Med Systems, but I can't seem to locate the company. Do you have some recommendations for other EMS machines or can you put me in contact with a place to purchase the PowerStim models?
A: My sprint group was sponsored by BMR, a company out of Ireland. They had produced muscle stimulators for women for figure control, under the brand name SLENDERTONE. By chance, I was hooked up with the President of the company. Although the company’s focus was on “figure control”, it turned out that the president’s wife had used EMS for the treatment of race-horses as far back as 1948! This predated even the Polish and Russian applications. WE soon decided to develop products for the sports market under the POWERSTIM name. We assembled a great team of researchers and had the great fortune to hook up with Dr Joseph Cywinsky, the director of Medical Engineering at Harvard, who was the President of the American Society of Electrical Engineers. It turned out that, before defecting from Poland, he had been building EMS equipment for the Soviet Union’s sports teams as early as 1952! Unfortunately, the company was sold several times, and I am currently unaware of the company’s status. Perhaps a search of the NET would find them under their new name. I can tell you, however, that the key to a good STIM is the tolerability of the wave-form it generates. This is the key to achieving a maximal contraction. Most of the machines on the market will generate plenty of current (this is because fat is an insulator and the STIMS are mostly intended for women in clinical situations where, how can I put this delicately, fat is an issue. If you are a serious athlete we can safely assume that this won’t apply to you!) You should also know that EMS reverses the body’s normal order of muscle fiber recruitment, hitting the Fast Twitch Fibers first. ( This is because the larger neurons found in these fibers have lower resistance to the current flow.) An outflow of this phenomenon is that the more white fiber you have, the LESS current it takes to achieve a maximal contraction. Even if you’re not a sprinter though, don’t worry about frying your muscles, even if it sometimes feels that way! It only takes 5 MILLIONTHS of an AMP to contract your Quad! AS for the training manual- I’m currently working on a new, and much-expanded version. Stay tuned for details!
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