I take it back

I was wrong about the shock belt, that little sucker actually works pretty darn well! I figured out all you've got to do it wear it for a little while before you turn it on. That way you get a little sweat built up between you and the electrodes to disperse the current more evenly. I played with it some last night, and then again today... and it really works. It's cool, my abs just sort of flex involuntarily. At the higher settings they flex really hard! I've still on a pretty low setting, but today I did move it up some from compared to last night, so I bet I'll gradually ramp it up more and more.

I wore it for about 15 min today, and then 30 mins later I tried doing some crunches... I got through about 25 before I was tuckered. Now, after the belt and crunches I can really feel that my abs are worked. I mean, it's been about 45 min since I did the crunches and my abs still feel tired. So, it must be doing something effective.

The down side is that I think only 1 of the 2 electrodes is working. I noticed that the right side of my abs were flexing a lot more than the left, so I moved the belt around so that it looked off center, but then all of my abs started firing.

If a $6 piece of crap that only half works, is this good, I wonder how well the expensive ones work?

Shock Therapy

I got the Ab stimulator belt in the mail a couple of weeks ago, and for $7 I got about a minute and a half of enjoyment out of it... HA! I'm not sure exactly what it's supposed to do, or supposed to feel like, but all it does it give you lots of little shocks in rapid succession. It doesn't really seem very controlled at all, more like two leads are arcing over your skin. It didn't make my muscles contract at all, at least not my abs.... I put it on my forearm and my hand started to tingle. I laughed and giggled at the shocks for a few seconds and then turned it off. At the higher settings it can be downright painful!

I wonder if I should try to spread the current over my skin better with some contact gel or something, but then I might just burn myself in more places!... that's right, where the two leads were left slightly burned red spots on my stomach.

It was a fun experiment, and now I have something that will send a current every second if I want to play Mr Wizard or something later.

The up shot of this whole thing is that my cat Fri has benefitted the most I think. While I only got a few minutes of enjoyment, Fri has gotten hours and hours of playtime out of the rubber band that came around the device. He so cute, he's like a dog and he'll pick it up and carry into the room I'm in and play with. He follows me around with it.