EMS

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Electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, is gaining popularity in the U.S. as a potential way to boost workouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The technology is gaining popularity in the U.S. as a potential way to boost workouts, though critics say the marketing of EMS is often hyperbolic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

German researcher Wolfgang Kemmler, who has studied the benefits of whole-body EMS since the early 2010s, calls it an option for people who are “unfamiliar with, unmotivated for, or unable to undertake” conventional workouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Next up: electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, where people wear damp suits covered with electrodes that zap their major muscle groups simultaneously for about 20 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Outside, kids waiting to board their buses formed an aisle that led to the rear of the EMS unit.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman