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Is It Worth It? Maybe...
55 y.o. male with a beer belly so consider that while reading this.
I've been fascinated by the idea of emsculpt since I first heard about it, so last year when I started taking my fitness seriously I started looking closely.
I purchased a peloton and I LOVE the strength classes. I had been doing them for a year and discovered that one of my weakest areas was my core. Part of the problem was that my upper body was so heavy that anytime I tried a situp I'd end up just lifting my legs off the ground and rocking onto my back. This made developing my abs difficult.
Enter Emsculpt Neo. The idea of doing 1,000 crunches in a half hour... Heck yeah. I made an appointment and I was told I was a good candidate (I'm not sure if I was a good candidate or a good customer) so I went ahead with it. $3000 for 4 sessions. one per week. She warned me that the device does not work on the hard under ab fat, but that it works on the jiggly surface fat.
I would not describe the procedure as painful, but I could easily see how some people would. You get sensations in both directions, your stomach muscles contract like a cramp, and your skin feels the electrical stimulation at the same time. I was able to handle it at 100%, but if it was much stronger (say 10%) or much longer I would have had a hard time with it. By the end my skin was itchy and mildly irritated. I expected to find something like burn marks on my skin but there weren't any just a slight reddening that went away in a few minutes.
It's actually kind of funny when it starts working. It tickles, then the contractions become stronger and the skin tingling more intense. There is a funny 'interlude' where the machine seems to tap tap tap on your belly. I guess this is where the lactic acid is being flushed from your muscles. I experienced NO muscle burn after and that is pretty cool.
At the post procedure meeting a month after the last session, we retook pictures and compared, before and after. I saw zero difference. The woman who was reviewing them with me claimed she saw some tightening. If there was any tightening I would attribute it to my workout regimen or a subconscious tightening of my core at the photo session, rather than the emsculpt neo.
Did I expect to lose up to 30% of my belly fat...? No.
Did I expect SOME fat loss, yeah I hoped so.
I think the neo DID help me build muscle and I think it DID compliment my own core regimen. I can now do situps with ease.
I now think that all the non-invasive techniques are best suited to people in great shape who just can't lose that last little bit.
Would I like to have my 3k back? Yes. I'll file this experience under 'poorer but wiser'.
So why did I say it's not worth it then? Realself counts a 'maybe' as a 'yes' and I did not want to count it as a yes so that's why I'm a maybe/no.
I've been fascinated by the idea of emsculpt since I first heard about it, so last year when I started taking my fitness seriously I started looking closely.
I purchased a peloton and I LOVE the strength classes. I had been doing them for a year and discovered that one of my weakest areas was my core. Part of the problem was that my upper body was so heavy that anytime I tried a situp I'd end up just lifting my legs off the ground and rocking onto my back. This made developing my abs difficult.
Enter Emsculpt Neo. The idea of doing 1,000 crunches in a half hour... Heck yeah. I made an appointment and I was told I was a good candidate (I'm not sure if I was a good candidate or a good customer) so I went ahead with it. $3000 for 4 sessions. one per week. She warned me that the device does not work on the hard under ab fat, but that it works on the jiggly surface fat.
I would not describe the procedure as painful, but I could easily see how some people would. You get sensations in both directions, your stomach muscles contract like a cramp, and your skin feels the electrical stimulation at the same time. I was able to handle it at 100%, but if it was much stronger (say 10%) or much longer I would have had a hard time with it. By the end my skin was itchy and mildly irritated. I expected to find something like burn marks on my skin but there weren't any just a slight reddening that went away in a few minutes.
It's actually kind of funny when it starts working. It tickles, then the contractions become stronger and the skin tingling more intense. There is a funny 'interlude' where the machine seems to tap tap tap on your belly. I guess this is where the lactic acid is being flushed from your muscles. I experienced NO muscle burn after and that is pretty cool.
At the post procedure meeting a month after the last session, we retook pictures and compared, before and after. I saw zero difference. The woman who was reviewing them with me claimed she saw some tightening. If there was any tightening I would attribute it to my workout regimen or a subconscious tightening of my core at the photo session, rather than the emsculpt neo.
Did I expect to lose up to 30% of my belly fat...? No.
Did I expect SOME fat loss, yeah I hoped so.
I think the neo DID help me build muscle and I think it DID compliment my own core regimen. I can now do situps with ease.
I now think that all the non-invasive techniques are best suited to people in great shape who just can't lose that last little bit.
Would I like to have my 3k back? Yes. I'll file this experience under 'poorer but wiser'.
So why did I say it's not worth it then? Realself counts a 'maybe' as a 'yes' and I did not want to count it as a yes so that's why I'm a maybe/no.