EMS

Example Sentences

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What’s the physical sensation of an EMS session?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Because EMS lacks familiar markers for exhaustion—it’s hard to gauge effort with involuntary muscle contractions—people can unwittingly overdo it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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

That can lead to rhabdomyolysis, a severe muscle breakdown caused by overexertion that can result in kidney failure, said Francisco J. Amaro Gahete, a leading researcher focused on whole-body EMS.

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