During my off season, I was introduced to Tesla Former, a device that is used for muscle strengthening for areas such as the glutes, abdomen, hamstrings, arms and pelvic floor using Functional Magnetic Stimulation (FMS).
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FMS technology has been scientifically found to result in increased muscle mass after multiple treatments on the same targeted area. Basically, the TESLA Former has a pulsed magnetic field to contract the muscles that you are targeting and it will trigger motor nerves and excite muscle contraction.
I tried the TESLA Former on my stomach, glutes and quads. For each area I tried it for 30 minutes and you can adjust the intensity – I went up to about 85%. I could really feel my muscles contracting and for the next one to two days after the treatment, I was a little sore in these areas too, similar to how it would be like after a hard workout. In a 30-minute session, the machine can achieve more than 50,000 pulses.
I did it at Halley Medical Aesthetics at Orchard Gateway. When you go for the first time, there will be a consultation with Dr Terence Tan first and he will find out what your objectives are for doing this treatment.
The good thing about this non-invasive treatment is that there is no downtime and no preparation needed. It doesn’t hurt at all and during the session you can watch Netflix or sleep.
I’m doing this to help strengthen my muscles – as part of injury prevention – on top of all my triathlon training and HIIT sessions. I would recommend doing this in addition to your fitness regime, and not to replace your workouts!
More details on the blog at www.cheryltay.sg/teslaformer
