Hawkes Physiotherapy Blog

Finally DONE! ABOVE: Me looking smug So drum roll! what are the results? Deadlift: At the start: 90KG NOW: 130KG 44% Increase Seated dumbbell shoulder press: At the start: 16.5KG NOW: 23KG Overall result of percentage increase in strength: 39% Increase Wide grip Lat pull downs: At the start: 50KG NOW: 80KG 60% Increase So overall I can conclude that over 12 weeks the Compex NMES increases strength by 39-60% overall and that anecdotally it increases muscle size and is very good for recovery too. So in summary, IT WORKS!! Telephone: 01782 771861 Mobile: 07866195914 Email: mathewhawkesphysiotherapy@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/HawkesPhysiotherapy Twitter:  https://twitter.com/MathewHawkes YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/hawkesphysiotherapy LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mathew-hawkes/1a/a45/501 Google +:  https://plus.google.com/+Hawkesphysio

So it's week 10 of training with the Compex Update: So I am nearly all recovered from my illness and I am back into good hard training but honestly I do believe that being ill has affected my strength gains as you might expect. This being said though my strength has still gone up slightly on the deadlift and amazingly so has my muscle size. I know that the muscle size has increased because my body fat percentage has dropped but I put a shirt on the other night and it was so tight on the arms that I couldn't bend the elbows! So I can not only conclude that the Compex works for strength and recovery but also hypertrophy! DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) - This has gone up due to the change in style of training but again the recovery and massage settings have helped. Strength: Only a small increase on the deadlift but the other two are no different. Week 10: Timeframe Deadlift Seated Dumbbe

So it's week 8 of training with the Compex Update: Unfortunately, I have been ill over the last 2 weeks with a cough and head cold so although I was training well in the first few days I got sick (the joys of having a 3 year old)! So I decided to take some time out to recover. In truth it's not such a bad thing I have trained very hard for the last 6-7 weeks and a deload week is common to take at such a time. So fingers crossed I'll be recovered soon and I can crack on with the last few weeks of hard training. See you in 2 weeks for my penultimate (Healthy) update! Telephone: 01782 771861 Mobile: 07866195914 Email: mathewhawkesphysiotherapy@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/HawkesPhysiotherapy Twitter:  https://twitter.com/MathewHawkes YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/hawkesphysiotherapy LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mathew-hawkes/1a/a45/50