Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Improves Performance-Related Parameters in Runners Amaro Gahete, Francisco José De la O Puerta, Alejandro Sánchez-Delgado, Guillermo Robles-Gonzalez, Lidia Jurado Fasoli, Lucas Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan Gutiérrez Sáinz, Ángel WB-EMS VO2max Running economy Recreational runners Physical endurance Detraining The aim of this study was to study the effects of a 6-session (one per week) WB-EMS training intervention on maximum oxygen uptake, aerobic and gas exchange thresholds, running economy, and muscular power in male recreational runners. Twelve men were randomized into WB-EMS intervention (n = 6; 27.0 +/- 7.5 years; 70.1 +/- 11.1 kg; 1.75 +/- 0.5 m) or control (n = 6; 27.0 +/- 6.1 years; 73.6 +/- 3.4 kg; 1.77 +/- 0.3 m). The WB-EMS group reduced the running training frequency to one per week and followed one WB-EMS training session per week during 6 weeks. Participants in the control group maintained their usual running endurance training. Each participant completed four assessments: physiological parameters [(i) VO(2)max, aerobic and gas exchange threshold values, and (ii) running economy at two intensities], muscular power (vertical jump), and anthropometric parameters both at baseline and after the intervention. Participants in the WB-EMS group improved VO(2)max, aerobic and gas exchange threshold values, running economy, and vertical jump (p < 0.05) compared to the control group. There, WB-EMS seems to be an effective training methodology leading to improvements in performance during endurance training volume reduction in male recreational runners. 2019-10-29T08:25:58Z 2019-10-29T08:25:58Z 2018-11-13 journal article Amaro-Gahete FJ, De-la-O A, Sanchez-Delgado G, Robles-Gonzalez L, Jurado-Fasoli L, Ruiz JR and Gutierrez A (2018) Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Improves Performance-Related Parameters in Runners. Front. Physiol. 9:1576. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57568 10.3389/fphys.2018.01576 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España Frontiers Media