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Optimize Me

Apparently, Zapping Your Muscles with Electricity Can Make Them Stronger

What to know before you try electrical muscle stimulation

Elemental
Published in
5 min readFeb 25, 2020

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Optimize Me is an Elemental column exploring (and fact-checking) the weirdest self-improvement trends. It comes out every Tuesday.

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Dana G Smith
Elemental

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental