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FEBRUARY 2017
TEST
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The latest tri tech tested by our roving band of reviewers
NEW STUFF, TESTED
GLOBUS
TRIATHLON
£354.00
www.jdharris.comA triathlon-specific electrostimulation device? Surely it’s a sports
machine like any other in the Globus range and they’ve stamped
‘triathlon’ on the cover, right? Not quite, with this rudimentary-looking
machine featuring programmes and amplitudes specific for the
different tri disciplines and muscle groups.
So for swimming, among several muscles it d be the latissimus
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dorsi (back); cycling we’re talking hamstrings; and calves for running.
Level of stimulation is down to not only the size of the muscle – the lats,
for example, are much bigger than the soleus muscle of the calf – but
also the desired effect. If you’re looking to warm-up, amplitude will be
low; on the other hand, explosive strength is high. Other programmes
include active recovery, aerobic endurance and endurance strength,
with frequency up to a whopping 150Hz.
There are four channels of connectivity with eight sets of reusable
electrodes – four apiece at two different sizes. As we show in this
month’s Performance News (see p92), there’s a body of research that
suggests electrostimulation training could serve a performance purpose.
It’s certainly useful for rehabilitation.
But, at £354, this really feels like a
device for the top-end (nay, elite)
athlete only and possibly a touch
Robocop for our humanist tastes!
JW
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Useful for elites and recovery but
expensive for potentiallyminimal use
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VERDICT
ELECTRODE AND GO
The Globus Triathlon comes
with eight sets of reusable
electrodes at two different sizes