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John Noone, Assistant Professor & Course Director BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Limerick

Buffy the exercise slayer: Sarah Michelle Gellar’s EMS workout trend explained

The actor performs pilates moves while wearing an EMS suit. StudioLab Images/ Shutterstock

Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known for her role as teenage demon slayer Buffy Summers, recently shared in an interview that she uses an “EMS suit” during workouts to stay fit. And she’s not the only one who has made this form of exercising a trend – with celebrities from Tom Holland to Cindy Crawford all using EMS workouts to get fit.

EMS, short for electromyostimulation, uses electrical impulses to support muscle contraction. The idea is that the machine uses electricity to stimulate your muscles to work harder, to help you get more out of your workout without lifting heavy weights.

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