How can Exercising with EMS Improve your Immune System?

The past couple months have emphasized the importance of having a healthy and active immune system. The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged most people to embrace keeping fit and being healthy. Indeed, if there is anything positive to take from this epidemic, it is an increased awareness of how essential it is to take care of our bodies. Exercising is crucial for a strong immune system. EMS training is a particularly effective exercising regime when it comes to boosting immunity and staying healthy.
EMS training is associated with a multitude of benefits, including but not limited to toning and building muscles, losing weight, combating and relieving pain, and physical therapy. In addition to these benefits, EMS training can also boost your immune system. EMS increases blood flow and circulation, which facilitates a sufficient supply of blood around the body. Improved circulation ensures all organs get adequate oxygen and white blood cells allowing each organ to function efficiently, subsequently boosting immunity. Additionally, improved blood flow and circulation reduces fatigue and improves recovery time. Increased blood flow also promotes cell growth, which boosts immunity.
EMS training works by sending electrical impulses to muscles causing contractions. The muscle contractions associated with the exercise stimulate the release of cytokine and myokines, which regulate immune cell activities. Specifically, during an EMS workout, the cytokines released decrease inflammation which improves immunity. Similarly, muscle contractions are associated with the release of catecholamine, which elicits the “deployment” of white blood cells to the peripheral tissues for “housekeeping.”
Training with EMS is also good for the immune system and overall health since it flushes out the lungs and the airways. Clear lungs reduce the chances of contracting cold, flu among other illnesses. This is particularly relevant considering that COVID-19 is caused by a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SAR-CoV-2). Additionally, training with EMS stimulates the release of endorphins, which means you are likely to be less stressed. Stress increases vulnerability to illnesses, and as such, it is deductible reducing your stress levels reduces the occurrence and impact of most medical issues.
In conclusion, EMS training is an excellent way to get the necessary exercise to boost your immunity and remain healthy. Training with EMS facilitates the release of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines, increases circulation of white blood cells, and ensures effective cell recruitment and deployment. All these activities boost immunity and lower the incidence and intensity of illnesses, particularly viral infections such as COVID-19.