Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

In this episode, you're going to discover whether biohacking your body really works when

it comes to things like fitness and muscle gain and fat loss.

There's a bit of debate in the fitness industry about the efficacy of popular biohacks that supposedly allow you to achieve

fitness, fat loss, or performance results faster than you would normally be able to. After all,

it just doesn't seem fair that your neighbor down the street might be able to buy some fancy electrodes, a vibration

training platform, an oxygen therapy device, an infrared sauna, or a bunch of supplements, and

somehow be able to beat all that hard work you're doing in the gym. While I certainly don't

condone the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs or blood doping, I'll admit that in many,

many cases, if you're willing to spend some money and possibly look a little bit silly,

devices or training tools that allow you to hack your way to faster results have been

proven by science to actually allow you to exercise less while getting the same or better results.

Let's jump into a few of these biohacks.

Number one is EMS.

You've probably seen it before.

The infomercials on TV that feature a man or woman lounging happily on the couch

while some fancy electrodes stimulate their stomach into an instant

six-pack. These electrode machines, also known as electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, are

becoming more and more common at online shopping websites and fitness magazines. But isn't this too

good to be true? How on earth could you actually shock yourself fit?

Well, one recent study that I'll link to in the show notes over at quick and dirty tips.com slash get fit guy 242 is a perfect investigation into this question.

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