Increase strength and speed:
Benefits
During the preparatory(preperation?) period, it is essential not to neglect specific muscle preparation. In most sports, the qualities of speed and strength make all the difference. Stimulation of the key muscles depending on the sport concerned by means of the Compex Strength programme will result in increased speed of contraction and muscular strength. For example, the benefits will be: improved start-up and moving speed, vertical relaxation, shoot power, ability to go up to a higher gear, to climb easier, etc.

The Strength programme reproduces muscle building work done with heavy weights. It exerts extremely powerful contractions implying the fast fibres (type IIb) which are those of strength. Sportsmen and women familiar with the electrostimulation technique can thus develop levels of strength close to their maximum strength during their Compex sessions.

Application
During the preparatory period, the traditional use consists of incorporating 3 Compex sessions a week into the weekly training schedule. To spread the total training load evenly, the Compex sessions will be done ideally on days without training or after light training.
Significant increases in muscle strength have been proven after 3-4 weeks of use. It should also be noted that such increases in strength are not accompanied by an increase in muscle mass and therefore there is no associated weight gain.

The Compex Strength sessions will be done on the priority muscles of the sport practised.

To Increase specific qualities (Strength, endurance etc):
Benefits:
Of the factors that can influence an individual's level of performance, the muscular qualities are of essential importance for most sports activities. Depending on the sport played, the repetition of specific voluntary exercises can develop one of the basic muscular qualities: strength, endurance, explosive strength or resistance to fatigue.
Electrostimulation, provided that it is able to induce muscular activity for a high percentage of muscle fibres (which many "gadget" stimulators cannot do) can increase the effectiveness of voluntary training by introducing into the overall physical preparation specific muscular training which can optimise the improvement of the performance. For each programme (Endurance, Resistance, Strength, Explosive Strength) the stimulation rhythm: duration and power of the contractions, duration of the resting time, number of repetitions, comply with the scientific training data and impose the work regime appropriate to the objective sought on the stimulated muscles.

Application
During the preparatory(preperaion?) period, except in specific circumstances (stoppage due to injury, cancellation of a scheduled training session, etc.) electrostimulation must not replace training. It is a complementary technique whose effectiveness has been proven in numerous scientific publications and which in traditional use must be done using 3 sessions a week for the preparatory period.

To spread the overall load of the training (voluntary + electrostimulation) evenly, the weekly Compex sessions will be done on days without training or on days where the voluntary training load is lighter.

To increase speed and strength, the efficiency of explosive motions:
Benefits
For all sports where the essential performance factor is explosive muscle strength (long jump or high jump, sprint, etc.) specific muscle preparation is the main factor in pre-season preparation. The explosive strength of muscles may be defined as the capacity of a muscle to attain a high level of maximum strength as quickly as possible. To develop this quality, voluntary training relies on tiring muscle training sessions that often include the risk of injury, since they are necessarily carried out using heavy weights. Incorporating the use of the Explosive Strength programme in one's training can alleviate the muscle building sessions, by obtaining both more benefits and more time for technical work.

The Explosive strength programme can improve the strength and speed of muscle contraction whilst only requiring very little effort of the joints and the peri-articular structures such as the tendons. This programme imposes contractions of maximum power and for very short periods.

Application
During the preparatory period, the traditional use consists of incorporating 3 Compex sessions a week into the weekly training schedule.
Preferably, the electrostimulation sessions will be done on days where no training session has been scheduled or on days where the training sessions are less intensive.
The Complex Explosive Strength sessions will be done on the priority muscles of the sport practised.

Active recovery after intense training / competition:
Benefits
Physical effort is always responsible for a state of fatigue. Good adaptation between the training loads and recovery can increase your performance. On the other hand, over-training could cause your capacities to deteriorate. It is therefore important to take the time for muscular recovery.

The Active Recovery programme helps muscular recovery in three phases:
1. It causes a high increase in blood flow which speeds up the elimination of lactic acid
2. It increases endorphin production which can relieve muscle pains
3. It reduces the tension of the muscle fibres which soothes and relaxes the muscles

The Recovery Plus programme should be applied after the most intensive efforts that have caused intense muscular fatigue.

Application
Optimum use of the Active Recovery or Recovery Plus programme is done in the 3 hours following the effort.
The Compex Active Recovery or Recovery Plus sessions are done on the muscles most used by the physical activity

To prevent contractures in the muscles of the neck (cyclists)
Benefits
The particular position of a cyclist on a bike requires an extension of the back of the neck. When the ride or race is long, this position of the back of the neck is often responsible for pains due to excessive tensions on the extending muscles of the back of the neck.

The Capillarisation/Oxygenation programme entails a high increase in blood flow in the region stimulated. Repeating the capillarisation sessions leads to the development of the network of capillaries located in the muscles. This improves the oxygenation of the fibres and fosters the elimination of toxins which are held responsible for this state of contracture.

Application
As a prevention ahead of an objective: 3 weeks before the objective with 3 to 5 weekly sessions then throughout the season with 1 session a week.

To maintain the musculature during a period of immobilisation
Benefits
When immobilisation is required in order to treat an injury, electrostimulation can maintain the musculature of the regions not concerned by the injury, which will allow for a quicker return to the former level of performance. Hence, a sportsman or woman who has had an operation on the left knee will be able to maintain the musculature of the right thigh and calf by continuing to use the programme normally used for physical preparation (for example the Strength programme).
However, for the left hand side operated on, only the programmes of the Rehabilitation category are able to induce appropriate muscular effort and must only be used with the approval of a healthcare professional.

Application
For the entire period of immobilisation, with 1 to 2 sessions a day.
If 2 sessions are done in the same day, please leave at least 1 hour to rest between the two sessions.