By John Cardillo Article featured in Iron Man Magazine The effects of electrical stimulation (Faradic Current) on skeletal muscles have been recognized for more than a century. Faradic stimulation was first used as part of strength training programs by top Russian and eastern block athletes. It was discovered that the Russians had been employing Faradic stimulation with great success, in their athletic training programs, at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany and decades since. In particular the Russian athletes have always displayed extraordinary hypertrophy and definition in large muscle groups. Canadian physical educationists visited the Soviet Union and brought back interesting reports of an “Electric Stimulator” that would produce incredible hypertrophy. A group of orthopedic surgeons from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, became very intrigued by this new Faradic technique and began a study of its use on the treatment of post surgery, atrophied quadricep muscles. Read More…