The workouts are offered by about 400 fitness centers, spas and other outlets across the US. However, regulators warn that EMS is dangerous, its risks include possible muscle damage and burns.

Shocking your body with electric currents might seem like a sweat-free way to tone your abs — but the fitness trend is starting to worry experts. The process is called whole body electrical ...

Because a letter just out in the journal BMJ warns that the relatively novel practice of "whole-body electrical stimulation" at the gym can land you in the hospital with rhabdomyolysis ...

And, with that, her electrical output drooped ... old legal aid lawyer who works out five days a week at a storefront fitness center in north Portland where members on exercise machines fitted ...