How Does EMS Training Work?

Find out the science behind this revolutionary new method of training

The Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) system is a style of training that’s been designed to work with you. It enhances and boosts your metabolism, producing a more intense and targeted workout in a fraction of the time. It aids weight loss and intensifies your workout, so you can get great results quickly.

It achieves all this in a safe and effective way by using electrical impulses to stimulate your muscles, causing them to contract. Coupled with the simple bodyweight movements that your trainer will guide you through and help you perform, this gives you an extremely effective targeted workout in a session only 20 minutes long.

The EMS system

With the EMS system, you wear a body vest and straps around your arms, legs and glutes. These electrode straps carry a small electrical impulse through to your muscles. This then creates a harmless and painless stimulation that actually boosts the effectiveness of a light workout.

Remember – your muscles actually rely on electrical stimulation of this type to move at all. The EMS stimulation is just an amplification of the normal electrical pulses.

The science – deep muscle tissue fibres

Not only does the EMS stimulation amplify your body’s electrical signals to create an effective and safe workout, it also recruits and activates deep muscle layers and fibres that you struggle to activate using conventional exercises.

It does this in two ways. Firstly, the electrical stimulation itself forces your entire muscle to activate, allowing your body to recruit deeper muscles, and complementary ones, that typically aren’t recruited during conventional exercise movements.

The second way is to do with the different types of muscle fibre in each of your muscles. Your body has both slow and fast twitch muscle fibres. The slow twitch fibres contract slowly and are there for endurance exercises like walking and cycling. The slow twitch fibres are always stimulated first during exercise. Fast twitch fibres are used in quick and powerful movements, like jumping or sprinting – and they’re much harder to activate. The EMS system specifically targets the harder to recruit fast-twitch fibres, making the workout ultra effective at growing your muscles and making you stronger.

EMS fitness reduce back pain - Electro-Muscle Stimulation

 Get the full picture

There’s no better way to find out everything you want to know about the EMS Fitness system than one of our taster sessions.

This full workout will let you discover whether or not this revolutionary new method suits both your exercise aims and lifestyle.

EMS Research

Click any of the below links to download the research documents:

EMS used in cardiac patients – Cardiology Clinic Bad Oeynhausen, 2010 (Microsoft Word Docx file)

Cardiac Research – University of Erlangen, 2009 (Microsoft Word Docx file)

Strength Research – German Sport University Cologne, 2008 (Microsoft Word Docx file)

Full body EMS research – University of Bayreuth, 2003 (Microsoft Word Docx file)

EMS training against back pain – University of Bayreuth, 2002 (Microsoft Word Docx file)

EMS training to ease incontinence – University of Bayreuth, 2002 (Microsoft Word Docx file)

Research results from EMS training (external web link)

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    Sophie Wiggins
    Sophie Wiggins
    13/07/2020
    I am SO glad I signed up to EMS fitness. I've never really enjoyed exercise by training with Bea has given me my confidence back and I really look forward to our sessions. Great communication, great support and really worth the money!!
    Thomas Hole
    Thomas Hole
    03/07/2020
    I’ve never felt fitter in my life. Bea and Xavi push me every class and I can’t wait for each session to come around the corner! I wouldn’t go anywhere else! 💪
    Neil Davison
    Neil Davison
    02/07/2020
    I broke my shoulder playing football and working closely with Bea she designed an EMS programme which successfully increased strength and mobility to my shoulder and core. Bea's sessions are always fun, supportive and full of positivity. Her instruction is always clear and she is sensitive to my physical capabilities, instinctively directing the session levels which are right for me. Bea from EMS is a fantastic PT!
    Fernando Lozano
    Fernando Lozano
    02/07/2020
    Thank you very much for your years of service Bea & Xavi and specially for your support throughout this last few months. Your knowledge and motivation to train people make a really enjoyable session. For many more years together 💪💪💪
    Jose Santana
    Jose Santana
    01/07/2020
    Great studio, great people!! If you want to improve both physically and mental this is definetely your place. Thank you Xavi and Bea!!!
    Lauren Tyson
    Lauren Tyson
    01/07/2020
    EMs fitness are just the best. I love the classes so much that I have continued attending them remotely from London! I have been attending the hiit class, bootcamp and have a personal training session once a week. Xavier and Beatrice make the sessions FUN and push you to not only work hard and get fit, but also to make sure you do the exercises properly to make sure you get the most out of the sessions. I look forward to every work out with EMs fitness Norwich and I've noticed a difference in my body shape (more muscles) and my mental health - happier and stronger! Love you guys! Thanks for keeping me sane during the normal days and lockdown! Keep it up. Tyson x
    Jaime Bartolomé Rodriguez
    Jaime Bartolomé Rodriguez
    30/06/2020
    I have really enjoyed joining in with the online classes - every week is a new challenge and makes me great seeing the progress I have made. I couldn't believe I feel fitter now than I did before the quarantine period! I especially like the community of class - everyone at home doing a joint work out, being motivated by Xavi has been surprisingly good fun. Thank you Xavi for giving me the encouragement I needed.
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    carmen medina
    30/06/2020
    Over the last few months I have participated in the classes EMS have provided online. I have never joined in with live classes before and I wondered how it would be? I'm happily surprised by how they have made a good difference in my life! Not being able to go to the gym or even leave my house for a months I thought I would go crazy! But the classes gave me a routine and motivation to keep exercising throughout the Covid pandemic. A big thank you to Xavi for keeping me active and fit and giving me something to look forward to every week!
    James A
    James A
    16/02/2020
    My physio recommended Xavier for strength and conditioning training and I’ve been really impressed with his knowledge and enthusiasm. My running has benefited from the sessions and I’ve learned loads about training with weights.
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    11/02/2020
    Cannot reccomend this place enough! Been working out with Javi and Bea the last year and found them very friendly and professional!
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