You have heard a lot about EMS training and want to try it out now? Perhaps you have already arranged a Trial Session at Sweat22 studio in Yaletown.
Here are some tips that will prepare you for your first EMS training session!
- It is so important to have your trial session
Everyone knows this scenario: rushing from one appointment to the next often makes you forget to take enough time for yourself. But that’s harmful to your body because stress hormones impede fat burning.
So here’s some good advice: you should definitively take enough time for your trial session, so that you don’t have to train in a hurry, but can do your workout without looking at your watch the whole time. An EMS trial session lasts about an hour. This includes the counselling interview, putting on and taking off the EMS suit, the twenty-minute EMS training session, and a finishing interview afterwards. Try to find enough time for this, you won’t regret it!
- Train with the right Personal Trainer at Sweat22 Fitness Studio in Yaletown
It is very important that you feel comfortable in the studio which also includes getting along with your trainer. Finding a trainer that can help you with your individual fitness goals such as getting toned, or working out after childbirth – is key. Ask about our trainers at Sweat22 studio in Yaletown. Each trainer at Sweat22 has specialized training – from focus on muscle toning, pelvic floor strengthening, relieving back pain, better posture and balance – the list goes on. But out of fitness, they can coach on you nutrition. The more you tell us about the details about your fitness plan, the better we can find the perfect fit for you with one of our trainers. They are all certified, kind, client focused and motivating personal trainers.
- Drink Water !
The right carbs, proteins, water, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals are essential for your body when training with electrical muscle stimulation. You should eat something before your training because hypoglycaemia is possible otherwise. A new and unknown stimulus takes hold of you during EMS training, so your body should have enough energy.
It is recommended to drink half a litre of water within an hour before the training. Your training is in the afternoon or evening? Then drink enough water the whole day! Water is stored in your muscles which helps conducting the electrical impulses. So the training is more effective when your body is supplied with enough water. Drinking water before the training also prevents headache and lack of concentration.
You shouldn’t eat heavy and high-fat food one hour before your training. If you want to lose weight with EMS, you shouldn’t consume carbs about two hours before your training session because they harm fat reduction. It would be best to eat something light, something that gives you energy such as a banana or smoothie.
It is important that you also drink a lot of water after your training session to continue proper hydration. If you want to build up muscles with EMS, it makes sense to consume proteins within the first ten minutes after the training.
- You need enough Recovery time!
EMS is a highly intensive whole-body workout – so your body needs enough time to regenerate after a training session. Do you do any other plans for workouts or sports? Then there should be at least 48 hours in between this and an EMS training. After your first EMS training session, your body needs even more time to recover than after traditional types of sports. So it is appropriate to rest for at least 2 days afterwards depending on your fitness level.
- Passive recovery measures – here are some things we recommend doing after an EMS workout at Sweat22 in Yaletown
- massage
- sauna
- healthy eating
- enough sleep
Active recovery measures
- low impact activities
- walking
- easy running
- stretching
- yoga
- fascial training
- cycling
- What do you need for Training?
During your EMS training you wear a special EMS suit fitted closely to your body and is made of natural fibre. It is designed to transfer the electrical impulses to the skin. Clothes that have a high ratio of synthetic fibres are not suitable for EMS training. That also includes underwear like pants and bras which have to be taken off during training. The best is to bring comfortable and clean sports shoes. Or it is also possible to train barefoot.
