A Comprehensive Training Method for Health and Wellbeing
Whole-body EMS is an evidence-based training method that combines the electric activation of muscle fibers with simple and targeted bodyweight exercises. Using FDA cleared equipment, it is carried out under the guidance and instruction of a trained supervisor with a clearly defined focus on prevention and therapy.
Dual Approach: Active and Passive
Whole-Body EMS-Training combines passive muscle stimulation through electric impulses with an active element of straightforward bodyweight exercises. This targeted approach can be easily tailored to meet individual goals, creating a compelling and highly effective training program. It is especially attractive for middle aged and senior individuals who are looking to prioritise their health, strengthen their bodies and stay active in day-to-day life - even far into their golden years.
Joint-friendly Training
Due to the absence of additional weights, an EMS session is wonderfully easy on the joints. Especially compared to the required intensities that are needed to strengthen muscles with conventional resistance exercises.
Individual Care & Safety
The close supervision in a 1:1 or 1:2 setting provides an extra dose of motivation for exercisers. It also builds a safe and effective framework for a tailored personal training that aligns the user's specific goals with their individual physical condition.
Time Efficient: Only 20 Minutes per Week
With just one 20-minute session per week, electrical muscle stimulation sessions can be seamlessly integrated into any health-, fitness- or wellness-oriented business. This makes it possible for users, even those strapped for time, to establish and maintain a consistent exercise routine.
Overcome Hurdles
The gentle impact on the joints coupled with the significant assistance from the impulses makes WB-EMS an optimal choice for individuals who are grappling with motivation, find themselves less active due to advanced age, or facing health barriers that render conventional exercise and treatment methods overly challenging.
Numerous different operators already offer Whole-Body EMS to their clients
Doctors, Chiropractors, Medical Spas
​​Offer efficient and effective treatment with personal care.
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EMS Boutique Studios, Golf Clubs, Personal Trainers
Focus on Injury prevention, strong back and body, optimize and improve performance.​
Retirement homes, Assisted living facilities
​Promote overall health, wellbeing, quality of life and staying active.
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Strengthen Muscles
Using Electricity
The electrodes are woven into a fabric vest-belt-system. These are worn over a special functional garment. The emitted electrical pulses are low-frequency, triggering a brief muscle contraction. With repeated delivery of these electrical impulses, they cause extensive activation in the corresponding muscle fibres.
Impulses for Prevention und Therapy
"Once weekly physical training with WB-EMS yielded significantly greater improvements in important biomarkers of cardiovascular, metabolic, and bio-mechanical health compared to conventional training alone in healthy subjects. Thus WB-EMS may provide a time efficient form of physical training that could help enhance the widespread and regular uptake of physical activity, particularly in those unable or unwilling to exercise conventionally."
The study titled "Physical Training Augmented With Whole Body Electronic Muscle Stimulation Is Superior To Conventional Training Alone In Healthy Subjects, A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial" was conducted by Jaskanwal D. Sara (Jas), MBChB Cardiology Fellow and Clinical Investigator at the Mayo Clinic, with miha bodytec devices and published at the American Heart Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, November 5-7, 2022.
The correct use of Whole-Body EMS is manifested in safety guidelines. These internationally recognised guidelines serve as orientation for national specifications that regulate the safe use of the technology.
A German quality standard DIN 33961-5 was created on this basis in 2019. The DIN standard strictly regulates supervision and instruction: EMS training must always take place under the supervision of a trained specialist with a maximum supervision ratio of 2:1.
RESOURCES & DOWNLOADS
​Jaskanwal D. Sara MBChB1, Nazanin Rajai MD1, Logan Breuer BS2, Jacob Bjerke BS1, Thomas Olson PhD1, Takashi Nagai PhD3, Nathan Schilaty PhD3, Amir Lerman MD1(1) Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (2) Division of Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (3) United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA (4) Department of Neurosurgery & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Kemmler W, Weissenfels A, Willert S, Shojaa M, von Stengel S, Filipovic A, Kleinöder H, Berger J and Fröhlich M (2018) Front. Physiol. 9:573. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00573
A position statement on the need for common sense in EMS applications - published in Frontiers in Physiology on March 22nd, 2023.​