Among the most frequent accidents among senior citizens is falling. With increasing age and waning muscle strength, the risk of falling increases and the consequences of falls can become more severe. Unfortunately, seniors often lack the strength and balance to “fall correctly” or avoid taking a tumble all together.

Many elderly are simply not physically active enough! Their body fat percentage increases and their muscle mass decreases, a condition known as sarcopenia. When muscles, joints, and bones are not needed, they start to atrophy. Bone density decreases. The tissue becomes brittle. The risk of serious injury increases. In almost every case regular exercise could significantly slow down this cycle or alleviate it altogether.

Unfortunately, elderly people are often limited in their movements and can not perform at their best anymore. The only way to strengthen the muscle though is to give it the necessary exercise. In conventional strength training, it is difficult for most older adults to go above the required threshold to provoke an adequate muscular response. The weight quickly becomes too much for the joints to handle, making pain free physical activity exceedingly laborious. We would like to show a pain-free highly effective alternative that is easy to fit into your schedule.

EMS Personal Training is the perfect exercise for older people, especially over 60 and 70. Training with electrical muscle stimulation keeps the blood pressure low and the heart rate steady. For this reason, it allows exercise in spite of minor heart conditions. Of course, we advise you to check-in with your doctor prior to your first session.

It can be adapted to be easy on the joints with simple bodyweight or balance exercises. The movements can be performed to the extent that the user is able to and still be maximally effective because the electrical impulse stimulates the muscle externally. The EMS impulse helps you to go over the threshold mentioned above. This gives the workout the necessary intensity to be beneficial for building and maintaining muscle strength. In theory, you could even work out while sitting in a chair!

At the same time, the metabolism is stimulated because all large muscle groups are activated. This promotes healthy fat loss which can be beneficial for reducing the risk of heart disease. EMS-Training also activates the deeper lying muscle tissue, making it great for relieving that pesky back pain, some older adults have been carrying around for decades.