However there was a kind of training that was only available to premium members – or was it a service module, I don’t remember – but I wanted to give it a try without spending extra money back then and now there was my chance. They have two bodytec units and people training at the units kept telling tall stories about how intense the training is and how bad their sore muscles hurt afterwards, so I talked them into giving me a test session with one of those.

Bodytec is a new and somewhat disputed form of electric training. You put on a vest and a few bands around arms and legs that deliver electrical impulses to those body parts making your muscles contract. While this device shocks you gently, you get into various positions where you use the muscles to be trained. Nothing is for free, not even fancy electric training. The incredible thing is after five minutes you are sweating like you have just been in a treadmill for 50 minutes. This only being a test session we did all the positions 4-8 times and finished after 15 minutes of semi-intense training.

I have to say it felt pretty good and a real training session would sure be nice someday, however I really doubt if it’s worth the extra spending for the supervised training (we are playing with electricity after all). As a side note I liked the feedback of being able to take on more weight after a few weeks of training. The only feedback from this machine is your own exhaustion which is simply not that satisfying.