Before you book
Common questions
What actually happens in a session?
You arrive at your time and change. Your trainer fits the vest, and then you train for twenty minutes - simple movements, a squat, a press, a hold, with the impulses running in blocks while you move. Your trainer is beside you the whole time, setting the level with you and changing it as you go. Then you change and leave.
What is EMS training?
Strength training in a vest that carries electrodes, with a trainer guiding every set. The movements are simple and mostly use your own body weight. What makes twenty minutes enough is the vest, and having someone qualified set the intensity with you rather than leaving you to a machine.
How does it feel?
It is hard work, not pain. Most people describe a firm squeeze that comes and goes in time with the movement, and the odd part is how fast a simple squat turns into real effort. You choose the level with your trainer, and you can stop whenever you like.
Why twenty minutes, once a week?
Because one session a week is the dose this training is built around. There is no bigger plan to move up to later - one session is the product, and Robla studios do not sell a second one.
Will I ache the next day?
You might for a day or two after the first few, the way you would after any new exercise. That is why your first session is lighter than you could manage and the next one is a week later.
What happens on my first visit?
Allow about an hour. You go through a few questions about your health with your trainer, they fit the vest to you, and then you train - lighter than you will later. You leave with your next appointment booked.
What do I wear, and what should I bring?
Come in ordinary clothes. The vest and straps belong to the studio and your trainer fits them for you. You train in a light base layer underneath, and your studio tells you when you book whether they provide one.
Who trains me?
The same trainer every week, not whoever is on shift. They are trained for this, they stay beside you the whole session, and there is never more than one other person in the room. If your trainer is away you will know before you arrive, and you can move the session if you would rather wait for them.
I have not trained in years. Is that a problem?
No - it is the usual starting point. The level starts where you are, the first session is light, and there is no equipment floor to walk across on the way in.
Is there a minimum age?
Eighteen. Whether this suits somebody younger is a question for a doctor rather than a studio.
Can everyone train this way?
No, and a list of conditions on a website is a poor way to find out. Your trainer goes through a few health questions with you before your first session and will tell you if this is not right for you, or if it is worth asking your doctor first.
Is this medical treatment?
No. Robla is training. If something needs treating, that belongs with a doctor or a physiotherapist, and your trainer will say so rather than train around it.
What does it cost?
Each Robla studio is independently run and sets its own price, and you will find it on their page rather than having to ring and ask. Everywhere: a month's notice ends your membership once the initial term is over.
Where are the studios?
The first open in 2027 - and you can be first in line: leave a postcode and you hear the moment one opens near you.
Everything else is easier to answer in person.
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