15 Mar 2026
I’m still subjecting myself to intense pulses of electricity coursing through my body on a weekly basis. Yes, it’s shocking, ha ha!
Admittedly, it’s been a while since I checked in about my progress under the Bodystreet programme, but my dedication to the experiment has not diminished in the four months since I started.
As a reminder, Bodystreet involves positioning electronic conductor panels next to the skin to send an electrical current to the area, causing rhythmic muscle contractions.
It’s very similar to the processes used to help treat some muscle injuries, as the currents also help improve blood flow and stimulate muscle fibers.
Husband and wife team Chris and Dina Hart introduced the process to St Albans in part to support those people keen to exercise but lacking the time to spend in the gym, as each session takes just 20 minutes to complete.
It involves donning a skintight dry suit, cut off at the elbows and knees, which features 24 internal pads which deliver electric pulses to all of the major muscle groups.
These can be controlled in pairs or all together, with varying degrees of intensity as required.
Having now been working out under the programme since November, I now understand what it involves, and know full-well how it affects me afterwards.
It’s the sort of training that you can really only understand through personal experience, and Bodystreet actually offer trial sessions to make this possible.
My dedicated trainer Ben will push me to my limits each session, and despite the brevity I’ll be aching for days afterwards.
After a brief warm-up, which usually involves mountain climbers, squats and shuttle runs, we move into the actual work-out, with the suit set to a lower level to begin with but gradually increase over the course of my exercises.
These tend to be largely static, with additional resistance added by Ben if required.
The duration of the session will see me receive 120 five second pulses at intervals, with the idea being to engage your muscles for the duration of each burst.
So an exercise might involve mimicking lifting a weighted bar or using a chest fly machine, but squeezing my muscles or pushing against Ben’s hands for resistance.
This means that it’s more gentle on your joints, and you only push as hard as you are capable of achieving, but it does engage your muscle fibers and improve blood circulation, which aids in strengthening and toning the body.
In between each pulse I’ll keep up my heartrate by jogging on the spot or performing squats, and as we move between different exercises Ben will increase the suit’s intensity until I reach my peak tolerance.
Does it hurt? I’d be lying if I said otherwise, but it’s a weird sort of sensation and at the same time not unpleasant. The pulses course through your body, making certain muscles scream, but they’re over just as quickly and when the session finishes nothing hurts in the way you might after a particularly intensive gym session.
I tend to find that I ache the most a few days later, and then it’s as long as 48 hours before I fully recover, but that is just evidence that something is actually happening to my body, and hopefully in a good way.
It’s also accompanied by a surprising sense of euphoria, and I come away feeling uplifted and reinvigorated.
Over the course of my sessions, my metabolic age has dropped to 40, so 15 years below my actual age, and I’m starting to see signs of weight dropping off while my muscles become more toned. It isn’t an overnight process by any stretch of the imagination, but nothing ever is, and I’d prefer a slow and steady transformation which I can sustain rather than an immediate change which will eventually fade over time.
I’ll check in again with another follow-up article later this year.
To find out more about Bodystreet St Albans, visit their website at https://www.bodystreet.co.uk/studio/bodystreet-st-albans
