EMS Training: Scottsdale’s Smartest Summer Workout

You had a trail run scheduled for Saturday. By 8am it was 104 degrees and that plan was gone. This is not a willpower problem. This is North Scottsdale in July. The conditions are what they are, and any fitness plan that doesn’t account for them is not a real plan. EMS training at BODY20 is one that does.

When the Heat Takes Your Training Options

Arizona summer doesn’t ease you in. It arrives, and then it forecloses. The McDowell Mountain trails that were manageable in April are 110-degree risk zones by July. The early-morning runs that carried you through spring require a 4:45am alarm to squeeze in 45 minutes before it gets dangerous. Outdoor cycling, pickleball, weekend hiking: each one becomes a negotiation between staying active and not putting yourself in genuine danger.

The people who stay consistent through Scottsdale summers are not tougher or more disciplined. They found a way to train that doesn’t require fighting the conditions at all.

What EMS Training Does in 20 Minutes

A BODY20 session is one-on-one with a certified coach. You wear a specialized suit embedded with electrodes that deliver electrical impulses directly to your muscles, activating up to 90 percent of your muscle fibers per session. Conventional strength training typically reaches 30 to 70 percent. The coach guides you through functional movements (squats, rows, lunges) while adjusting the suit’s settings throughout. You get a complete workout without the suit doing the work for you.

The whole session is 20 minutes. Climate-controlled studio, no commute to a crowded gym, and no 15-minute cooldown before your next meeting. When you walk out, you look the same as when you walked in because all the exertion is internal.

That’s the actual answer to July in Scottsdale: not better gear, not a tougher mindset, not a pre-dawn alarm. A 20-minute session that doesn’t require you to be outside at all.

For a full breakdown of how the technology works, this guide covers what to expect at your first BODY20 session.

Why Starting in July Is the Smart Move

BODY20 runs on 8-week progression cycles. Every two months, your coach increases the electrical intensity and pulse settings as your body adapts, moving from Demo through Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Pro, and Elite. This is not a fixed routine. It’s a system designed to keep pace with how your body changes.

Start in July and by September or October you’ve completed one or two full cycles. When the weather finally breaks and the McDowell trails and local cycling routes are usable again, you arrive with consistent training already built. Everyone who waited for fall is starting from scratch.

People who pause through summer restart at zero. People who start now are two progression cycles ahead.

For a closer look at what those cycles produce, this post covers what happens in the first four weeks of EMS training.

Under Three Hours. All Summer.

Eight sessions in an 8-week cycle, 20 minutes each. Under three total hours of training time to maintain and build fitness through the most training-hostile months of the year for outdoor athletes in Arizona.

That works for the runner who is not going outside until October but does not want to lose what spring built. It works for the person with a packed schedule who cannot block off 90-minute gym sessions but can find 20 minutes before a lunch call. The studio is there, the coach is there, and the summer heat stops being the variable that decides whether training happens.

Members who have trained through every season describe what that consistency produces. The structure is what makes it possible.

North Scottsdale EMS Training Runs All Summer

Every July, Scottsdale’s fitness plans hit the same wall: 115 degrees by midday, the same forecast every day through September. The studio does not move. The heat does not care. Inside BODY20 North Scottsdale, neither is your problem.

Twenty minutes. One-on-one coach. Up to 90 percent muscle fiber activation. And two progression cycles closer to fall before the thermometer drops.

Ready to try it? Book your first session at BODY20 North Scottsdale →