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Pepper: “A turning point in the fitness industry”
EMS training, that is, training with electrical muscle stimulation technology, has been offered by specialized fitness studios for a long time. However, the experience leaves much to be desired: “For a twenty-minute training session, I had to spend thirty minutes commuting, and with the large glass frontages, I felt like I was being displayed in a shop window. The preparation of wiring and spray-wetting someone else’s suit was tedious, and it was also very expensive,” recalls Emilia von Keyserlingk, founder of the Munich startup Pepper. With her company, she wants to do it better and bring EMS training into your own home. In the interview, she shares more about the background of Pepper, what makes her solution special, and what the next steps for the startup will be.
