What Can a Trainer Do for You?
Personal Trainers help instruct and educate you on the most successful ways to improve your health and fitness. A trainer can:
Assess your health history and level of conditioning. - Create and accomplish long and short term fitness goals.
- Ensure a safe and effective workout.
- Learn new training skills.
- Enhance your mind, body, and spirit.
- Improve your overall fitness.
- Reach or maintain a healthy weight.
Fitness Assessment
The fitness assessment begins your personal workout program. The results assist in determining the best fitness program for your individual needs. Fitness assessments are performed by a Personal Trainer and include the following:
- Resting Heart Rate
- Blood Pressure
- Body Composition
- Muscular Strength
- Muscular Endurance
- Cardiovascular Fitness
- Flexibility
What Can a Registered Dietitian Do for You?
The Registered Dietitian (RD) works with you to set individual nutrition goals. The RD helps you make the small lifestyle changes you need to meet your overall health goals. Consider the following services a RD can provide for you:
- diet analysis and nutrition assessment;
- short and long-term nutrition goals
- meal ideas and recipe suggestions
- Counseling for: weight management, diabetes, cardiovascular health, etc.
- provide current, evidence-based information
- improve your diet
Diet analysis and Nutrition Assessment
A diet analysis helps pinpoint certain areas the RD and you will work together to improve. It is a vital part of the nutrition assessment. The nutrition assessment is the plan: assessment, nutrition diagnosis, and goals.