Description and Pricing

FIT’s team of professionals have developed a program to best help people reach their fitness goals; whether it is to lose weight and become more active, improve their recreational sports performance or compete at an elite level. Trainers evaluate the beginning fitness level of each new client with appropriate tests to develop a personalized program. These tests include VO2 max, Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), % Bodyfat measurement, and baseline strength measurements.

The Role of Oxygen, VO2

Just like an automobile engine, your body needs oxygen to mix with fuel to produce energy. Your lungs (carburetor) and heart (fuel pump) deliver oxygen to the individual muscle cells and combine with fuels (fat, carbohydrates) for the production of energy. One of the by-products (exhaust) of this energy creation is carbon dioxide. You breathe in oxygen and you breathe out carbon dioxide.

At lower exercise intensities, your aerobic system uses fats and some carbohydrates as fuel along with a moderate amount of oxygen. Of these fuels, only carbohydrates have the capacity to be used as fuel without oxygen, or anaerobically. As the intensity of your exercise increases and you reach the capacity of your aerobic system, to bring oxygen into your body and you shift progressively to your anaerobic system. Your anaerobic system primarily uses carbohydrates (in the form of blood sugar or stored glycogen) as a fuel source and produces an increased amount of carbon dioxide exhaled.

For example, if you are walking up a few flights of stairs, as you get to perhaps the third flight, you begin to switch from your aerobic system to your anaerobic system and will notice an increased demand for oxygen and you will breathe harder and more rapidly. If you continue to climb the next flight of stairs, you will notice a burning sensation (accumulation of lactic acid) in your leg muscles and as this lactic acid accumulates in the muscle, your body attempts to rid itself of this condition by buffering it with bicarbonate in the blood. This buffering process produces additional carbon dioxide in the blood which causes you to breathe even harder. This point is typically referred to as your anaerobic or ventilatory threshold.

RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate)

Resting metabolism provides the energy the body needs for pumping blood through the body, inhaling and exhaling air, maintaining body temperature, sending and receiving nerve impulses, thinking, and making important chemicals in the cells. Resting metabolism occurs in a continual process. Resting metabolism is the largest component (typically 60 to 70 percent) of "calories out" in the energy equation.

% Bodyfat

Body fat percentage is the amount of adipose (fat) tissue in your body as a percentage of total body weight. If your total body weight is 140 pounds and you have 28 pounds of fat, your body fat percentage is 20 percent. It changes with age, weight, height, gender, diet and exercise habits.

Dietary Analysis

FIT professionals analyze your current diet utilizing unique software, and then create a plan specific to your needs.

FIT employs these tests to ascertain each client’s unique starting point and to evaluate their success through their program.