 
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.
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