COMPONENT ONE - ASSESSMENT

RESTING METABOLIC RATE (RMR)

Step One begins with a determination of your daily caloric requirements using a Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) assessment. This information is essential in creating the most appropriate dietary and nutritional plan for you. The client learns:

· What caloric deficit is required to lose weight
· How many calories are burned from fat compared to carbohydrates
· How many calories they can consume without gaining weight

EXERCISE ASSESSMENT

Everyone’s response to exercise is unique. To get the best results, it is very important to
know the correct exercise intensity that will provide the optimum, sustainable burn of
fat and calories, improve your fitness and athletic performance.
The New Leaf Exercise Assessment provides a metabolic profile that eliminates the
estimations and guesswork that defeat most diet, exercise and training programs. The New Leaf Exercise Assessment helps you the client:

· Understand your unique response to exercise
· Learn your individual fitness level and how you compare to others of your age
· Know the correct heart rate exercise intensity to increase your burn of fat and calories
· Lose weight and inches
· Improve cardiovascular fitness and athletic performance
· Avoid muscle soreness and over-training
· Determine your “true caloric burn” during each training session

KINETIC CHAIN ASSESSMENT

All strength training programs are designed based on a comprehensive and individualized kinetic chain assessment. This head-to-toe fitness and performance evaluation assesses an individual’s strengths and weaknesses in the areas of:

· posture
· movement
· strength
· flexibility
· and athletic performance.

Movement observations are often the quickest way to gain
an overall impression of a client’s functional status. As posture
is a dynamic quality, these observations show postural distortion
in a dynamic setting. The observation process serves as a search
for imbalances in anatomy, physiology or biomechanics that may
decrease client’s results and possibly lead to injury both in and out of
the fitness environment. The Overhead Squat and Single Leg Squat are movement assessment tools that helps detect muscle imbalances by objectively assessing total kinetic-chain neuromuscular efficiency, integrated functional strength and dynamic flexibility. This is a simple assessment procedure that provides your Fitness Professional with a wealth of information.

BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT

Bioimpedance testing provides health care practitioners with a non-invasive tool for objectively monitoring body composition – a key indicator of health and vitality. These measurements increase the certainty of an accurate assessment and allow the practitioner to develop and prioritize nutrition and strength programs.

Bioimpedance Measurements: Readout of the client’s resistance, reactance, and phase angle. This information is obtained through a direct measurement of the complex impedance of the human body.

Mass Distribution: Mass consists of lean body mass (or fat-free mass) and fat mass. Lean body mass is further broken down into its two key components – body cell mass and extracellular mass. Body cell mass is the total cellular mass of living cells. It is the metabolically active tissue of the body. Extracellular mass is the fluid and tissue of the body found outside the cell.

Water Compartments: Total body water, and its two components – intracellular water and extracellular water. Intracellular water is the fluid contained within the cell. Healthy cells maintain their integrity and hold their fluids inside. Extracellular water is the fluid outside the cell. An increase in extracellular water may indicate disturbance in the cellular membrane.