(30 minutes) – Used as a benchmark to monitor your progress, fitness assessments are done at the initial consultation, as well as periodically. Wear workout clothes because you will be asked to perform minimal physical activity.

• Height
• Weight
• Heart rate
• Blood pressure
• Girth/circumference measurements performed with tape measure
• Body composition – skin fold calipers measure 5 different sites on the body to determine body fat percentage and distribution
• Muscular strength and durability - musculoskeletal testing includes 5 measures that require you to work with your own body weight, i.e., sit-ups, push-ups, crunches (laying on a mat)
• Flexibility and range of motion – sit-n-reach flexibility test
• Aerobic/cardiovascular fitness test – completion of one or more sessions of 3 minutes of stepping at predetermined speeds based on age and gender
• Health risk appraisal