BodyFirst Fitness offers both private fitness training as well as nutritional consultation services.  Our private fitness training sessions involve a combination of strength training and cardiovascular conditioning and are as unique as our clients, as each individual has his or her own specific needs and goals.  Unfortunately fitness is not a “one-size-fits-all” scenario, and accordingly we develop our strength training and conditioning programs to meet the individual needs of each client.

We provide our services to clients of all ages and abilities, ranging from the youth athlete looking to build muscle size and strength, in a safe and effective manner, to those clients well into their 60s and 70s who are looking to optimize overall health and maintain quality of life for the years ahead.  We work with clients who are working to lose significant amounts of bodyweight as well as those who are extremely fit already but may require the extra motivation necessary to help them break through plateaus and reach new heights. 

Whether our clients are looking to improve their golf game, train for a marathon, raise the level of their play on the athletic field or simply look and feel better about themselves, we strive to provide each of them with an environment that is conducive to helping achieve and maintain those goals. 

For those clients seeking to more effectively manage their weight, we offer personalized nutritional consultation services.  Anyone who has ever struggled with their weight will eventually come to realize that the key to maintaining a bodyweight that is both healthy and comfortable is to strike an appropriate balance between proper diet and regular exercise.  On the surface, this sounds simple enough, so why is it that so many people in our society continue to struggle with this issue?

The answer is that while generally people have an understanding as to what it means to eat “healthfully”, they more than likely are not familiar with what their own body is capable of processing on a daily basis, and therefore despite the fact that they make intelligent food choices and eat “healthfully”, they may simply be consuming more calories in a given day than what their body is able to burn.  The solution to this cat and mouse game between taking calories in through food and burning them through exercise is to be able to quantify an individual’s ability to process calories – or their metabolism. 

RMR refers to the body’s ability to burn calories at rest, or said another way, this represents the number of calories that your body would burn over a 24 hour period of time, at rest – essentially the energy required (in calories burned) to maintain normal body functions; breathe, circulate your blood, maintain a consistent temperature, grow hair, etc.  What’s more, RMR can actually comprise up to 65-75% of your body’s total metabolic capability, so clearly when attempting to effectively manage bodyweight, it is critically important to quantify this number and build an eating program that fits within the parameters of your body’s unique abilities. 

At BodyFirst Fitness, our nutritional consultation services revolve around the concept of calories in vs. calories out, and as such we are able to actually measure and quantify this RMR for our clients, with the use of an indirect calorimeter; the MedGem™ device manufactured by HealtheTech™ (www.healthetech.com). 

Once we have established the client’s RMR, we are able to input the data into our cutting edge software program and combined with an evaluation of the Daily Activity Profile and Exercise Profile, we are able to develop an eating program for each client that is predicated on their own specific metabolic capabilities and lifestyle.