Program Information
What is Personal Training?
Personal Training is Individualized Instruction that Incorporates one's health history, goals, and current lifestyle into a comprehensive and educational exercise program that meets the client's specific needs, whether those include general health and fitness goals, weight loss, or sport-specific training.
Why Hire a Personal Trainer?
- Learn how to begin an exercise program safely
- Know how to properly use strength and condition equipment
- Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your workouts
- Alleviate boredom and increase your motivation and enjoyment
- Decrease your injury risk
- Have a readily available resource of accurate fitness information
- Build upon your previous successes
What is an Assessment?
The Assessment is a 1-hour appointment where the Personal Trainer wil discuss your goals as well as administer a series of exercise tests. These tests include blood pressure, body composition (skin calipers), cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance
Program Registration
Eligibility
Participants MUST have a Fitness Membership and be cleared for participation from the Rec Sports Office.
Required Paperwork
EACH client is required to fill out the Personal Training Information Packet and a Personal Training Agreement Form, both can be found in Williams Center 100 (Rec Sports Office) or the University Fitness Center. Once completed, turned in together, and approved, a Personal Trainer will be assigned. Please be aware that this COULD take up to 5 business days. All sessions expire one year from date of purchase.
Payment Options
Cash, Check, Purple Points or Student Bill.
Body Composition Testing (15 minutes) $7
The Personal Trainer will use a set of skin fold calipers to measure the thickness of subcutaneous fat in multiple places on the body. These measurements are then used to estimate total body fat with a margin of error of approximately four percentage points.