Attention All Personal Trainers: Guess, Do Not Assess!

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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
Not everyone is numbers-oriented to begin with.
Forcing an assessment on a prospect can be quite
disturbing to some. In fact, many gyms do this on
purpose to show the potential client how out of
shape they are and how much they need personal
training.
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
Postural Assessment It displays the before and
after changes that occur in body composition,
and It displays the before and after changes in
posture.
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
Fitness Testing Push-Ups Sit-And-Reach
Test  Step Aerobic Test 
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
Functional Assessment Most people present with
the following issues tight hip flexors and weak
lower abdominals, rounded shoulders and forward
head syndrome, and left-right discrepancies.
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
Fitness professionals are not really qualified to
assess dysfunction nor is that what most people
are looking for, according to strength
and conditioning coach 
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
The bottom line is that you can attempt to
correct such dysfunction through appropriate
training, without the need of an assessment.
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
Anyhow, the software would analyze food intake
and energy expenditure, and then spit back a
whole bunch of numbers based on dietary reference
intakes, recommended nutrient intakes, and the
food guide pyramid..
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
What was the result of this approach? In three
words confusion, regression, and neuroticism. 
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Attention All Personal Trainers Guess, Do Not
Assess! By John Paul Catanzaro
Food allergy testing was the next big thing. You
could do some extensive (and expensive) blood
work for this purpose, or a less invasive (but
still rather expensive) finger prick test. 
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