Basic Health Screening
Health Screening
There are many assessments that need to be made by a professional to determine whether an individual is fit to begin an exercise program. The Par-Q is a questionnaire that assess’ reasons why an individual should not be physically active. If an individual answers ‘yes’ to any of the questions on the Par-Q, they must be cleared fit to exercise by their doctor prior to any further health screening and move on to filling out the PARmed-x questionnaire.
Basic Health Screening will include the two measures outlined below:
Pre-Exercise/Resting Heart Rate (BPM)
- Resting heart rate is an individual’s heart rate per minute while at rest; this must be taken while the individual has been at rest for some period of time, preferably right when awakened in the morning. A good value for men is 50-65bpm, and for women is 60-70bpm. If the clients pre-exercise heart rate is above 95bpm, wait an additional 5 minutes and take the reading again. If there is no change in this value, the client will need to contact their doctor before continuing their program with us.
Blood-Pressure
- Resting blood pressure will also be measured in order to determine the hearts efficiency of delivering blood to the body and returning blood back to the heart. The systolic measure indicates the contraction of the heart and the diastolic measure indicates the hearts relaxation. A desired resting blood pressure should be 90-120 (systole) /60-80 (diastole).Prior to exercising we will measure blood pressure as well. Values should not be exceeding 200mmHg. These values will help us determine what levels of intensity you should be exercising at to not increase the chance of any adverse health risks.
