Workshop Content – Break Out of Breaking Even

Learn how to overcome the rollercoaster of weight loss and gain. BREAK out of breaking even is the first course to address the phenomenon of “breaking even”!

“Breaking even” is when you invest time in exercising and eating healthy but do not see results, especially long term.

You will develop skills and self awareness for long term weight loss management. The program is designed to be sustainable, flexible, and customized to fit your lifestyle and goals!

The proven methods in this workshop can be used by fitness professionals and anyone wanting to lose 5 pounds to 150 pounds!

This seminar provides you with hands-on, practical insight into the science of weight loss without delving into unnecessary academic terms. Gain easy-to-use tools to assess clients’ goals and use science-based tools to personalize and create a realistic and measurable program. Learn how to initiate the customized nutrition and exercise prescription with a purpose. Client motivation will be gained from learning how to overcome their challenges and avoid common setbacks.

New approaches and strategies will be demonstrated allowing attendees to immediately adapt them with their clients. Learn how to empower your clients so they can achieve long term weight loss.

Julio Salado, a native of Boston, MA. is the founder of Fitnessfoundry.net, a leading online resource for health and wellness. He is also the author of “BREAK OUT of Breaking Even!” 3-Step Method for PROVEN Long-Term Weight Loss and “How to Become an A-List Personal Trainer!”. For over a decade, Mr. Salado has guided countless individuals from all levels of fitness to achieve their body sculpting and personal training goals. His unique blend of western exercise science and holistic arts has been featured in numerous TV shows, in print, and online. Recently, voted #2 Boston’s BEST Personal Trainer by Boston A-List (Ranked out of 53 clubs in Boston and surrounding areas). Mr. Salado also is an educator and continuing education provider.

1. Identify and overcome client’s challenges in their lifestyle for losing weight and maintaining their progress.
2. Increase value of personal training by educating clients on healthy weight loss expectations through assessment and personalized program design.
3. Effectively apply science based tools & the “A.I.M. Method” to empower clients and help them make better decisions to stay on track to reach goals.
4. Strategies on how to optimize client results through nutrition, customized resistance training and cardiovascular exercise selection.
5. Your clients will no longer lose or gain weight without understanding why and learning to overcome it.

Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.

• Personal Trainers
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists
• Health and Wellness Professionals
• Community Health Advocates
• Chiropractors
• Massage Therapists
• Exercise Physiologists
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Individuals’ who are interested in losing 5lbs to 150lbs

What is “Breaking Even?”

• Explain… Breaking Even” is when you invest time in exercising and eating healthy but do not see results, especially long term results.
• Go over examples and scenarios
• Explain “Training without a purpose”

The A.I.M. Method.

• I promote a three-step method that develops skills and self awareness for long-term weight loss management. The program is designed to be sustainable, flexible, and customized to fit your lifestyle and goals
• It’s important to note that the emphasis is weight loss management, rather than sports performance.
• Following this program you will learn how best to eat and exercise to promote fat loss.

Healthy Weight Loss Expectations and Common Excuses

• Educate on importance of setting healthy weight loss expectations
• Overview of protein, strength training, cardiovascular exercise benefits and its relation to weight loss
• Discuss how lifestyle plays an important role in long term results

Assess: Long and Short Term Goals

• Discuss importance of creating short and long term goals
• Review formula for to obtain total caloric expenditure for short & long term goal.
• Review formula for to obtain total caloric expenditure for short term goal.
• Review how to shorten time frame and if it’s realistic and sustainable

Assess: Basal Metabolic Rate & Total Daily Energy Expenditure

• Discuss importance of BMR in relation to weight loss programming

Assess: Optimal Caloric Intake

• We will illustrate how TDEE and weekly realistic frequency of exercise will be used to create the foundation for a personalized program.
• Assess: Optimal Caloric Intake
• The main objective is to identify a specific weight loss goal with a timeline.

Practical 1 How To Train With A Purpose (Hands On)

Initiate: How To Maximize Your Time And Efforts

• In this section we will outline common low impact exercises that yield the most caloric expenditure in the shortest amount of time.
• Emphasis on the learning curve
• Educate how weekly frequency of exercise we will identify which modality is most conducive to your goals e.g. cardiovascular vs. resistance training

Practical 2: How to Maximize Your Time and Efforts (Hands On)

Initiate: Customized Resistance and Cardio Selection

• Strength training is a key component for long-term weight management, and cardio is also essential to burn the fat among other health benefits.
• Why not only cardio? You want to spare muscle. You are working toward long-term weight management, building strong muscles, and improving joint integrity to allow you to stay active for years to come.
• Both have a specific role and designated place for each cycle to optimize your results.
• Suggestions for both strength and cardio selection for the sole purpose of weight loss e.g. compound lifts
• Suggestions on equipment for sole purpose of weight loss

Nutrition: The Key to Not “Breaking Even”

• If diets worked, then the vast majority of people would be at their ideal weight.
• When you are working toward a weight loss goal, the caloric deficit needs to realistic and sustainable for the time needed to reach the weight loss goal.

Four factors that will personalize your caloric budget and help you reach your goal:

Non-negotiables for Weight Loss: Macronutrients and Tips from Peers

• As you lose weight, you will be able to refine your nutrition with timing, macronutrients, and supplements along with expanding your exercise selection.
• Review of macronutrients
• Review of Somatotype and macro nutrients percentages
• Sample list of macronutrients
• Explain benefits of macronutrient in relation to weight loss

Tips from peers

• Identify alternatives to high caloric foods and drinks.
• Sometimes changing the portion lets you enjoy comfort foods and beverages, too.

Motivation: Minimizing Challenges and Tips on Maintenance

• Losing weight is not a linear process, and you can expect bumps in the road.

The Secret to Long-Term Result

• Making short-term weight loss goals along with a flexible and personalized program based on your body type and lifestyle = long-term results!
• Things to remember after hitting goals
• The Secret…

I started working with Julio in January to tailor a plan around my schedule, lifestyle and diet and it has been a complete game changer. I was able to set a goal and understand the basics on “how to” achieve it in a realistic manor. It has been 5 months and I feel and see changes that I didn’t see in a year of trying to do this on my own. This truly has been a lifestyle change, not a fad, that I can maintain and even push myself to work harder when I can and not get discouraged or give up when life happens and I can’t. –Amber

Thank you so much for the encouragement, for the plan and for positively pushing me each week. Although it doesn’t seem like much weight, it was a ten pound start on weight that I couldn’t manage to lose over years! I really thought this goal wasn’t achievable with my work/family situation. Really can’t thank you enough!!!! – Mary

I believe training with Julio has educated me to make lifetime changes that I will carry forward. I wanted sustainable changes not drastic changes and Julio has made that happen and I am grateful. – Jane

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Fitness Foundry is an NSCA and NASM Approved Provider of continuing education. This course is offered for 0.4 CEUs..

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