Tips for Getting Fit in the New Year

Dec. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- With the New Year comes New Year resolutions, and more often than not they include losing weight.    FitMed is offering new tools to start your plan of attack on a safe and customized footing -- whether you're getting off the couch or preparing for the starting gun.

If you're already fit and are ready to take it to the next level, FitMed's elite athlete profile includes scans and assessments with our advanced technology, designed to help you perfect and maximize your athletic performance. And if fitness is a new part of your vocabulary, our physician-prescribed fitness and weight loss programs can help you form an action plan to achieve safe, medically-supervised weight loss and a healthier lifestyle...for good!

The newest arrow in our quiver is the InBody 720 from GE. The InBody test precisely measures body composition by sending multiple pulses through the inner body, resulting in up to six different impedance readings for the trunk and four limbs. The innovative in-depth analysis of the InBody exam yields accurate results for the body composition outputs, such as body fat mass, skeletal muscle mass, and lean vs fat body mass. Learn your unique readings for:
Body Fat Mass
Weight
Lean Body Mass
BMI
Percentage of Body Fat
Segmental Lean Analysis
Total and segmental water ratio
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Body Composition History
Reactance & Resistance
Dry Lean Mass
Anne Moore, our own FitMed exercise physiologist has used the InBody to test her water ratios before and after cycling, using the information to improve her hydration during training. It's also a great tool to pinpoint which areas you need to target during workouts and to show your specific body composition.

Why is body comp an important part of your fitness knowledge? Dr. Bright McConnell of FitMed said in a recent Live 5 news interview, "As Americans, we are obsessed with weight on a scale, but pounds don't translate into a true representation of our fitness; body composition is a truer test of a person's fitness and body mass. It can give the average patient an exact benchmark for their healthiest weight and very specific goals and medical advice for achieving that."

For example, an elite runner's body comp test can pinpoint exactly where she's carrying body fat or displaying muscle asymmetry, which might impact her balance, leg swing, or increase the potential of fatigue during a race.

Schedule an appointment in FitMed's beautiful Daniel Island facility today, because isn't it time you took that first step? Call (843) 284-5720 to learn more.

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Located in Charleston, FitMed Partners is a team of medical professionals working to give patients the most effective and safest solutions for enhanced fitness, performance and health.