At Get Started we offer a comprehensive online personal training program. The program is designed to support you to meet your fitness goals. At the same time our trainers tailor the program specific to your needs, so that you will continue to make steps toward your goals. We specialize in working with people who are beginners or who want to get started with exercise. If you are currently exercising and would like to train with our trainers, we have options for you too.

Get Started is designed to make exercise convenient for you. With online training you can go at your own pace, you will not have to worry about what time the fitness center closes, you will not need to remember your pad lock, and you will not have to worry about whether you look good enough to go exercise. You will be in the safe havens of your home, which helps reduce the extra stressors around getting started with exercise.

We are very excited that you chose Get Started! All of our trainers are certified through the American College of Sports Medicine. We take the time to get to know our trainers and talk with them to ensure that they are people that will care about you and pay attention to you while you are partnering with us. It is our mission to provide you with convenient exercise options and at the same time we will provide you with the best certified trainers.

There are different interpretations of what online training means. ‘Online training’...Does that mean I will be exercising my fingers on my keyboard at work?’ — one person jokingly mentioned after hearing about Online Training.

At Get Started, online means: we will provide email and web-cam support to help you reach your goals. We want to be as interactive as possible and to be able to show you the exercises and provide feedback, as if, we were right in your home with you. We also want to be accessible when you have questions. You will be able to email us on your own time and will respond quickly.

GETTING STARTED
The program begins with you by telling us a little bit about yourself. Below we have broken down the steps and we further explain how it works along the way.

On the Get Started website, you begin by logging in. This begins your first steps. Once you login, there are 3 forms that you will fill out. It will take you approximately 20 minutes to fill out.

Input Information

In the first section we ask you some basic questions about yourself; like your name, age, height, etc. Then there are a series of questions we ask about your exercise and activity background followed by seven questions to help us assess your adherence to exercise. We call these the 7 by 7 opening questions. These help us to understand who you are.  We will incorporate what you tell us into your program in various ways. Your feedback on this section will help us with our approach and the way in which we will support you during your program. In addition, your answers will help us develop your exercise program.

Health History Form

The next two sections tell us about your health. The health history form will help us review your cardiovascular risk and any injuries you have currently or sustained in the past. There are 17 questions in this area.

PAR-Q

The last section is called the PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire). There are seven yes and no questions that will tell us if you will need a doctors approval to begin working with us. The form is standard in the exercise and health world, or participating in a personalized exercise program.

If you answered yes to any of the questions, you will need medical clearance. If you need a physicians clearance, this is the form that will need to be completed prior to beginning working with any of our trainers

First Phone Session

After the last section, we will then have much of the information we need before your first phone session.  We will review your information, then contact you by email to set up your first phone consultation session.

The first phone session will last about a half-an-hour. We will talk in further detail with you about your goals, what you’d like to accomplish by participating in the program. At the end of the session we will learn more about you and set up additional dates for your personal training session via webcam. 

Setting up a webcam

Setting up a webcam is very easy and we will assist you if you have any questions on how to get it set-up. We do all of our broadcasting through Skype. You will need to down load this application to your computer which takes only a few minutes. It is available for PC and MAC users.
Your program design will determine when your 30-minute sessions are scheduled.

Exercise and Support

In each of the training sessions we will teach you specific exercises individualized to your needs and goals.

Follow-up

After each completed session you will receive an online survey. If you have further questions after completing your sessions, please feel free to contact your trainer directly.