The document discusses bridging the gap between fitness and healthcare. Currently, there is a low bar for entry into the personal training profession resulting in trainers with a wide range of education and experience. Traditionally, personal training has not required a college degree like other healthcare professions and there are no standard measures of efficacy. However, the use of certifications, embedded fitness tracking apps and wearables, and tools for gyms and trainers are helping to make the industry more data-driven. The vision is for personal training plans to become part of individual health records, with better coordination between trainers and the overall healthcare team, and objective measures of the impact of training, in order to give everyone access to an effective preventative

1. Bridging
the
Gap
Between
Fitness
and
Healthcare
Nick
Corneil
Founder/CEO
Trainer+

3. § Low
bar
for
entry
§ Range
of
educaCon
and
experience
§ No
college
(like
other
extended
healthcare
professions)
§ Sales
TacCcs
§ No
measures
of
efficacy

5. • CerCficaCon
• College
• Embedded
• Fitness
Tracking
Apps
• Wearables
• Tools
for
gyms
and
trainers
Tradi&onal
Data
Driven

6. • The
fitness
plan
(record)
being
a
part
of
the
health
record
• CoordinaCon
between
trainers
and
rest
of
circle
of
care
• ObjecCve
measures
of
efficacy
• PaCent
empowerment,
more
layers
of
accountability
(extrinsic
to
intrinsic)
• Personal
training
covered/subsidized
by
extended
benefits
and
healthcare
A
world
where
everyone
has
access
to
an
effec&ve
preventa&ve
healthcare
plan
advised
by
a
fitness
professional.