Body Composition in St. Catharines

What is body composition?

Body composition testing goes beyond your weight on the scale. It dives deeper to assess the proportions of muscle, fat, and bone that make up your body mass. This information is crucial for understanding your overall health and fitness. Unlike traditional methods like BMI, body composition analysis provides a more accurate picture of your physical makeup.

Body composition can help track your progress towards fitness goals like building muscle or losing fat, allowing you to tailor your exercise and nutrition plans for better results!

How can a body composition assessment help me?

Body composition is done by a ProActive professional with compassion and experience. We do not shame you for your body or where you are in your healthcare journey. Body composition is meant to help with:

  • Setting realistic goals. Understanding your baseline body composition (muscle mass, fat mass, water weight, etc.) helps set realistic and achievable fitness goals. It shifts the focus from just a weight loss number to a more holistic perspective of body composition.

  • Tracking progress. This goes beyond just the number on the scale and provides valuable insights into whether your fitness plan is working as intended. Are you building muscle? Losing fat effectively? This data helps you stay motivated and adjust your program as needed.

  • Informing strategies. Knowing your body composition can help tailor your exercise and nutrition strategies for optimal results. Maybe we need to increase calories, maybe you need more protein, or maybe we want to reduce both!

  • Identify areas for improvement. Body composition analysis can reveal areas where you might need to focus more effort. For instance, a low muscle mass might call for incorporating more strength training into your routine.

  • Provide motivation. Seeing a positive shift in your body composition, like an increase in muscle mass or a decrease in body fat percentage, can be a strong motivator to stay on track with your fitness journey!

Overall, body composition testing offers valuable data that empowers you to make informed decisions and adjustments throughout your fitness journey.

Getting started with
a body composition assessment at ProActive

You can book with a ProActive body composition testing professional to get started.

They’ll also help you with our other fitness and/or healthcare providers if you end up needing further help!

Body composition packages for personal training and fitness

Some of our St. Catharines group fitness classes and personal training packages offer body composition as part of the deal!

Take a look at our packages and promotions to find yours!

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