One of the challenges faced when developing a corporate wellness program is collecting data that accurately represents the health and wellness of the given population. This article will focus on the easiest, and most reflective numbers that you can gather that will give you a vision of the wellness of your company. Along with a [...]
X-Factor Fitness Solutions Blog Archive for the ‘Know Your Numbers’ Category
The Boardroom Health Assessment
By Matt Trudo on January 9th, 2012Calculating Your Training Zone Target Heart Rate Range (Using the “Corrected” Karvonen Formula)
By Matt Trudo on September 23rd, 2011The most accurate method of calculating your training zone target heart rate range is by using the “corrected” Karvonen Formula. It is called the “corrected “ formula because it corrects for your resting heart rate, which is different from person to person. Your resting heart rate should be attained first thing in the morning right [...]
Know Your Numbers: Liver Enzymes
By X Factor Fitness Solutions Team on April 4th, 2011One screening that may be less common among corporate health fairs, but is still important to your health is a liver panel. The liver is an organ in the abdomen which helps in many of the body’s tasks including: processing the body’s nutrients, making bile to help digest fats, producing proteins such as those that [...]
Know Your Numbers: Blood Glucose
By X Factor Fitness Solutions Team on March 10th, 2011According to the American Diabetes Association, in the United States there are 18.8 million people diagnosed with diabetes, 7 million people undiagnosed, and 79 million people with prediabetes. In 2010, there were 1.9 million new cases of diabetes diagnosed in people aged 20 years or older in the United States alone. Having prediabetes can do [...]
Know Your Numbers: Lipid Profile
By X Factor Fitness Solutions Team on March 4th, 2011When you think about monitoring your heart health, checking for a healthy cholesterol number is definitely important, but it is more complicated than knowing just one number. The entire lipid profile includes: your total cholesterol, high density lipoproteins (HDL), low density lipoproteins (LDL), triglycerides, and total cholesterol to HDL ratio. Keeping these numbers in the [...]
