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AFAA's TeleFitness® Systems Terms and Descriptions
The terms TeleFitness®, Fitness Triage®, Fitness Gets Personal®, Exercise Gets Personal™, Well-Fit Forms™ and Nutrition Gets Personal™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Aerobics and Fitness Association of America.

What is TeleFitness®?
TeleFitness® is an online tool that allows remote access to and management of fitness information and programs using convenient technology.

What is TeleFitness® Internet Software Certification?
TeleFitness® Internet Software Certification is an online certification and continuing education course that teaches fitness and allied health professionals how to use AFAA's patented TeleFitness® Information Systems, while applying AFAA's updated exercise guidelines and current issues in fitness.

Here's how it works. At any time of day users can log into the course from an Internet connected computer. Users complete learning activities by reading articles and viewing pictures then test their knowledge by completing multiple choice and true/false quizzes. If the user passes all the quizzes within three tries, then the user is a Certified User of AFAA's TeleFitness® Information Systems.

What are the TeleFitness® Information Systems?
Currently, there are several unique and patented AFAA TeleFitness® Information Systems available at AFAA.com:
  1. Fitness Triage®
    Fitness Triage® is the first step that identifies exercise risks. Fitness Triage® starts with a fitness or allied health professional answering a 32-item questionnaire designed to create a profile about an individual's personal health and disease status. The system then automatically analyzes the data using AFAA's patented software and displays the results.
    First, there is a broad overview of the results using a color-coded classification system:
    • Red (Stop)
    • Yellow (Caution)
    • Green (Go)
    Then, there is a list of links to detailed Fitness Gets Personal® content information on topics that relate specifically to the individual's age, weight, health, and/or disease status.
  2. Fitness Gets Personal®
    Fitness Gets Personal® is an extensive database of accurate, reliable information relating to health, safety, lifestyle risks, nutrition, and exercise. There are multiple ways to access the database:
    1. By completing the Fitness Triage® profile, which then generates a list of relevant topics.
    2. Searching by keyword, such as "diabetes" or "seniors".
    3. Browsing the table of contents.
    4. Browsing the glossary of terms.
  3. Exercise Gets Personal™
    Exercise Gets Personal™ is an exercise programming tool that creates 3 different levels of a four-week personalized exercise program, complete with warm-up, aerobic activities, muscle conditioning, flexibility, cool-down, and progress goals.

    The user completes short questionnaires about an individual's exercise habits and activity preferences. Based on the questionnaire, the computer generates week-by-week exercise instructions.

  4. Nutrition Gets Personal™
    Nutrition Gets Personal is the newest addition to AFAA's TeleFitness® Systems, designed to generate a customized meal plan based on your client's goals and current health status. This meal plan can be modified by exchanging individual foods to create several different versions of the meal plan.
  5. TeleFitness® Client Management System
    TeleFitness® Client Management System is a profile of an individual's results and information from any of the TeleFitness® Information Systems, including the utilization of AFAA's Well-Fit Forms™. When someone uses one of the TeleFitness® nformation Systems, the information is either stored as a profile for future use or, depending on the user's access level, deleted after the first use.

    What Information Systems do the Different Users Access?
    There are four different User Access Levels.

    1. Guest Access Level
      Visitors to the AFAA Web site can use Fitness Triage® and Fitness Gets Personal® on a free, one-time trial basis. One trial profile can be created, but it will not be stored. It will be deleted after the first use.
    2. AFAA Member Access Level
      Current AFAA members can use Fitness Triage®, Fitness Gets Personal® and Exercise Gets Personal™. Three profiles can be created during the membership period, but they will not be stored. The information will be erased after the first use.
    3. TeleFitness® Certified User Access Level
      TeleFitness® Certified User Access Level is for professionals who have successfully passed the TeleFitness® Internet Software Certification course. TeleFitness® Certified users can access Fitness Triage®, Fitness Gets P ersonal®, Exercise Gets Personal™ and Nutrition Gets Personal™ as well as additional modules when available. Three client profiles can be created and they will be stored so that they can be accessed for reference and modification. They can be modified as many as three times provided the user is still TeleFitness® certified. Additional profiles may be purchased by TeleFitness® certified users only.
    4. Certified User's Client/ Corporate Employee Access Level
      The client or corporate employee of the TeleFitness® certified user is an individual who has consented to allow the certified user to complete a profile for him/her using AFAA's TeleFitness® systems. The client or corporate employee can access AFAA.com in order to view his/her profile results. However, the client does not reserve the right or have the ability to modify his/her own profile. All modifications can only be entered by the certified user. Upon the completion of his/her profile by the certified user, the client is then activated to view TeleFitness® System content.
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