New Powerlifting Client Info

Please read our new client intake information before beginning training at Volition Fitness.

Step One - Schedule a Consultation:

Step One:

Free Consultation

We offer free online consultations. We recommend an online (Zoom, Skype, or phone/email) consulation to save your first session (free!) for the initial assessment, an integral part of building your initial program. If you choose an in-person consultation, please note the assessment is no longer free. Please skip this step if we have already met with you in-person.

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Step Two - Waivers and Forms:

Please visit our waiver site to fill out the requisite waivers and forms to get started. If you have a Mindbody account with us, please log in as usual. If you do not have a Mindbody account with us, please select "New to Volition Fitness" on the first form selected. Please use the login details selected on the other two forms. All forms are required before beginning training.

Waivers and Forms

Step Three - In-Person Assessment:

Your initial visit to Volition Fitness will be an assessment appointment. This assessment is a necessary step for our coaches to build an appropriately scaled program for your goals. If you selected an online consultation, this assessment appointment is free; if you selected an in-person consultation, this will be the first charged session to your account.

Your coach will schedule this visit with you during your consultation.

Following your consultation appointment, your assessment session may include the following (individual needs may dictate necessity, client may opt out of any assessment):

Health Status Assessment

Measure resting heart rate, blood pressure, heart rate recovery, and perform cardiovascular assessments as necessary.

SBD assessment

Assessment of strength and technical proficiency of squat, bench, and deadlift. Test alternate stances, determine weak points, and make programming decisions based on overall performance.

Coaching Assessment

Open-ended assessment to determine the best training tools to help you succeed. We use a variety of systems (percentage, RPE, RIR, etc.) and need to determine the best fit for you, your programming, and your commitment to training.

Body Composition Measurement

Inbody assessment, girth measurements, and calipers (as desired). These measurements help determine nutrition recommendations as well. We will generate reports and share via email and Inbody app.

Step Four and Beyond:

Following your assessment session, your coach will work with you to define the next stages of your exercise programming. While all people progress at different rates, generally the progression of training is as follows:

Modify Exercise Selection

We work to find the best exercise selections for your needs.

Initial exercise selections are based on weak points in movement, whether in relation to strength, technical proficiency, proprioception, or otherwise. Our goal is to build adaptations that realize the biggest strength gains with also taking into account improvements in hypertrophy, physical health, and fatigue management.

Determine optimal Training Doses

Early stages of training focus on building volume and allowing optimal recovery.

This may include modifying rep counts, set counts, exercise intensity, tempo, and so on. This will depend highly on your current conditioning level, your strength training experience, and your recovery profile (sleep, nutrition, hydration, and so on).

Progressive Overload

The cornerstone of all programs that determines long-term progress.

As it sounds, we progressively increase training variables to push the body to adapt to training stimulus, making you stronger and more capable than previous workouts. This may include modifying training to higher frequencies per lift, increasing or decreasing volume or intensity, and so on.

Adjust Nutrition and Training

We continually evaluate your program, looking for variables to optimize.

This may include raising or lowering training volume, increasing or decreasing training days per week, or altering a number of other variables in the program or nutrition to get you where you want to be. Depending on desired weight class, nutrition may be modified to increase or decrease weight with minimal negative effects to performance.

Additional Programming

As your in-studio program progresses, your coach may prescribe additional programming (included) to perform outside of sessions. This may include resistance or conditioning work. This is provided via text documents or Excel (Google Sheets) documents. Clients have the option of performing these additional days of programming in our studio on their own, as described below.

Open Gym Access and Rules

Access and Rules

Open-Gym Memberships

All clients attending 1x sessions a week or greater may book open-gym sessions to complete their trainer-assigned programming at our facility. This allows a semi-private, focused environment for you to achieve your goals with the finest strength and conditioning equipment available. No guests allowed, no childcare available.

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Request Open Gym Access

Following your first session with your coach, you may request open access to complete your trainer-assigned programming.

Your coach will activate your membership, allowing online booking through the Mindbody app (required for access).

Book On Mindbody

Log in the Mindbody mobile app and search for "Volition Fitness".

When logged in, go to services, open gym access. There are several open gym "sessions" available, labeled "A", "B", etc. Search through available times and submit your request. All requests are subject to approval from staff, confirmed via email. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please check with your coach.

Open Gym Rules

Please remember Volition Fitness is a private facility focused on helping our clients succeed. This means treating the facility and the equipment as you would your own. We expect all clients to put all used equipment away, including bars, plates, attachments, and so on. All equipment used must be sanitized after use, using the sanitizing stations located throughout the facility. No guests allowed, no childcare offered. We take the quality and safety of our facility very seriously, and will revoke open access priveledges if in violation of these rules.

Replace Used Equipment

All bars, weights, collars, and other equipment must be returned to the location retrieved from. If you cannot move a piece of equipment safely, please ask a staff member and they will assist you.

Sanitize All Equipment

Using the provided sanitizing solution, spray solution onto towels provided and wipe down equipment used. Do not spray solution directly onto equipment. Sanitizing solution is food grade and skin safe.

Supersets/Giantsets/Circuits

Please respect the facility and other clients within. Do not use excessive amounts of equipment simultaneously. If supersetting or greater, please take notice of other equipment in use and if necessary confirm with other members or staff that equipment is not in use.

Specialty Barbells/Equipment

Do not use specialty bars (deadlift bar, squat bar, etc.) for unintended purposes. Most bars have end-cap markings that show their intended use. Do not drop any barbells without bumper plates. Do not drop competition equipment under any circumstance. Rack pulls may only be performed with power bars (not deadlift or Olympic bars).

Mind Your Surroundings

When moving equipment, please take caution around walls, mirrors, lighting, other equipment and persons. Do not drop equipment unless necessary for safety. Do not drop equipment on the turf under any circumstance (except for med balls or other "soft" equipment).

Lockers

Lockers are provided for day use and may be used by open gym clients or personal training clients. Locks are not provided. Volition Fitness accepts no responsibility for lost items. Any items left overnight will be placed into lost and found for no greater than 1 week before disposal.

Thank you for choosing Volition fitness

We take pride in providing a facility and service unmatched in the fitness industry, and welcome your feedback. If you need anything, have any comments or questions, feel free to reach out. We sincerely appreciate your business, and look forward to working with you!

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