Presentation overview:

Peter Cummings MHP, NNP, co-creator of this training with Nutrition Network, is a seasoned metabolic health, nutrition, exercise and performance practitioner. In this introductory lecture, Cummings provides a comprehensive overview of what you can expect to learn from this training.

Overall exercise training learning objectives:

1. See Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) as a vital sign that deserves routine assessment
2. Envision a workflow that allows you to routinely assess fitness in clinic
3. Know which fitness assessment is appropriate for your patient, the case-use and your clinic
4. Be able to identify patients at the greatest risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mortality based on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)
5. Understand what makes exercise prescription appropriate versus potentially harmful
6. Understand how to prescribe exercise
7. Understand the patients that would benefit from referral to another professional
8. Understand the expected impact of combining exercise prescription with therapeutic carbohydrate restriction (TCR).
9. Understand that any generalized exercise prescription is quite often inappropriate
10. Understand how to put on your ‘coach’s hat’ to initiate behaviour change in patients
11. Be able to envision a new and powerful way of helping your patients

Core concepts covered in this training

• Fitness can be quickly and accurately assessed during clinical visits
• Exercise prescription must be personalized and Patient-Centered to be appropriate
• Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription should be part of Routine Care