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Specifying exercises for clients

Create exercise plans for a client with the Exercise Sets tab. Nutritionist Pro calculates average daily caloric expenditures for a client based on the exercises the client performs.

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In order to calculate caloric expenditure the client's weight must have been entered in the Weight field of the Clients Weight Management tab.

Follow these steps to complete the client's exercise sets after opening or adding a client:

  1. Click . A New Exercise Set file appears in the dialog box.
    • Click to cancel the operation.
  2. Type a Start date for the menu in the Start date field. Click in the dialog box or move to the next step. The date appears in the dialog box.
  3. Type an End date for the menu in the End date field. Click in the dialog box or move to the next step. The date appears in the dialog box.
  4. Click or to rearrange the order of the exercise sets.
  5. Click . The Add Exercise dialog box appears with a list of exercises.

a. Select an exercise in the dialog box to add to the exercise set selected in the right pane.

b. Click and the exercise appears in the Exercises area.

  • The METs field is predetermined.

c. Add additional exercises as appropriate.

d. Click to close the dialog box. The exercises appear in the Exercises area for the exercise set selected in the right pane.

e. Click or to rearrange the order of the exercises.

  • Click to remove the selected exercise from the right pane.
  1. The area in the lower-right corner of the screen contains fields used for calculating the average daily calorie expenditure, which appears in the Weight Management tab under Caloric expenditure.

a. Type the number of times the exercise is Performed.

b. Type the frequency and use the list to select the unit of time in the every fields.

c. Type the duration and use the list to select the unit of time in the for fields.

For Example:

  1. Yoga class is twice a day every other day for 1 hour:

A. Performed = 2

B. Frequency = Every 2 days

C. Duration = 1 hour

  1. Yoga class is 2 times a week for 1 hour.

A. Performed = 2 time

B. Frequency = Every 1 Week

C. Duration = 1 hour.

  1. Select Tools/Exercises from the menu bar. The Modify Exercises dialog box appears. Modify exercises as appropriate.
  2. Click to save the information in the Clients editor, including the client's exercise sets.
    • Select File/Save As to save the file under a new name.