BALANCE POINT EDUCATION INC. (formerly FaCT Education – www.fact-education.com) is a dynamic company focussed on long-term health, fitness and performance improvement. •BPE Inc. trains and educates fitness professionals. •BPE Inc. provides corporate wellness solutions.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING BPE provides education and training across Canada and internationally. We educate fitness professionals in the gathering and interpreting of physiologic biomarkers. The goal of BPE is to provide practical, factual, real-world data to directly improve clients’ fitness. We offer Biomarker Assessment Certifications and professional insurance for our clients who successful complete our educational modules.
CORPORATE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS BPE Inc’s. corporate wellness solutions help improve staff fitness, health and motivation. Balance Point Education offers testing packages that you can add to your own in-house wellness solution or full 8-12 week wellness events that are fully developed by BPE. Utilizing the latest technology and physiologic testing, BPE provides staff with customized reports and information to help understand their current level of fitness. We provide recommendations to improve fitness as well as periodic checks to measure improvement.
STAFF BUY-IN Balance Point Education Inc. offers unique programs that your staff will value. We strive to bring information and opportunities to your employees that empower them to help make healthy decisions. At BPE we have found that clients realize that they are directly responsible for improving their own health and fitness. BPE provides customized individual reports that our clients value. Because the information is relevant to their own health, we have found that staff are willing to share the costs of bringing in BPE wellness events. Each participating staff member pays for a portion of the testing themselves so that they are committing themselves financially to improve their health and fitness. BPE will work with the company to decide upon the cost sharing between the employers and employees.
BIOIMPEDANCE TESTING Our Balance Point Bioimpedance testing provides a detailed cellular analysis of the body. The bioimpedance test measures • fat mass • muscle mass • cellular health • hydration levels The Bioimpedance test allows clients to make informed decisions around health and fitness. Merely using body weight and/or the Body Mass Index(BMI), does not account for individual differences in muscle and fat mass distribution. A focus solely on weight alone can lead to misinterpretation of health status, negatively affect body image, and lead to poor decision making about diet and exercise. The Bioimpedance test is done pre and post fitness challenge. This allows the participants to track the actual change in fat mass, muscle mass and cellular health. For longer challenges we recommend a mid-challenge bioimpedance test to help with motivation.
PHYSIOLOGIC CARDIORESPIRATORY ASSESSMENT Our physiologic assessment utilizes a low impact, paced walking or running program. It has been proven to be effective in its ability to safely and accurately assess a number of physiologic parameters. The physiologic assessment provides useful information in terms of intensities for exercise prescription. During the physiologic assessment we track heart rate, respiration skin temperature and posture. We use these biomarkers to establish heartrate zones for training and exercise. A pre and post test provides clients with a simple visual to demonstrate how they have improved their fitness level as well as any changes to raining zones that have occurred.
THE SCIENCE BALANCE POINT EDUCATION INC.
uses the German engineered Biacorpus to conduct the bioimpedance testing. Currently, the Biacorpus is the most accurate portable bioimpedance testing in use in the industry.
Utilizing a small electric current and statistical analysis, the Biocorpus provides accurate body analysis that is surpassed only by the full body x-ray scan of the DEXA test. The Biacorpus is being used by many doctors in the field due to it’s accuracy and non-invasive nature.
Our physiologic cardiovascular assesssment uses the Zephyr Bioharness to record heart rate and respiration during the test. Our cardiovascular test is based on the original FaCT test of Juerg Feldman and Herb Chlebec. Using the biomarkers of heart rate and respiration we provide a snapshot of cardiovascular fitness that can then be compared overtime.We graph the heart rate and respiration to provide a Balance Point performance line. Changes in the line over time will demonstrate improvements in lower intensity to high intensity endurance. BPE Inc will also provide clients with training heart rate zones based on the results of their cardiovascular testing. Clients can then use these zones to help tailor their fitness and exercise plans.
WHY INVEST IN WELLNESS? Companies receive many benefits after implementing a worksite wellness program. Increased employee morale Improved employee health Reduction in workers compensation claims Reductions in absenteeism Increased productivity Attract and retain high calibre employees
PROGRAM OPTIONS BPE offers many types of programs to help improve corporate wellness. Companies can choose the options that work best for them.
TESTING PACKAGES BPE staff will provide on-site bioimpedance testing and/or physiologic cardiorespiratory testing.This option allows your corporation to design their own wellness events,while maintaining state of the art physiologic testing.
BPE INC. WELLNESS EVENTS BPE will design an 8- 12 week wellness event, in which staff will receive bioimpedance and/or physiologic cardiorespiratory testing. We perform a pre-test prior to the starting of the event, as well as a post test to provide clear data on any gains made by the clients. For the longer events (10-12 weeks) we recommend a mid challenge bioimpedance test to aid in motivation. We will work with the corporate liason to determine which BPE wellness options will suit the corporate culture. We will design the challenge and help determine teams, prizes, incentives and fitness opportunities available in the community. BPE will conduct an anonymous survey at the end of the event to provide the company with data as to the staff perception of the success of the event. We will also provide the company with a summary data report regarding the improvements in fitness achieved by the entire group.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Return on Investment In Worksite Health Promotion
A review of scores of published studies on worksite wellness found that the Return on Investment is $3.48:1 due to reduced medical costs and $5.82:1 due to reduced abenteeism
Studies have shown that wellness programs have a return on investment of $3 - $5 for every dollar spent. “The workplace has become an environment that both contributes to employee ill health, while simultaneously offering the most potential for improving overall employee health and well-being� Canadian Council on Integrated Health Care 2002
LIFESTYLE CHANGES WORK The risk of developing type 2 diabetes can be reduced by 58% through moderate exercise. 80% of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes can be avoided by adopting three or more healthier lifestyle choices (avoiding tobacco, eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly) 40% of most cancers can be avoided the same way. With 75% of workplace productivity losses related to employee lifestyle choices, employee wellness is a concern for all employers. Canadian Health Index 2010
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“I worked out regularly before the 12 week fitness challenge but the bioimpedance test motivated me to work more and think about my eating habits and the kinds of fitness I was doing. I am very pleased with the results. Thank you for your hard work..... much appreciated. I will definitely do this again.”
“ I found the experience to be motivating. I like the testing for results and the online journal was great. I think that you did a great job and am hoping for another next year!! Well done.”
“ I really liked all aspects! Would do it again!!!”
“Love it. Found out I could exercise in the morning and by doing so it set a positive mood for the day. Loved the information and motivation the 12 week challenged provided. it was a competition with myself but with the motivator of the bioimpedance test at the end. I have learned how to exercise, that I like exercising, that the mental and physical rewards are wonderful and to top it off lost 20 pounds and went off high blood pressure pills. Yeah Tod and the school district for providing this opportunity. I am very grateful.”
“ It was awesome - really got me motivated to get moving with my training! Thanks!”