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Strength

Strength and the gym

  • Part of your care, not a bonus beside it.
  • Cleared by a clinician before your first session.
  • Strength keeps muscle while you lose fat.
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Why you are here stays with your doctor

A gym floor is a shared space. Your trainer gets only what keeps you safe, and the software sends nothing more.

What crosses to the gym floor

They are told what to avoid and what to stop for — “no overhead pressing”, “stop if lightheaded”.

What never does

They are not told your diagnosis, what you are taking, or that you are on this programme at all.

Why strength, specifically

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    Muscle stays

    Resistance training and enough protein keep what you lose weighted towards fat, not muscle.

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    Cleared before you lift

    A clinician clears you to train, and renews it. Report a symptom on the day, and that day you rest.

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    Your trainer stops first

    Stopping needs nothing filled in. Anything a trainer cannot judge goes straight to a clinician.

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Answer a few questions on your phone, then book your home blood test. A doctor makes every decision with you.

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Questions about training

When does training start?

When a clinician says so, not when you join. A clinician clears you to train, and that clearance expires and has to be renewed. If you report a symptom on a given day, you are not trained that day even if you were cleared last week.

What is my trainer told about me?

They are told what to avoid and what to stop for, such as no overhead pressing, or stop if lightheaded. They are not told your diagnosis, what you are taking, or that you are on this programme at all. A gym floor is a shared space and screens get read over shoulders; they do not need any of it to train you safely, and the software does not send it.

Why strength, specifically?

Losing weight quickly costs muscle as well as fat. Resistance training and enough protein are what keep the loss weighted towards fat, which is why both sit inside the care rather than beside it.

What happens if something happens in a session?

Your trainer stops. Stopping needs nothing filled in first, and a session that stops early stays open until somebody writes up what happened, because an incident nobody documented is one that never reached your clinical team. Certain things go straight to a clinician and a trainer cannot close them, because they are not a trainer's to judge.

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