The Overhaul Program involves a small group of participants (between 10 and 20) and spends eight weeks changing all of the important areas of their lives, connected to their health and wellbeing.
There are 4 focuses specifically to change;
- Nutrition
- Movement
- Stress Management
- Lifestyle
The program is designed to holistically change the health and well-being of a person at any age or stage of their lives. This program can be run for students or staff in a school, or workers in any corporate setting.
Time is spent time testing all areas before and after the program, to quantify the changes made by taking the following actions:
- Ensuring the body is receiving the nutrients it needs
- Reducing the amount of toxins going into the body
- Reducing inflammation in the body through a range of focuses
- Exercising everyday
- Changing how we think
- Getting enough sleep
- Changing how we respond to stress
Pre-program testing is two hours in duration and involves the following:
- The larger group is split into 3 smaller groups
- Rotating around 3 different stations – 40 minutes each
- Fitness Test
- Psychological Test
- Nutritional Analysis
- Fitness Test
- Beep Test
- Push Ups
- Sit Ups
- Movement Analysis
- Bio Age Test
- DASS Test
- Nutritional Analysis
- Food Diary
- 3 Days Record Intake – Food and drink (Including brand names and cooking method)
- Food Analysis database
8 Week Program – Overview
- Once a week – The group receive a 1-hour training session with one of the personal trainers, ensuring they are taught how to use the gym properly and how to adapt exercises to personal requirements
- Once a week – The group join an educational workshop, learning practical lessons on how to change food choices, consider how they exercise, how they think and how to manage stress
- During this time, there is the potential for one group outing such as laser tag, rock climbing etc.
Educational Workshops
- Health and Well-Being – ways to improve our health and manage stress in a practical way
- Self Esteem – how to recognise if we have a low self esteem and how to change it
- Food Choices (cooking workshop and demonstration) – why we need to be choosing the foods we eat carefully
- Nutrients (myths) – which foods contain what kinds of nutrients and which foods are toxic for our body
Support during the Program
- Group Facebook Page – online access to The Overhaul Program team to ask questions and to find support from the team and from each other
- Personal training group session – face to face once a week -learn how to use the gym in the right way
All participants are tested at the start (pre-test) and at the end (post-test) of the program to gauge results and impact over the 8 weeks.
Results of the Overhaul Program
Health and Well-Being
- 100% of participants improved in all 12 systems tested in the body (via Health and Well-Being Questionnaire)
- 30% average improvement in all systems in the body
- Improvements averaged over group of participants:
- Brain/ Nervous System – 39%
- Cardiovascular System – 39%
- Musculoskeletal System – 37%
- Gastrointestinal System – 37%
- Endocrine System – 30%
- Immune System – 26%
- Respiratory System – 26%
Fitness, Posture and Movement
- 100% of participants improved in all 12 systems tested in the body (via Health and Well-Being Questionnaire)
- 30% average improvement in all systems in the body
- Functional Stability – 103.9%
- Upper Body Strength – 83.2%
- Core Endurance – 34.2%
Psychological
- 88% of participants improved across all 4 areas tested
- HIGHLIGHT – 3 participants moved from severely depressed during the ‘Pre-test’ phase into a normal range during the post-test’ phase on the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS)
Conclusive Statements
- 100% of the participants felt healthier as a result of the Overhaul Program
- 90% of the participants learnt new things they can apply to the rest of their life during Overhaul Program
- 100% of the participants admit having more energy following the Overhaul Program
- 100% of the participants feel more confident as a result of the Overhaul Program
- 100% of the participants feel better equipped to make healthier choices with food as a result of the Overhaul Program
- 90% of the participants express feeling much fitter due to the Overhaul Program
- 80% of the participants admit to sleeping better as a result of the Overhaul Program
- 50% of the participants have experienced a greater capacity to manage stress as a result Overhaul Program
- 100% of the participants enjoyed the activities run during the Overhaul Program
- 100% of the participants would recommend the Overhaul Program to others
- 100% of students had fun participating in the Overhaul Program
If you are interested in running and Overhaul Program for your school or workplace, please contact the Armed For Life Team.