ProTrack Product Details

Features:

• Easy tracking of your workouts, meals, and personal measurements (e.g., body fat, bench press max, etc.).
• Use the Daily Journal to record any information that may affect your workouts.
• View and analyze your fitness information in graphs.
• Print detailed reports of your fitness information.
• Export your reports or graphs to many popular formats for use in another program or document. You can even export your reports or graphs to HTML format so you can post them to the Internet.
• Create workout and meal templates so complete workouts and meals can effortlessly be entered into ProTrack 2005.
• Choose from 82 professionally pre-designed strength training programs that can be downloaded and used with ProTrack 2005 as workout templates.
• Copy the current day's workout or meal information to multiple day's for easy planning.
• Print your workout templates to take with you to the gym to record your workouts. Once you get home, you can then transfer your completed information (special notes, weights used, etc.) into ProTrack 2005.
• Print blank workout sheets to take to the gym.
• Choose from a list of over 150 exercises when entering your workouts. You can also add or delete your own exercises.
• Complete explanations on how to perform each of the exercises.
• Choose from a list of over 5900 food items when entering your meals. You can also add or delete your own food items.
• Set up a separate file for as many users as you like. This is perfect for fitness professionals who want to track the programs and progress of their clients or for documenting and analyzing the exercise, nutrition, and personal fitness goals of friends and family.

Overview of ProTrack

• ProTrack 2005 consists of four logs to track your personal fitness information. They are the Workouts Log, Nutrition Log, Personal Measurements and Exercise Maximums Log, and the Daily Journal.
• Use the Workout Log to keep a daily log of your workout information.
• Use the Nutrition Log to keep a daily log of your nutrition information.
• Use the Personal Measurements and Exercise Maximum Log to track your personal measurements such as your body weight, waist size, chest size, etc. The Personal Measurements and Exercise Maximums Log also allows you to track your exercise maximums such as your one rep max for any exercise such as bench press, squat, deadlift, etc.
• Use the Daily Journal to keep daily notes about anything you wish. For example, you could keep notes on information such as how you felt during your workout, what the weather was like, how much sleep you had the night before, etc.
• Once your information is entered into any one of the logs, you can then analyze, print or export your information with ProTrack 2005's Graphs and Reports.

Tracking Workouts with the Workout Log

• Use the Workout Log to keep a daily log of your workout information. You will be able to log and track information such as Muscle Group, Exercise, Set, Reps, Weight, Duration, Distance, Speed, Heart Rate, Intensity or Calories Burned.
• Once you have entered information into the Workout Log, you can then print or export reports or create graphs to show progress.
• You can create a set of workout templates for your most common workouts. Once you complete your workout, you can then copy the workout template into the Workout Log. A workout template will save a lot of time in entering your workouts especially if they are similar from week to week. Workout templates can be very flexible. For example, personal trainers could create a set of workout templates for each of their clients who also use ProTrack 2005. Trainers could then send the workout templates to their clients via e-mail or put them on a web page for clients to download.
• If you do not want to create your own workout templates, they now offer 82 professionally pre-designed strength training programs that can be downloaded and used with ProTrack 2005 as workout templates. These strength training programs are customized to your experience and fitness level, goals and personal interests, and time commitment.
• Use the Exercise List to add or delete your most frequently used exercises. Then when you add exercises to the workout log or a workout template, just choose the exercise from the list.
• If you double-click on an exercise in the Exercise List, you can learn how to perform that exercise.
• ProTrack 2005 comes with a list of over 150 exercises from which you can choose from when entering your workouts.

Tracking Nutrition with the Nutrition Log

• Use the Nutrition Log to keep a daily log of your nutrition information. You will be able to log and track information such as Meal, Food Item, Serving Size, Number of Servings, Calories, Calories from Fat, Total Fat, Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Total Carbohydrates, Dietary Fiber, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron.
• Once you have entered information into the Nutrition Log, you can then print or export reports or create graphs to show progress.
• You can create a set of meal templates for your most common meals. Once you have eaten a meal, you can then copy the meal template into the Nutrition Log. A meal template will save a lot of time in entering your meals especially if they are similar from day to day.
• You can view total nutrition facts for each day.
• Use the Food Item List to add or delete food items. Then when you add food items to the Nutrition Log or a meal template, just choose the food item from the list.
• You can view nutrition facts for each food item in the food item list.
• ProTrack 2005 comes with a list of over 5900 food items from which you can choose from when entering your nutrition information. This list is supplied by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Tracking Measurements with the Personal Measurements and Exercise Maximums Log

• Use the Personal Measurements and Exercise Maximums Log to track your personal measurements such as your body weight, waist size, chest size, etc. The Personal Measurements and Exercise Maximums Log also allows you to track your exercise maximums such as your one rep max for any exercise such as bench press, squat, deadlift, etc.
• Once you have entered information into the Measurements Log, you can then print or export reports or create graphs to show progress.
• Use the Measurements Item List to add or delete your most frequently used personal measurement and exercise maximum items. Then when you add items to the Measurements Log, just choose the item from the list.

Keeping Notes with the Daily Journal

• Use the Daily Journal to keep daily notes about anything you wish. For example, you could keep notes on information such as how you felt during your workout, what the weather was like, how much sleep you had the night before, etc.

Creating Graphs

• Keeping track of your fitness information with ProTrack 2005 will allow you to have visual feedback of what you have accomplished. Seeing your accomplishments with ProTrack 2005's graphs, will motivate and encourage you to try even harder the next time. This will allow you to make progress in your training and ultimately give you the body you want.
• ProTrack 2005 allows you to view and analyze your workout, nutrition, personal measurement and exercise maximum information through graphs you define. You can create your graphs in bar, line or 3D styles.
• Once you have created a graph, you can then print or export your graph. You can export your graph to many popular formats for use in another program or document. You can even export your graph to HTML format so you can post your graph to the Internet.

Creating Reports

• If you are getting good results from your training, you can look back at your fitness information with ProTrack 2005's reports to see what kind of exercise program helped you most. If your training progress slows, you can check to determine where you might be making a mistake.
• ProTrack 2005 allows you to print and analyze your workout, nutrition, personal measurement and exercise maximum information through reports you define.
• Once you have created a report, you can then print or export your report. You can export your report to many popular formats for use in another program or document. You can even export your report to HTML format so you can post your graph to the Internet.

Strength Training Programs to be used with ProTrack

• They now offer 82 professionally pre-designed strength training programs that can be downloaded and used with ProTrack 2005 as workout templates. These strength training programs are customized to your experience and fitness level, goals and personal interests, and time commitment. You can choose from the following options in order to create a program that is right for you.
• Select from the results you wish to achieve, your fitness/experience level, and the number of days per week you want to train.
• Note: You must have ProTrack 2005 installed on your computer before you can download and install any of the following strength training programs.

  GENERAL FITNESS (muscle strength, endurance, and tone)

  PHASE 1: BEG 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 2: INT 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 3: INT 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 4: ADV 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 5: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 6: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 7: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 8: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 9: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  BODYBUILDING (muscle strength, size, and tone)

  PHASE 1: BEG 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 2: INT 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 3: INT 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 4: ADV 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 5: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 6: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 7: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 8: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 9: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  STRENGTH AND POWER (muscle size and strength)

  PHASE 1: BEG 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 2: INT 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 3: INT 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 4: ADV 2 days/week 3 days/week 4 days/week

  PHASE 5: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 6: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 7: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 8: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  PHASE 9: ADV 3 days/week 4 days/week 5 days/week

  HOME/TRAVEL (general fitness program that can be done anywhere)

• Each program is 12 weeks in length (except Home/Travel program). When you've completed your first 12 weeks (Phase 1), you can go on to the next 12-week program (Phase 2), Phase 3, and so on.
• Each 12-week program includes the exercises you should do for each muscle group, the number of sets and repetitions you should do to achieve your goal, and the order in which you should perform the exercises. In addition, you'll find a program explanation (what, why, when, in which order, how often, etc.) for each of the 12-week programs.

System Requirements:

• Windows 98, ME, XP, NT, 2000, Vista
• There is no version of ProTrack available for the Macintosh.
• Hard disk with at least 40 MB free disk space.
• Works with printers supported by Windows.

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