Brevard NEXT · Informed Consent & Health Screening

Effective date: September 7, 2026

Replaces: the version dated August 17, 2026. What changed: the health questions below were rewritten to match the questions the app now asks, and the twelve month renewal was added.

Good coaching starts with honest information. This document explains what you are consenting to, asks you to be truthful about your health, and tells you when to see a physician before training.

What you are consenting to

• Fitness assessment and benchmarks: baseline and periodic measurements, for example strength, conditioning, and any body metrics you choose to log, used to plan and track your program.
• Programmed training: progressive workouts designed for your goals and current level, adjusted as you go.
• General nutrition and habit guidance: educational, general-population guidance. Your coach is not a physician or registered dietitian, and nothing in the program is medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Screening honesty

Your program is built from what you tell us. Answering health questions incompletely or inaccurately can lead to programming that is wrong, or unsafe, for your body. You agree to answer honestly and to update your coach when things change: a new injury, a new diagnosis, a new medication, or a pregnancy.

Pre-participation health questions

The app asks you these seven questions before your first in-person session, and keeps your answers with the date you gave them.

They are based on the PAR-Q+, the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone, 2025 edition, published by the PAR-Q+ Collaboration. They are our own plain wording of its general health questions. This document is not the PAR-Q+ itself and does not reproduce it; the official form, with its follow-up pages, is published at eparmedx.com.

1. Has a doctor ever told you that you have a heart condition, or high blood pressure?
2. Do you get pain in your chest, whether at rest, during everyday activity, or when you exercise?
3. In the last 12 months, have you lost your balance because of dizziness, or lost consciousness? Feeling dizzy from breathing hard, including during tough exercise, counts as a no.
4. Have you ever been diagnosed with any other chronic medical condition, apart from heart disease or high blood pressure? If yes, the app asks you to name it.
5. Are you currently taking prescribed medication for a chronic condition? If yes, the app asks you to list the condition and the medication.
6. Do you have now, or have you had in the last 12 months, a bone, joint or soft tissue problem that could be made worse by becoming more active? Answer no if it was in the past and does not limit you now.
7. Has a doctor ever told you that you should only do physical activity under medical supervision?

What a yes means

A yes on any of the seven does not end anything and does not close your membership. It means we ask for your physician's clearance before you train with a coach in person. Everything else stays open to you: your program, your tracking, fuel, chat, and rank. Bring your physician's guidance to your coach, because programs adapt.

Your answers are visible to Coach and to a Team Coach assigned to you, so that the person in front of you can train you safely. They are not shown to other members.

Your screening is good for twelve months

A PAR-Q+ clearance is valid for a maximum of twelve months, and so is yours. After twelve months the app asks you to take the screening again before your next in-person session. Take it again sooner whenever your health changes, and tell your coach at the time rather than waiting for the renewal. Any clearance note on file is read against the screening it belongs to, so a new screening can mean a new note.

Physician clearance, our recommendation

Even with all no answers, we strongly recommend a check-up before beginning a new exercise program if you are over 45, have been sedentary for a year or more, are pregnant, or are managing a chronic condition. Hold off on becoming more active while you have a temporary illness such as a cold or a fever, and pick it back up when you are well.

Stop and tell your coach

Stop exercising and tell your coach immediately if you experience chest pain or pressure, unusual shortness of breath, dizziness or light-headedness, palpitations, or sharp joint pain. Seek medical attention when in doubt. No session is worth pushing through a warning sign.

Your right to withdraw

Participation is voluntary. You may decline any exercise, assessment, or measurement, and you may stop any session or leave the program at any time.