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Your exercise program doesn’t necessarily stay the same throughout GLP-1 treatment.
As treatment progresses, you may experience changes in body weight, appetite, energy, strength, fitness, and exercise tolerance. Your goals and circumstances can change too.
So what happens to your exercise approach when your treatment changes?
This two-hour educational workshop introduces the SERVICE™ GLP-1 Exercise Framework, a four-phase conceptual framework designed to help you think about exercise across different stages of the GLP-1 journey.
BUILD → PRESERVE → PREPARE → MAINTAIN
The framework provides a way to organize exercise considerations from establishing a foundation through weight loss, treatment transitions, and long-term maintenance.
EXPLORE THE FOUR-PHASE FRAMEWORK
🟦 BUILD
Develop an exercise foundation that you can sustain.
Learn how to establish movement and strength-training habits while building confidence and consistency.
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🟩 PRESERVE
Pay attention to strength and muscle during weight loss.
Explore the role of resistance training and progressive exercise while your body weight is changing.
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🟨 PREPARE
Adapt as treatment circumstances change.
Learn why your exercise strategy may need to evolve as you move through different stages of treatment, including transitions in your medication journey.
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🟧 MAINTAIN
Build exercise habits that last.
Explore how strength training, physical activity, and sustainable exercise can remain part of your lifestyle beyond active weight loss.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
During the workshop, you’ll learn more about:
- How exercise considerations can change throughout GLP-1 treatment
- The importance of strength and muscle preservation during weight loss
- Approaches to resistance training for people who are new to exercise
- Why an exercise routine that works at one stage may need to change later
- How to think about exercise during treatment transitions
- The transition from active weight loss to long-term maintenance
- Practical strategies you can begin applying to your own exercise routine
The workshop is interactive, with time for questions and discussion about how these concepts may apply to your own circumstances.
WHAT YOU’LL TAKE HOME
Every participant receives:
1. ✓ A comprehensive downloadable participant workbook.
2. ✓ Five supplemental handouts and five worksheets.
3. ✓ Live demonstrations of eight foundational movements.
4. ✓ Practical strategies for exercise planning, strength, physical function and sustainable habits.
5. ✓ Personal action plan and resources for continued learning
6. ✓ Access to the SERVICE™ GLP-1 Participant Resource Center
7. ✓ Downloadable educational resources and practical tools
8. ✓ Two-hour expert-led workshop
9. ✓ Q&A and discussion
10. ✓ $99 workshop fee credited toward our $275 Exercise Physiology Assessment
You’ll leave with a clearer framework for thinking about:
Your current stage.
Where exercise fits into your treatment journey right now.
Your priorities.
Why strength, muscle preservation, fitness, and physical function deserve attention.
Your next steps.
When your exercise approach may need to evolve.
Your long-term plan.
How sustainable exercise habits can continue beyond active weight loss.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This workshop is designed for adults who are:
- Starting GLP-1 treatment
- Currently taking a GLP-1 medication
- Experiencing weight loss while using a GLP-1 medication
- Interested in starting or improving strength training
- Concerned about maintaining strength and muscle
- Experiencing changes in energy or exercise tolerance
- Preparing to transition off medication
- Already off medication and focused on maintaining progress
- Looking for sustainable exercise strategies for the long term
You don’t need to be an experienced exerciser to participate.
The workshop is educational and designed to help you better understand the role exercise can play throughout the treatment journey.
WHAT THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT
This is an educational workshop—not individualized medical care, medication management, or an individualized exercise prescription.
If you are looking for personalized exercise assessment and programming, those services are available separately through Exercise Physiology.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Patrick Service, MS, ACSM-EP
Exercise Physiologist | 30+ Years of Professional Experience
Patrick Service, M.S., ACSM-EP® is an Exercise Physiologist and founder of YOUTRAINFITNESS in Durham, North Carolina.
With more than 30 years of professional experience in exercise and fitness, Patrick specializes in helping individuals safely begin and maintain exercise programs, including individuals using GLP-1 medications for weight management.
He developed the SERVICE™ GLP-1 Exercise Framework, an evidence-informed, four-phase conceptual framework designed to organize exercise considerations throughout different stages of GLP-1 treatment.
His approach emphasizes strength, muscle preservation, physical function, fitness, sustainable physical activity, and collaboration with healthcare professionals.
Credentials include:
- ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist
- ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
- NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES)
- NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES)
- 30+ years of professional fitness experience
- More than 10 years of experience prescribing exercise for individuals with chronic health conditions
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2026
Time: 12:00–2:00 PM
Location: YOUTRAINFITNESS
5611 NC Highway 55, Suite 102
Durham, NC 27713
Investment: $99
Two hours | In person | Maximum 12 participants
YOUR $99 INVESTMENT
Your registration includes:
1. ✓ A structured 25-slide educational presentation.
2. ✓ The SERVICE™ GLP-1 Exercise Framework.
3. ✓ A comprehensive downloadable participant workbook.
4. ✓ Five supplemental handouts and five worksheets.
5. ✓ Live demonstrations of eight foundational movements.
6. ✓ Practical strategies for exercise planning, strength, physical function and sustainable habits.
7. ✓ personal action plan and resources for continued learning
8. ✓ Two hours expert-led workshop
9. ✓ Access to the SERVICE™ GLP-1 Participant Resource Center
10. ✓ Download Resources and Practical tools
11. ✓ Q&A and discussion
12. ✓ Limited to 12 participants
100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
If, within 24 hours of completing the workshop, you don’t feel you’ve gained valuable, actionable information you can apply, we’ll refund your $99 registration fee.
WANT MORE PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE?
Your $99 workshop investment can be applied toward a $275 Exercise Physiology Assessment if you decide to continue with individualized assessment and programming.
SAVE YOUR SEAT
This November 18 session is limited to 12 participants to allow for meaningful interaction, questions, and discussion.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
12:00–2:00 PM
$99
REGISTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 18 WORKSHOP →
Please note: This is the November 18 session of Protect Your Muscle While Losing Weight On GLP-1 Medications. The same workshop is offered on additional dates.