Assumption of Risk & Liability Waiver

1. Voluntary participation

I voluntarily choose to participate in Next Standard Performance (“NSP”) fitness/performance coaching. I understand that participation may involve strength training, resistance exercise, cardiovascular conditioning, mobility/flexibility work, bodyweight exercise, power/agility activities, use of free weights and machines, outdoor or facility based activity, remote/online programming and other exercise appropriate to the selected service.

2. Inherent and foreseeable risks

I understand that exercise and training involve risks including, without limitation: falls; slips; collisions; equipment failure or misuse; muscle strains; sprains; tendon or ligament injury; joint injury; fracture; back or neck injury; aggravation of a known or unknown condition; dizziness; fainting; dehydration; heat illness; abnormal blood pressure response; cardiac event; stroke; respiratory distress; rhabdomyolysis; and, in rare circumstances, permanent disability or death. Risks can arise from my own condition or conduct, other people, facilities, surfaces, weather, transportation between locations, equipment, or ordinary mistakes in coaching or supervision.

3. Health information and medical responsibility

I am responsible for deciding whether I am medically able to exercise and for seeking appropriate medical evaluation when needed. I will disclose information reasonably relevant to safe coaching, including material exercise restrictions, recent surgeries, significant injuries, pregnancy where relevant to exercise safety, medications or diagnoses that materially affect exercise tolerance, and concerning symptoms. I understand NSP does not independently verify that my disclosures are complete and does not diagnose medical conditions.

I will stop exercise and seek appropriate care for symptoms such as chest pain/pressure, unexplained severe shortness of breath, fainting, new neurological symptoms, severe or unusual pain, or another symptom that reasonably appears to require medical attention.

4. Assumption of risk

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, I knowingly accept the inherent and reasonably foreseeable risks of voluntary exercise and training, including risks that may arise despite reasonable instruction, programming, screening or supervision.

5. Release relating to ordinary negligence

To the fullest extent Arizona law permits a participant age 18 or older to do so, I release and agree not to hold liable Sky Hood Ventures LLC d/b/a Next Standard Performance, its owners, officers, employees, independent contractor coaches and authorized agents for claims for personal injury or property damage arising from the ordinary negligence of a released party in connection with voluntary NSP exercise/training activities.

This release does not purport to release liability for gross negligence, reckless or intentional misconduct, fraud, or any duty/right that applicable law does not permit to be waived. I understand that the scope and enforceability of any release is determined by applicable law.

6. Facilities, equipment and third party locations

Training may occur at private gyms, client facilities, residences, outdoor areas or other third party locations. Unless NSP owns a location or piece of equipment, NSP does not control every condition of that property or equipment. I will follow posted facility rules, inspect equipment within reason before use, promptly report unsafe conditions and refrain from using equipment I reasonably believe is unsafe.

7. Online and unsupervised training

For online or independently performed training, I understand no coach is physically present to control my environment or intervene immediately. I am responsible for safe space, stable equipment, appropriate loading and the presence of help where my individual circumstances reasonably require it. Video review is limited to what is visible/audible in the submitted clip and is not a medical or comprehensive safety examination.

8. Nutrition and lifestyle education

General protein, hydration, meal structure, food quality, sleep, recovery and lifestyle guidance is educational fitness coaching. I understand it is not individualized medical nutrition therapy, treatment of an eating disorder, diagnosis, medication management or a substitute for care from a physician or registered dietitian when such care is appropriate.

9. Emergency response

If an NSP coach reasonably believes I need urgent medical attention during an in person session, I authorize the coach to contact emergency services and provide reasonable first response assistance within the coach’s training. I remain responsible for third party medical/transport costs.

10. Personal property

I am responsible for my personal property at training locations. To the extent permitted by law, NSP is not responsible for ordinary loss, theft or damage to personal property not caused by NSP’s legally actionable conduct.

11. Privacy and media

I understand that signing this waiver is not a media release. NSP does not require progress photos and receives no automatic right to use my likeness, name, training footage, testimonial or transformation story for marketing. Any marketing/media authorization must be obtained separately and may be declined without affecting my coaching relationship.

12. Acknowledgment

By electronically signing the membership agreement, I confirm that I have had the opportunity to read this waiver, understand that it affects legal rights, voluntarily accept its terms, and may ask questions before participating. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions are intended to remain effective to the fullest extent permitted by law.