7 Healthcast: Individualized exercise

Jerry Tulis is serious about fitness. The 62-year old works out everyday.

"It makes you feel good to work out," Tulis said.

To keep active and avoid being sidelined with an injury, Tulis turned to the body map.

"The body map gives a complete picture of flexibility along the upper body, lower back, hip, knee and ankle," Melissa Rodriguez, of Focus Fitness, said.

Here's how it works. You stand in front of a grid screen where a series of digital pictures are snapped of you in various positions. Then a computer program analyzes the information. For example, if there's tightness on one side of the body. In Jerry's case:

"His lower back has an excessive forward lean, which tells us his lower back is weak and tight," Rodriguez said.

Armed with this information, fitness trainers can then develop a plan tailored to your needs whether you're new to working out or coming back from an injury.

"The routine they get is specific to them, specific to their goals and specific to their body because one size does not fit all," Peter Donohoe, of Fitness Focus, said.

Thanks to the body map. Jerry has the right plan to stay active and injury free.

The body map was developed by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and runs about $125.

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