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Personal training

Find the right fit for you and get matched with a certified personal trainer to help you develop, track and evaluate an individualized plan to meet your needs, abilities, preferences and goals.

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    Experts

    Our trainers have the education, experience and passion to help you deepen your own knowledge about your health and fitness

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    Individualized plan

    Get matched with a certified personal trainer to create and support an individual program for your needs, abilities, preferences and lifestyle.

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    Measured progress

    Packages come with easy-to-understand, accurate and objective measurements to evaluate health risks, monitor fitness progress and achieve your goals.

  • Packages

    New to personal training

    The jumpstart and jumpstart plus packages are the best starting points for new clients. During a consultation, our trainers will get to know you, your fitness levels and your goals. With this information, they will create an individualized plan for three one-hour training sessions.

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    Training sessions

    Individual training sessions let you hit the ground running. Packages include one-hour sessions with our personal trainers, who will work with you, help you execute your program properly and progress with your goals.

    If you have not already had a consultation with a trainer, thirty minutes of your first session will be used to discuss your needs, abilities and preferences.

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    Assessments

    Assessment packages let our trainers use evidence-based methods to identify and analyze your functional movement, body composition, VO2 Max and general fitness. This gives you insight into your body's health and fitness, setting you up for more effective training, support and intervention.

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    Combos

    Training and assessments meet in combo packages like the works plus and peak performance  which give your personal trainer a comprehensive evaluation of into your health and fitness levels so they can create a specialized programs with clear targets and progression goals.

Group personal training

Group personal training sessions are designed to help you reach your personal fitness goals with expert guidance and shared motivation from a small, dynamic and supportive community.

How to register

  • Register online

    Go to the registration page and select the packages and services best for you. Complete your purchase, a short intake questionnaire and waiver and within three business days you will be matched with a trainer best suited for your needs.

  • Register in person

    Review our packages and services to determine which suits your needs. Visit the customer service desk and a team member will help you register and complete your intake forms and waivers.

  • After you register

    Our staff check registrations daily (Monday-Friday) and work on matching you with a trainer based on the information you filled out during the registration process.

    You get an email within 2-3 business days to connect you with your trainer and provide additional information about your services, including how to access the facility and cancelling or rescheduling an appointment.

    Once connected with your trainer, you book your session date and time directly with them.

    Questions

    Please reach out if you have questions about our services, packages or need assistance registering.

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Our trainers

All of our trainers are certified through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP) as Clinical Exercise Physiologists (CEP) or Certified Personal Trainers (CPT). This means they can provide you with the knowledge and direction to help you achieve your desired results.

Each CSEP-certified trainer needs:

  • 120 credit hours of post-secondary education
  • 100 hours of practical experience in health-related fitness
  • 30 professional development credits every two-years
  • 8 core competency areas addressing theoretical and practical knowledge

Nutrition

  • Craving Change

    How-to workshop for changing your relationship with food

    Craving Change explores activities and strategies to address the struggle to change problematic and emotional eating behaviours. The workshop focuses on the 'way' of eating behaviour and what to do about it.

    • Understand why you eat the way you do
    • Comfort yourself without food
    • Change your thinking to change your eating

    Participants must be in attendance for all the virtual sessions if a certificate of completion is required. 

    Register for a Craving Change session

Connect with us

Contact us

Active Living Centre
145 Frank Kennedy Centre
430 University Crescent

Joe Doupe Recreation Centre
030 Brodie Centre
727 McDermot Avenue

204-474-7279