Personal training

The Active Living Centre is a CSEP Certified Fitness Centre (CSEP-CFC), making it the highest calibre of fitness facility and physiology lab in Canada. The CSEP-CFC designation recognizes facilities that employ qualified exercise professionals, follow evidence-based assessment and training protocols and meet CSEP standards for operating procedures and safety.

Your training sessions will be in any of the following spaces:

• The Active Living Centre Fitness Floor
• Personal Training Studio
• Circuit Studio
• Applied Research Centre consult rooms or assessment areas.

We pride ourselves on having relevant and updated equipment in all of our fitness spaces from reputable brands like Precor, Technogym and Rogue to reliable local companies and suppliers.

What is a CSEP – CEP?

CSEP-Clinical Exercise Physiologists have the most extensive scope of practice, including performing assessments, prescribing conditioning exercise, as well as exercise supervision, counselling and healthy lifestyle education.

A CSEP-CEP’s clientele may include:

• Healthy individuals
• Individuals and populations with medical conditions, functional limitations or disabilities associated with musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, metabolic, neuromuscular, and ageing conditions
• Clients with chronic disease and injury

What is a CSEP – CPT?

CSEP-Certified Personal Trainers help individuals to meet their healthy lifestyle goals using an evidence-informed approach acquired through post-secondary education. They administer the CSEP-PATH® process for assessing, gathering, and applying information about a client's physical activity fitness, and sedentary behaviour levels to develop a tailored fitness and lifestyle plan.

A CSEP-CPT’s clientele may include:

• Apparently healthy individuals
• Individuals with a stable health condition who are able to exercise independently
• Individuals of all ages

Do any of these apply to you? If so, you may benefit from a seeing one of our personal trainers.

• You are new to exercise
• You would like a personal program to meet specific needs and goals
• You want to learn more about health and fitness
• You struggle to start and stay physically active
• You have reached a plateau
• You have trouble finding enjoyment in physical activity
• You are recovering from an injury or who want to prevent future injury

To avoid paying a fee, you must give your trainer 24-hours’ notice for cancellations or changes to a session. Contact your trainer directly to cancel or change your time.

Choose from our wide range of training programs and assessment services.

Browse our services

1. Download and complete both the Registration Form and Get Active Questionnaire:

• Registration Form
• Get Active Questionnaire

2. Download and complete the consent form for the service you have chosen:

• Getting Started
• Starter
• Jump Start
• Jump Start Plus
• Body Composition Analysis
• V02 Max*
• Functional Movement Analysis
• The Works*
• The Works Plus
• Peak Performance*
• Personal Training Only

*If you are over the age of 40 and are completing a VO2 max test as part of your package (VO2 Max, The Works, Peak Performance), please also complete the Medical Information Release Form.

If you are pregnant, please complete the PARmed-X for Pregnancy Form as a guideline for health screening prior to participation in a prenatal fitness class or other exercise.

3. Submit your forms and make payment

You have two options for submitting your forms and payment:

• In person at the customer service desk, OR
• By email to Personal.Training@umanitoba.ca.

4. Complete our intake questions to get matched with a personal trainer

You will receive these questions in an email after you have submitted your forms and payment. Simply reply as best as possible to the questions in the email to complete your registration.

5. Meet with your trainer

After your registration is complete, your trainer will connect with you to introduce themselves and schedule your sessions together.

Personal training blog

Check out our Person Training and Nutrition blog to get tips, tricks, and advice in the world of personal training. Our pros share some great information to help you achieve your goals.

Tips from the Trainer videos

Watch our Tips from the Trainer videos for technical advice on exercise, opportunities to become physically active and information on a range of health topics.  With the risk of disease and the cost of health care on the rise, we want to help you to embrace the benefits of leading an active and healthy lifestyle.

Current video: Daniel’s Deltoid Destroyer

Personal training, Fort Garry campus:

Personal.Training@umanitoba.ca
204-474-7976

Personal training, Bannatyne campus: 

Andrea.Dietrich@umanitoba.ca
204-789-3858