The C.H.E.K Effect

If you are signed up to our Facebook page or Twitter account then you may well have read the Yahoo! news piece that I posted the other day about the amazing results Olympian Jade Johnson has achieved working with the CHEK institute.  In a nutshell; Jade was running herself into the ground, she was hormonally exhausted (what we commonly call over-training) due to a poorly designed training program that she had been following that took no account of her lifestyle or nutritional needs.  Effectively she was being drained not trained and finally she had no reserves left to call upon and burned out.  You can follow the amazing progress on the blog: http://www.jadedragonreturns.com/

As well as being world leaders in holistic health and fitness and elite trainers themselves the faculty at the CHEK institute run an internship program to train up other fitness professionals that understand the value of their approach.

The cornerstone of the CHEK approach is a solid understanding of how the body works. How hormonal regulation effects the many processes of the body, the way anatomy works in movement and the interplay between these and many other factors to produce true health and fitness.  This level of knowledge means that a CHEK trained professional is well able to liaise with other professional body workers like Osteopaths, Massage Therapists and Physios. Sam and I demonstrate this everyday so effectively when we work together to achieve amazing results for our clients.

The vital first step on the road to achieving these results is a full assessment of posture, muscle strength and tension balance, core strength and coordination as well as diet and lifestyle factors. This all takes time and skill to get right but provides vital information to the CHEK professional about the strengths, weaknesses and impairments that will need addressing for you to get th most from your investment in training time.

The maxim that is drilled into you with the CHEK approach is “if you're not assessing then you’re guessing!” and who could look a client in the eye and charge money for guess work!? Most personal trainers do though, not because they’re bad people but because they just haven’t been taught a better way. The standards of training needed to become a “qualified fitness professional” are in my opinion an embarrassment and more to do with sales than fitness.

If you are willing to pay for expertise to help you achieve your goals then spend your money wisely, choose a CHEK professional.