Advanced Training Programs

Exercise, therapy, conditioning and health-care professionals trained by the C.H.E.K Institute are recognized the world over as the industry elite. Our Advanced Training Programs stress the importance of understanding the unique requirements and challenges of each individual, as a whole. This holistic, integrated approach to training and conditioning ensures optimal results, further enhancing your earning potential. Students of the C.H.E.K Institute have successfully increased fees by 100-300% and still find themselves handling a full load of clients. Training with the C.H.E.K Institute means you’re a highly demanded professional backed by a world leader in the fields of corrective exercise, performance conditioning and lifestyle management.

CHEK Exercise Coach: April 21-25, 2010 @ Progressive Fitness, Charleston, SC Instructor: Dan Hellman This highly practical five day course will give you the skills to become a superior exercise professional. After attending the CHEK Exercise Coach Program, you will be able to effectively administer individualized exercise programs for all types of clients. Correct technique is emphasized throughout the course, with plenty of hands-on assistance from the CHEK Faculty.

A key component of this certification is the integration of mind-body fitness and traditional exercise prescription. You will understand how different types of exercise, from Tai Chi to cardiovascular conditioning to weight training, affect both parts of the autonomic nervous system - an often neglected factor that is vital to achieving success with your clients.

CHEK Golf Biomechanic: August 11-17, 2010 Progressive Fitness, Charleston, NC Dan Hellman Expand your skills to include a whole new, lucrative niche! Become a CHEK Golf Biomechanic and learn how to improve performance in golfers by addressing golf-specific conditioning needs using Paul Chek’s Whole In One approach.

Golf is one of the fastest rising participation sports in the world.

In the US, golf equaled swimming for participation with 16% of Americans actively participating — that’s 43.5 million people! The fact is golfers will do anything to hit the ball longer and lower their handicap!

CHEK Level 1 Practitioner: October 29 - November 2, 2010 @ Progressive Fitness, Charleston, SC Instructor: Dan Hellman C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1 expands the CHEK Exercise Coach’s knowledge of exercise and it’s scientific, therapeutic, and performance applications. Students learn infant development assessment as a means of identifying the physical, emotional and mental etiology of movement inefficiency. Paul Chek’s Primal Pattern® system of movement analysis is taught in C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1 as a seamless progression from infant development. The C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1 student learns to identify which Primal Pattern® movements are essential to each individual’s work, home, recreational, and/or sporting environment. Using a variety of exercise modalities, the C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1 is able to customize any exercise to suit each client’s ability and skill level. All instruction is based on an integrated holistic model for assessing movement disorder and restoring functional movement. C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1’s learn how to identify which systems of the body must be balanced to create well-being as part of a skillfully designed exercise program.

C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1 Learning Objectives:

1. Understand infant movement pattern assessment and the
   application of infant development exercises as a foundation for Primal Pattern® movements.
2. Learn a holistic, integrated model of Primal Pattern movement assessment.
3. Design fully customized exercise programs based on a needs
   analysis for each client.

CHEK Holstic Lifestyle Coach Level 1: October 15, 2010, 8am – Sun, October 17, 2010 @ Progressive Fitness, Charleston, SC Instructor: JP Sears This three-level program is based upon the techniques that have helped thousands of people increase vitality, decrease stress and sculpt the body of their dreams. Each level looks in increasing detail at the underlying causes of disease and stress, considering the body as a “system of systems.” Using a coaching model, you will learn how disease and stress are preventable through healthy eating habits, lifestyle management and appropriate types of exercise.
You will understand why every meal, every bout of exercise and every late night has a hormonal consequence. You will be given tools, such as in-depth questionnaires, to assess your clients or yourselves and allow you to determine their or your readiness for change.

  47 B Windermere Blvd. Charleston, SC 29407

  843-225-6622

  843-225-6628

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