CHEK Institute

I have studied some of his correspondance courses. Completed swiss ball training and programme design and just aboutto start the scientific core conditioning and scientifc back training. Once completed I will do the Level 1 practitioner course.

I think his work is very relative to today and his approach is not just weights and training but the whole hollistic approach he uses. Nutrition and lifestyle are an important aspect of his certifications. I have worked with some CHEK practitioners and their knowledge of kinisiology is awesome. The underlying scientifc knowledge is now becoming as important as the exercise it self.

Definately recommend it. Fitpro have aconference on 16-18t April this year with Mark Buckley giving some lectures from the CHEK Institute. These include 'Squatology' 'Functional Anatomy forthe Fitness Professionals' 'Core Conditioning - Facto or Fiction' and 'Orthopaedic Restrictions: Sacroiliac Joint Assessment and Application.'

His programmes are the most complete I have seen giving the participant a wide knowledge base of many orthopaedic conditions. The assessments used to diagnose are simple and easily understood.

Also the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) and Intergrated Flexibility Specialist (IFS) are very good courses to complete.

Did you get your strength and conditioning qualification from the NSCA?

Thanks for the reply.

Yes i did get it through the NSCA. I have just completed the CHEK exercise coach course and am sitting level 1 in April in New York.

I am interested in how other people percieve it. It has certainly boosted my levels of knowledge and ability to coach.

James

I am still at uni so find it hard to cough up the money they ask for the course.

It would be interesting to do the Golf Biomechanics course as well. I have read and seen people making a very lucrative living just working with golfers.

I've just done Scientific Core Conditioning and Programme Design and will be starting Scientific Back Training ASP. I find these courses very thorough and my clients have already benefited from what I have learnt. At a recent in house 'PTontheNET' seminar the speaker believed that Chek Level II Practitioners were the best standard trainers in the world (his words). However on another forum I belong to they do not share the same views because Paul Chek does not come from an academic environment. There seems to be alot of squabbling about abs in, out or bracing. I do agree that they are quite expensive although I feel this is a worthwhile investment as I have spoken to a Golf Biomechanic who is making a fortune.

Paul Chek is awesome phenominal trainer lecturer and base of knowledge in the area of Personal Training and Fitness. He has exceptional knowledge in Swiss Ball Training and is a man worth learning from.

If anyone can become Chek Certified then this says quality. Chek practioner are in high demand and his work is acknowledged world wide.

Do the training, you won't regret it.

Rocket

I completely agree with you. I became qualified as a level one CHEK Practitioner in April - it is awesome!

Paul Chek might be great as a fitness instructor but his nutritional advice is way off kilter. You cannot bulk people into groups, it comes down to individual needs: stage of life, how healthy your digestive system is; how hard you train or exercise; your medical history etc. A friend of mine has become seriously ill after following his metabolic diet.

Paul Chek has always fascinated me! I first met him some 12 years ago when he delivered a session at fit pro... Controversial for his time! Now of course after being in the fitness industry and now studying a medical degree, I can see a lot of his principles, I have been using with my clients for many years. For those of you with a fitness qualification, he fills in the gaps to ensure that your clients have more of a functional aspect to their training. For those in the know already, he has taken other people's research and cleverly marketed a product... I take my hat off to him. Brace or not to brace.. Check out professor Paul hodges, that's where it came from and in his own words ... Both are valid at different points. Transversus ... The most overused term in the industry and it's rubbish... We don't need to strengthen its a local stabiliser ... We just need it to have endurance ..as it helps us breathe! I must agree with allycat on the nutritional stuff...i don't agree with his philosophies but his training aspect is good. So my thoughts would be do what interests you, forget the levels, they mean nothing as they are not academically based, and leave what you don't like. The only thing I have against some chek practitioners is their superior attitude especially some of the presenters. I've also presented at conventions and it doesn't make you a superstar!!! Hopefully that's an unbiased view as all in all I have seen lots of stuff of his I truly like, but remember he hasn't reinvented the wheel, he has just played about with stuff, taken some science about bits and put it together.... As fitness professionals, we could the same!