What is the C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1?

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.

What Sets a C.H.E.K Practitioner Apart from the Rest?

As a student moves into the C.H.E.K Practitioner Program and becomes a C.H.E.K Practitioner their program design skill sets increase, as do the range and level of assessments that they are able to perform.

This allows more precise identification of client issues, and therefore specific solutions can be found to address them. At the same time, a C.H.E.K Practitioner learns how to identify problems they should not work with, and to which professional to refer these clients to for a resolution.

Many C.H.E.K Practitioners work in fitness clubs, for a professional sports team or with an allied healthcare professional, such as a chiropractor or physical therapist, while others branch out on their own to open their own private training businesses.

What are the Prerequisite Courses?

In addition to attending the CHEK Exercise Coach and completing the written exam it is essential that you have completed the following three courses either courses at least four weeks before attending C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 1:

• Flatten Your Abs Forever (DVD)
• Advanced Program Design (Correspondence Course)
• Equal, but Not The Same: Considerations for Training Females (Correspondence Course)

Instructor Mathew Walden

Length of course: 5 days