HCA Registered Health Coach™ (RHC™)

The goal of a health coach is to provide supportive services that facilitate a transition to healthy living. These can include, but is not limited to lifestyle recommendations, whole foods recommendations, and weight loss support.  Below are some of the key benefits of a Registered Health Coach:

• A Health Coach can discuss dietary habits and make general whole foods recommendations where permitted by law to do so.
• A Health Coach will identify the specific nature of their client’s goals and create a detailed plan on how to reach them. 
• A Health Coach assists clients to use their insight, personal strengths and resources to assist clients with goal setting, action steps and accountability toward healthy lifestyle change.
• A Health Coach can connect a client with health care and medical resources while providing emotional support and a detailed health history.
• A Health Coach will regularly check in with a client’s progress and help navigate the challenges being faced while striving to meet goals.
• A Health Coach teaches clients how to make small changes that will build up to a lifetime of good health.
• A Health Coach recognizes the interrelationship of mind, body and spirit; and the importance of addressing these synergistic factors unique to each individual.
• Health coaches can help clients identify cognitive roadblock’s (such as negative self-talk) and the subsequent counteractive behaviours (such as unhealthy eating habits) that sabotage goals.
• Health coaches have assessments they can use to help clients become more self-aware and to identify their good and bad habits while proceeding through the goal process.
• Health coaches often work in conjunction with Holistic Nutritionists, Naturopaths, Doctors, Registered Dieticians and/or other medical professionals, particularly if the client is dealing with chronic illness and/or is on medications.

Certified Personal Training Specialist:

The canfitpro Personal Training Specialist (PTS) certification has been mapped against the set of standards developed by repscanada, the Canadian Register of Exercise and Fitness Professionals, powered by canfitpro.  Some of the Standards of Practice met by PTS include:

• Consider first the well-being of the clients throughout the training session.
• Provide fitness testing when appropriate to assess clients’ current fitness level and using blood pressure and resting and exercise heart rate, plan a progressive physical activity program.
• Evaluate client needs in physical activity and nutrition based on the counseling foundations in the Personal Training Specialist program and provide the client with a safe and effective exercise plan based on their needs, abilities and goals.
• Assess, design and deliver individual and small group training program in a health club, home and workplace setting.
• Develop a client specific exercise plan within your level of ability and progress to more advanced training techniques with clients once the proper competency has been achieved.
• Modify all client exercise technique as needed to strive for optimal individual biomechanical effectiveness.
• Promote the benefits of regular physical activity and a balanced lifestyle combined with a healthy diet using Canada’s Physical Activity Guide as a reference.
• Answer general questions for participants on injuries or discomforts related to exercise. All injuries must be diagnosed and treated by a qualified medical professional.
• Provide emergency care based on the participant needs (contact EMS, provide Emergency First Aid or CPR).

Certified Healthy Eating & Weight Loss Coach:

For the majority of people, exercise alone is not enough to create lasting weight loss and health.  Knowing that rates of overweight and obesity are increasing across Canada, canfitpro has created the Healthy Eating & Weight Loss (HWL) Coach program.  Nutrition information is constantly evolving and being able to decipher this information and apply it to fat loss strategies is essential for success. As a Healthy Eating & Weight Loss Coach, we help clients to understand healthy eating, the value of regular activity and ways to reduce body fat. The Standards of Practice outlined below, allow fitness professionals to provide excellent strategies and tools to help educate clients about how to build a healthier body.

• Evaluate client needs based on the counseling foundations in the HWL program.
• Provide general fat loss education using My Healthy Eating Plan based on the canfitpro food pyramid to support clients in making healthier choices more often.
• Coach clients by referring to the HWL Tool Kit to provide support and guidance in reaching their goals.
• Refer a client to a qualified nutrition professional should they require specific information on dietary requirements, vitamins, minerals or other supplements or any other aspect of wellness.
• Promote the benefits of regular physical activity for weight loss, a balanced lifestyle in combination with a healthy diet.

Certified Primal Health Coach:

The Primal Health Coaching system is based on Integrative Health Coaching (IHC), one of the most well-studied, scientifically validated methods of health coaching.  According to Duke University’s Integrative Medicine department, “Integrative Health Coaching empowers clients to make lasting health behavior changes that are the cornerstones of lifelong well-being.  It bridges the gap between medical recommendations and clients’ abilities to successfully implement those recommendations into their complex lives.”

As a Primal Health Coach, we help clients make better health choices, make effective diet and lifestyle changes and achieve their self-defined wellness goals according to Primal Blueprint principles.  The aim of the Primal Health Coach is to help clients extract the most joy, satisfaction and fulfillment from their lives.

Integrative Health Coaching, like integrative medicine, is a healthcare approach that places the client at the helm and works to align the physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences affecting a person’s health.  The emphasis is on whole-person care, mindfulness, client-centredness and integrating healthy nutrition, fitness and lifestyle habits.