Fitness

To better meet your fitness needs, we offer the following specialized programs:

Personal Training

Focusing on functional strength and mobility, Medcan trainers take cues from your assessments and prescribe specific, highly personalized plans to meet your goals.

Fitness Coaching

This year-long program features a dedicated fitness coach whose mission is to keep you motivated and on track. You can look forward to regular in-person or online consultations, plus updated monthly workouts and instructional videos. The exercise regimens, tips and insights you’ll receive along the way can be used and adapted for a lifetime of optimal fitness.

Fascial Stretch Therapy

This specialized therapy involves lengthening the body’s connective tissue, improving flexibility and often relieving pain from past injuries.

Olympic Weightlifting

Classified as a “speed strength” sport, Olympic Weightlifting involves the use of a barbell to lift maximum weight at a rapid speed. The sport requires a high level of skill, agility and timing for a full-body workout that activates the core, legs, back, arms and shoulders.

Olympic Weightlifting consists of two types of lifts – the snatch and the clean and jerk. There are several steps and safety checks that come into play to ensure that these movements are conducted in a safe and effective manner.

Weightlifting offers a multitude of health benefits, including increased lean body mass, reduced body fat percentage and the promotion of good bone health. It is also easily transferrable to other sports, and can offer variety and excitement to your existing training regimen.

Our new Olympic Weightlifting Program includes:

• A joint mobility assessment and analysis of your skills and strength
• Warm up drills specific to the skills you require, progressive programming for classic lifts, and assistance exercises to support appropriate movement patterns
• A flexibility component that is specific to your needs and restrictions

One-On-One Boxing Sessions

Led by a professional trainer, our one-on-one boxing lessons will arm you with the tools and know-how to better control your body as you navigate your way through a variety of standard boxing movements.

Prior to your first one-on-one lesson, you will sit down with your coach to identify your fitness goals and endure a physical assessment to determine your athletic ability and coordination.

During the first portion of your boxing lesson, your trainer will help you master stance, footwork, weight shifting, punches and kicks. It is during the second, most physically-exerting portion of your lesson – pad work and conditioning drills – that you will put these techniques to work.

Your session will conclude with a cooldown period, involving shadowboxing at roughly 50% of the speed of your pad work exercises. Light stretches will be performed to aid recovery, followed by a summary of your lesson.

VO2 Max

Improve aerobic capacity and optimize performance with our VO2 max test – the numerical measurement of your body’s ability to utilize and uptake oxygen. Known as the gold standard of cardiovascular efficiency measurement, VO2 max is considered by many physicians to be a ‘new’ vital sign.

Your VO2 max value – the volume (V) of oxygen (O2) consumed while completing a controlled maximal aerobic test – is measured by breathing into an apparatus. The test gets progressively more challenging until all of the necessary values are collected by the tester, who measures units in milliliters of oxygen per minute, per kilogram of body weight (ml/min/kg). A higher VO2 max value means that your body can take in more oxygen, transport that oxygen to your working muscles, and then efficiently put that oxygen to use.

A report will be provided to optimize your training. Medcan has a team of skilled professionals that can help you meet your goals.

Structuring your training program to work at a percentage of your VO2 max provides an optimal environment to improve your aerobic capacity and maximize your time training.

Group Fitness Classes

We are thrilled to announce the addition of group fitness classes at Medcan, beginning January 7^th, 2019.

From high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to boxing and athletic conditioning, our group classes cater to every fitness level, goal and schedule.

Click here for information on group fitness classes and to see what’s available.

Advanced Training Program

Relying on advanced tools and training methods, our 12-week Advanced Training Program (ATP) offers individuals who wish to venture beyond traditional fitness offerings an opportunity to improve, measure and learn more about their physical fitness.

Embracing our three pillars – Eat, Move, Think – and our Live Well, For Life philosophy, this elite, metrics-driven program combines a variety of tools and services at Medcan to help you reach your desired goals, like competing in a fitness competition or preparing for a physically-demanding trip. No matter what your objective is, your experienced coach will maintain regular contact with you throughout your journey to ensure accountability and adherence to the program.

Includes:

• Nutrition Consult
• Medcan Fitness Assessment
• Goal Setting
• VO2 Max Testing
• In Body Fat Measurement
• Anthropometrics
• A copy of Eat, Move, Think, a book by Shaun Francis
• Recovery Meals
• 8 x Coaching Sessions
• 1 x Fascial Stretching Session
• Customized Program Plan
• Reassessment
• MYZONE Heart Rate Monitor
• Access to Coach

Advanced Fitness Assessment

If you want to take fitness testing to the next level, we welcome you to book an Advanced Fitness Assessment (AFA) – a gateway to our Advanced Training Program, Traditional Fitness Program and other fitness services.

Utilizing a number of Medcan tools and services, the AFA sheds light on your current fitness level, providing you and your coach with valuable data to better guide your goal setting and fitness planning.

Includes:

• Baseline VO2 Max Test, Anthropometrics and In Body Fat Measurement (0.5 hour)
• Medcan Fitness Assessment (0.5 hour)
• Consultation and Program Design (1 hour)

These appointments can be scheduled together or separately depending on your availability.

Afterward, you’ll receive:

• A Summary of Findings
• Recommendations
• Detailed Results from the Assessment, VO2 Max, Anthropometrics and In Body

In-Home Personal Training

Designed to cater to your unique physical needs, our tailored in-home personal training sessions bring the Medcan experience right to your doorstep.

Starting at $140/session, our in-home personal training packages include the transportation of a variety of fitness equipment, including elastomers (resistance and thera bands), step and risers, dumbbells and mats.

Pricing Structure:

12-session package: $160/session ($1,920.00)

24-session package: $150/session ($3,600.00)

48-session package: $140/session ($6,720.00)

At 9,000 square feet, Medcan offers the largest fitness facility in Canada dedicated to personal training. You can pursue your goals in a space that is modern, spacious and private.

The facility includes a complete range of state-of-the-art equipment to facilitate effective workouts with your trainer.

Medcan Fitness amenities include modern and comfortable change rooms for men and women.

The team at Medcan Fitness includes more than 40 personal training professionals who have dedicated their careers to helping clients exercise effectively as a way to promote preventive health.

Whatever your needs, we have trainers with deep expertise in areas that include posture correction, injury rehabilitation, fat loss training, muscle imbalance correction, elderly strength training, back/neck pain, and sports specific training, such as golf and hockey.

Medcan is committed to our trainers’ professional development, requiring them to continue to enhance their areas of expertise.

Each trainer has a Bachelor of Kinesiology and/or unique specialty education and certifications, which may include CSEP Certified Personal Training, Functional Movement Systems (FMS), Fascial Stretch Therapy, Darby Training Systems (DTS), CHEK advanced training, and Muscle Activation Techniques.