Summary
- Only Le Gym personal trainers on duty are allowed to train clients in the Le Gym fitness centre.
- Le Gym personal trainers have priority to any equipment for personal training program clients.
- Thank you for making this fitness centre your place of training and for complying with these regulations. Our staff has the right to interpret and apply these regulations to ensure maximum service quality and safety to ALL OUR CLIENTS.
- The management of Le Gym at Concordia University has the right to cancel membership privileges in case of lack of respect and adherence to the above-mentioned regulations.
CONCORDIA LE GYM PERSONAL TRAINING REGULATIONS (Details)
Only Concordia personal trainers are allowed to train clients in the Le Gym Facility.
Personal Training is defined by any of the following:
- Leading an individual through a designed workout.
- Providing one-on-one exercise instruction and education.
- Prescribing a fitness program for another individual.
- Verbally or visually promoting a personal training company.
- Receiving payment for exercise guidance, including payment of guest fee.
Anyone suspected of acting as a personal trainer by exhibiting any of the above-mentioned behaviours will be questioned and informed of the Le Gym Concordia policies. Any individual acting as a personal trainer, as defined above, or who is not employed by Concordia Recreation and Athletics as a certified personal trainer or strength coach will be asked to discontinue. If the individual fails to comply with this request, all membership and guest privileges may be suspended or revoked for the individual in question and client(s) involved.
Personal trainers will have priority to any equipment for personal training program clients.
Reasons why trainers not affiliated with Le Gym Concordia are prohibited from personal training:
In Quebec, no regulations exist regarding the profession of personal training. This lack of regulation causes many under-qualified or uneducated "trainers" to claim the title of "Personal Trainer" or "Strength Coach." Due to liability issues and other reasons listed below, Le Gym Concordia requires all trainers working within the building to maintain certification through a nationally recognized organization and meet specific academic requirements essential for quality personal training. We uphold these strict criteria for our trainers in an effort to ensure that the personal training program remains a quality service on the cutting edge of this field.
Personal training for our purposes is defined as one-on-one fitness instruction to another individual or group.
Reasons why non-Concordia trainers are not allowed to train within the Le Gym Training Facility:
- The Le Gym Concordia Facility cannot adequately control the quality of personal training from individuals that are not employed by the Le Gym. These individuals may not have adequate academic background, ability, training or experience to correctly train clients. In addition, Le Gym is very limited in its ability to regulate these individuals in order to prevent or correct potential erroneous information or technique passed on to clients.
- Individuals not employed by Le Gym Concordia as a personal trainer or strength coach have not been trained by the Le Gym Concordia staff, policies, rules, guidelines, procedures, or standards and therefore, are unauthorized trainers.
- A legal liability arises for Le Gym Concordia if we are aware of outside personal trainers working within the Le Gym Concordia Facility.
- The use of the Le Gym Concordia Facility for outside personal training is in direct competition with the personal training service that Le Gym offers.
Fitness Centre Attendants may ask any patron to leave the facility if necessary and have the right to interpret and apply these regulations to ensure that all our client’s training experience is positive, safe and enjoyable.
Le Gym Concordia has the right to cancel membership privileges in case of lack of respect and adherence to the above-mentioned regulations.