Jacob Modak Holistic Coaching

There’s an in depth assessment process of nutrition and lifestyle questionnaires followed by physical assessments to build a clear picture of the client’s starting state and total stress load, and then what follows is building a specific training and lifestyle program that best helps the client pursue their goals and dreams detailed in the questionnaire process. A weekly session together is used to monitor progress and dive into other aspects of coaching, and questionnaires and assessments are repeated every 4-6 weeks with adjustments made accordingly. PT ENHANCE is an online platform where the client can complete the questionnaires, some assessments, and access their training program written for them. It’s a great resource with easy accessibility and cuts out any need for stacks of paper.

Yes. My minimum amount of coaching time is a commitment of 6 months. The reason for this is because of the depth of assessment that C.H.E.K practitioners are continually trained to do in order to have a true ‘map’ of how the client’s system is functioning. It takes time, and depending on where the client is at upon starting the coaching process, lasting positive change can sometimes take a solid year of consistent work and effort to achieve. It’s worth investing that time into one’s own health as there are very few things in life that feel as liberating. I can speak to that from personal experience from when I first joined a gym at 14 years old fully unhealthy and not the happiest bunny in the box to who I am now. What I share is what I’ve lived and know to be the truth.

This is something I understand. Especially as we all come out of 2020 and the challenges that posed.

First, one needs to know that their full desire is there and often the cost of something can be that mirror put up asking us how much we want to do something. Second, if the desire is definitely there and burning strong but the ‘maths’ are still somewhat of a barrier, I offer a monthly instalment plan with all of my packages so there isn’t the need to pay in one go. Third, if it’s just not currently feasible to do the one-to-one coaching, I have some beneficial and proactive suggestions. While financially planning for future coaching, I would advise buying the book How to Eat, Move, and be Healthy by Paul Chek. It’s a foundational text that all C.H.E.K practitioners study and follow and it provides the base for anyone when it comes to holistic living. Reading that and putting it into practice can make an enormous night and day positive difference. You won’t get extensive individualised assessments the same as you would with the private coaching, however, there questionnaires and assessments in there, so the time between saving up for coaching and starting can certainly be incredibly productive by implementing what’s in that book. And I’ll let you into a little secret, regardless of the level of coaching, every C.H.E.K practitioner will cover much of what’s in that book with you first as those are the foundation principles that any further and more specialised performance and rehabilitation must stand on.

Other resources that could be great for you are Paul’s other book called The Last Four Doctors You’ll Ever Need, and also Paul’s YouTube channel as he has hundreds of videos sharing high quality general knowledge about holistic health and living.

The simple way to answer this is that most practitioners are skilled and developed in just one or two forms of coaching and or therapy, and have not been taught to look at the whole picture, the whole human holistic map and understand how systems are connected and interact with each other. The C.H.E.K approach is inclusive and multi-disciplined, which is one of the reasons C.H.E.K practitioners get their clients to go through such in depth questionnaires and assessments prior to coaching, so we have the client’s ‘whole human holistic map’ in front of us and can tailor from there. As we’re taught by Paul, “if you’re not assessing, you’re just guessing”. The single modality specialists however are very important and play a crucial role at the right time, and depending on what the client needs I may refer out to them.

There are two elements to my answer. First, one of the senior female C.H.E.K coaches created a very in depth course called Holistic Health and Performance for Women which taught me, and really opened my eyes to, the unique needs women have when it comes to performing at their optimal level. One of the major focuses of the course is all about understanding a woman’s hormonal cycle from a physical, mental, and emotional level and how important it is to integrate program design principles with that so the female client is resting, and pushing themselves, at the correct time in accordance with her hormonal cycle.

Secondly, not being a woman I know I’ll never fully be able to understand all the nuance, so if I am unsure of how to proceed with a female client I’ll consult one of the many wonderful female C.H.E.K practitioners for advice. And also if it’s best for the client, where they feel they would progress better by having a female coach (maybe at that moment in their life they’d prefer to hear their holistic coaching come through a female feminine expression versus male), I’m very happy to refer them to one of the female C.H.E.K practitioners.

Yes I am. Both Pre and Post Natal coaching and training is an important part of the Holistic Health and Performance for Women course which I have completed and continue to study in order to improve what I learned. Also, lots of what I learned in Scientific Core Conditioning and Scientific Back Training are very important when it comes to restoring function of the abdominals after giving birth and rehabilitating them back to strength. Holistic Health and Performance for Women combined with Scientific Core, Scientific Back, and Program Design shows how to apply those rehabilitative principles to the new mother (including if she had a c-section) that gets her fully fit and strong to do daily tasks and have plenty of energy to play with her children and achieve personal goals. Really effective progress can be made by doing just 20-30minutes a day in the initial months, and then as core function returns a bit more more can be added if needed and or desired.

Yes I can. Technology has made us so much more accessible to each other even if we’re far away. With much of the questionnaire and assessment process able to be done online, effective coaching can still be achieved without being face to face. Sure, physical assessments can’t be done sometimes due to distance, but the way I would work around this is to find another C.H.E.K practitioner near the client to do the assessments. They can send me those results and we can progress from there.