Rachel Mans
Brantford
Summary
Passionate Personal Trainer with 3+ years of experience helping clients of all ages and fitness levels become stronger, healthier, and more confident. Skilled in creating personalized programs that support injury recovery, chronic conditions, and overall lifestyle changes. Backed by a Health, Wellness & Fitness Diploma and Canfit Pro certification, I combine technical expertise with empathy and accountability to help clients achieve lasting results.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Performance Coach
Movati Athletic
03.2025 - Current
- Take potential client through game plan sessions which includes in depth goal setting, in-body scans, movement assessments, and walk them through game plan of how to get to their goals month by month
- Designed and implemented progressive fitness programs tailored to client needs and goals
- Provided nutritional guidance and accountability to members to support lifestyle changes
- Monitored client progress through assessments, measurements, and regular check-ins
- Built strong rapport with clients and members to foster motivation, retention, and results
- Collaborated with team members to deliver exceptional member experience
Online Personal Trainer
Rachel's Online Training Business
05.2024 - 03.2025
- Create personalized fitness programming through Trainerize app
- Create exercise demonstration videos
- Marketing through flyers, in person, business cards, social media
- Virtual coaching
- Monitor client progress via regular check-ins and adjusted programs as needed
- Utilize knowledge of nutrition to provide dietary advice to clients
- Nutrition check ins & daily tracking through apps such as my fitness pal
- Communicated effectively with clients regarding their fitness goals and expectations
- Advise clients on how best to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives
- Evaluate client health history questionnaires to determine appropriate individual exercise program
Group Trainer
The Sweat Box
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Designed my own strength training workouts weekly
- Motivated & encouraged clients during classes
- Demonstrate & explain exercises at each station in a timely manner
- Coach members through the entire workout correct form when needed
- Delivered adequate dynamic warm-ups and static stretching cool downs to avoid injuries
- Greeted members warmly and built rapport with class participants
- Accommodated different levels of fitness when necessary provide progressions & regressions
Personal Trainer
Goodlife Fitness
05.2022 - 08.2024
- Assess clients muscle strengths and weaknesses through fitness assessments
- Create customized workout plans for each client including mobility work
- Building rapport with each client & members in the gym
- Assisting clients in goal setting & motivation
- Selling personal training packages to clients & renewing packages with clients
- Regress & Progress exercises as needed for each client
- Coaching clients through each exercise correcting form
- Keeping clients on track with their nutrition & lifestyle habits
- Tracking clients progress through weigh-ins and measurements
- Program workouts for small group training classes
- Lead & instruct small group training classes
Shift Supervisor
Harvey's
06.2014 - 02.2020
- Years of experience in customer service
- Extensive cleaning skills prepping for health inspections & maintaining overall cleanliness of work environment
- Trained and supervised new staff members
- Balanced cash drawers and resolved financial discrepancies using receipts and financial documents
- Experience in sales, through upselling and promoting to customers
- Active listening skills through taking orders
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Addressed customer complaints and resolved conflicts
- Maintained a safe work environment by enforcing company policies and procedures
Assistant Group Trainer (Co-op)
F45 Training
01.2019 - 04.2019
- Shadowing trainers
- Coaching group fitness classes alongside trainers
- Leading warmups and cool downs
- Correct & cue members as needed
- Demonstrate exercises at each station
- Provide progressions & regressions as needed
- Motivate & encourage members through entire workout
Assistant Personal Trainer (Co-op)
YMCA
08.2018 - 12.2018
- I participated in Motion Education sessions; learned knowledge from a physiotherapist from Hamilton Health Sciences who came in to talk about different topics related to joint pai
- Instructed Gentle Fit exercise class, which was a chair-based exercise program for those with Osteoarthritis, joint pain, or joint replacements
- Assist in client consultations
- Demonstrate and explain the safety of gym equipment and machine
- Leading warm-ups and cool down in the Healthy Hearts program
- Other responsibilities included cleaning duties, gym tours, head counts
Education
Diploma - Health, Wellness & Fitness
Mohawk College
04.2019
High School Diploma - undefined
St. John's College
06.2017
Skills
- Effective Communication
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Problem Solve
- Strong Work Ethic
- Exceptional customer service
- Team Leadership
- Strong multitasking
- Group Fitness Instruction
- Building Relationships
- Coaching
- Injury prevention techniques
- Organizational Skills
- Advanced Exercise Knowledge
- Program design expertise
- Goal setting assistance
- Progress monitoring
- Weight loss strategies
- Nutritional guidance
- Strength training
Certification
- Canfit Pro Personal Training Specialist
- CPR Level C & AED
- KP Level 1 Movement Therapy Concepts
Timeline
Performance Coach
Movati Athletic
03.2025 - Current
Group Trainer
The Sweat Box
09.2024 - 12.2024
Online Personal Trainer
Rachel's Online Training Business
05.2024 - 03.2025
Personal Trainer
Goodlife Fitness
05.2022 - 08.2024
Assistant Group Trainer (Co-op)
F45 Training
01.2019 - 04.2019
Assistant Personal Trainer (Co-op)
YMCA
08.2018 - 12.2018
Shift Supervisor
Harvey's
06.2014 - 02.2020
Diploma - Health, Wellness & Fitness
Mohawk College
High School Diploma - undefined
St. John's College