Where are CAWS Coaches based?

There are CAWS Coaches across the world. Our priority is providing personalised care. We will always try to connect you to a CAWS Coach local to you first. In the event that we cannot, CAWS Coaches can provide support remotely wherever you are in the world.

CAWS trains and educates fitness coaches so that they’re ready to provide the support you need. Some coaches work from a fitness facility or similar, whilst other coaches work independently. Each facility or coach has their own packages and pricing structure — same as you you’d expect with any facility or coach really — that is the part that we do not get involved in. Oftentimes support is provided as part of a broader fitness membership package or sometimes offered free of charge. All CAWS Coaches and facilities typically provide a matrix of options because they appreciate that everyone’s needs and budgets are different, especially now. So do not fear, they’ll be able to arrange something that fits.

Absolutely. It’s our preference to keep people together and working with individuals that know them the best. Just send your coach this link http://bit.ly/3kk8L67 or send this link to your facility http://bit.ly/2Hjganv so that they can get certified.

Your first chat with a CAWS Coach will always be a free, non-obligatory conversation about your situation and how the right support can help. Once you get started for real, the first thing your coach will do is listen to your story so far and help unpack your journey and symptoms to decide on the best start point specific to what is is that you need to recover.

The goal of your CAWS Coach is for you to resume your usual daily life, and work, and family routines, making sure the most simple tasks become simple once more. It is their role to work alongside you to determine precisely the right pace of recovery and rehabilitation you need to make that happen without aggravating any after-effects you are experiencing.

After any setbacks, like illness, your body will experience a period of what we call ‘deconditioning’ too and your coach will support you through this second phase of your recovery as part of your rehabilitation. As you progress, your coach will work with you to increase your activity to levels you’re more familiar with, which will include fitness and sport if these are aspects of your life that are important to you. We have received stories from people post-illness who tell us just how much they learned about themselves and their health during this period and their post-COVID era. However if all you require is assistance with overcoming this particular challenge in your life then that’s all good too. 

Underestimating the level of recovery you need and overestimating your readiness to return to your usual pace of daily life and exercise intensity in the wake of COVID-19 — or put another way, pushing too hard too soon. This can lead to a prolonged COVID-19 experience and more challenging period of recovery. The role of the CAWS Coach is to determine the safest and most effective route out of your COVID-19 situation. To learn more, here’s a recent session we recorded with an audience of endurance athletes enduring Long-COVID who felt at a loss with their recovery and have been left confused about best next steps. We stepped in to see how we could help: https://bit.ly/2YVDWvd.

Dr Col Robertson, CAWS co-founder and resident rehabilitation expert is an exercise physiologist and clinical researcher who specialises in managing disease through physical activity, exercise and nutrition, and is best known for his work in cancer, diabetes and COVID-19. At CAWS we have a pre-existing network of expert colleagues across fitness, sport, medicine and rehabilitation, and direct access to academics and clinical experts at the front-face of COVID-19 developments. Dr Col is also a member of Health Education England's Advanced Clinical Practice Steering Group. For more about CAWS co-founders Dr Col and Mel Spooner, CAWS Managing Director, click here.

We built the CAWS Rebuild™ programme through a sense obligation rather than perceived opportunity. We wanted to help the population to brace and prepare for what could be seen coming across the horizon from the start. Want to learn more? Visit CAWS on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram @cawsdaily

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As a fitness education provider, CAWS certifies trainers, coaches, and members of the fitness sector workforce.

All CAWS clubs, facilities, or coaches, operate as independent entities and are not part of the CAWS company. All facilities and fitness professionals are insured independently of CAWS.

All CAWS certified facilities and coaches are encouraged to act appropriately and ethically at all times. CAWS will respond to claims of CAWS certified facility and coach negligence if it contradicts the teachings of CAWS. In the most extreme of situations, CAWS may revoke certification rights from said facility or coach so that they can no longer operate as a CAWS facility or coach, and/or escalate the claim to CIMSPA, the UK’s governing body for the fitness sector workforce, for review. In such instances, CAWS cannot be held responsible for the actions of a CAWS facility or coach.