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What is Core Essentials?
Core Essentials is Vancouver Island's premier health & fitness studio. Our revolutionary training process, amazing staff, and non-threatening atmosphere places us above and beyond a typical gym. We provide compassionate direction, empathy and accountability to those who need the support to make the necessary life changes.
Who can benefit from Core Essentials?
Everybody! While we provide specialized services such as post-rehabilitation and even corporate programs, our training can improve anybody's quality of life. This is the last time you'll have to start again!
Remember, at Core Essentials, we're not here to just provide you with an area to lift weights in. Rather, we're here to provide you with a roadmap you can follow to achieve – and maintain – your personal health and fitness goals. You'll feel better and you'll have more energy – we're not joking when we say we can help you change your life. This is truly the last time you will have to start again!
How can I sign up?
Getting started with Core Essentials is easy! Start by downloading the "New Client Membership Form" from our PDF Download centre. Fill out the pages at your leisure and bring them into our studio. We'll get you set up with an appointment right away!
Remember, you can always phone us at (250) 390-3160 or send us an instant email for any information you need.
Where is Core Essentials located?
We're located at Unit C-2 6439 Portsmouth Road, in beautiful Nanaimo, British Columbia. View our contact page, or load a quick map for more information.
Who is David Gilks?
Rated as one of Canada’s top personal trainers by his peers, David Gilks is the founder of Vancouver Island's premier fitness studio, Core Essentials. If he's not out running our renown Fit-to-the-Core Boot Camp, you'll likely find him training clients at the studio.
He has even submitted over 200 weekly health and fitness articles for the Nanaimo News Bulletin newspaper in his spare time!
Contact us by instant email enquiry or phone to arrange a time for you to visit our studio and to experience the difference professional skilled trainers can make in your life. We look forward to meeting you!