Petra Health helps Ottawa adults get stronger, perform better and eat well, through coached classes, personal training and nutrition coaching built around you.
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Start from zero. Personal training with your own plan.
Coach-guided functional movement, scaled to you. We build technique and confidence in pain-free ranges before adding load or intensity. See personal training →
Strong for life. Strength In Numbers group classes.
Strength and functional training for everyday independence: getting up, carrying, balancing and moving well for the long run. See Strength In Numbers →
Train to perform. Personal training with a plan for your sport.
Sport-specific training for HYROX, CrossFit™, hockey, running and more. Strength, power and conditioning, programmed and coached for your sport and your goals. See personal training →
Built to last. Your own plan: personal training, nutrition or online coaching.
Coach-led, low-carb nutrition paired with regular exercise, with regular check-ins to help you build habits that stick. See personal training →
Clean fuel that works. One-on-one nutrition coaching.
Whole-food, low-carb habits you can sustain, built around real meals you enjoy. See nutrition coaching →
Petra Run by Petra Health. Your own running plan, coached online.
Online · Ontario only. An individualized running plan, with strength guidance and scaling advice for the gym or CrossFit training you already do. See Petra Run →
Everything lives in the Petra Health app: your consultation, session bookings, nutrition check-ins and progress with your coach. Your free 30-minute intro chat is with Pete.
Real strength training and practical nutrition, working together. No fads, just a system you can stick with.
Coached strength and conditioning, scaled to wherever you're starting.
Online coaching is available to clients located in Ontario.
Simple, sustainable nutrition habits that support training and long-term health.
Coach check-ins and the health markers you choose to share, such as results from your own doctor, so progress shows up beyond the scale.
Training, nutrition and metabolic health, written by Pete Shaw.
Pete has years on the training floor coaching strength and conditioning for everyone from first-timers and 55+ members to competitive athletes. He's all about good movement, steady progress and performance that lasts.
HoverTap for credentials →Dr. Jennifer Crichton, MD, CCFP, Family Medicine, practising in obesity medicine (ABOM)
Jen is a doctor and a co-founder of Petra Health.
She is passionate about optimizing function and quality of life across the lifespan. In her personal life, she loves using CrossFit™ in her training to support distance running.
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Cairn (noun): a human-made pile of stones stacked to mark a trail, a summit or a meaningful place. From the Scottish Gaelic càrn, "heap of stones".
Meaning: Petra is Greek for stone. The cairn is three balanced stones, read from the bottom up: Nutrition is the foundation, Movement builds on it, and Life sits on top. Cairns mark the trail, guiding people one step at a time.
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