Paul Bielak
Founder, Specialist in Ergonomics
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Founder at Advance Training, with over 30 years of international experience in functional movement and strength systems
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Specialist in Spine Performance and official BackFitPro Provider for Czechia and Poland, promoting the clinical methods of Professor Stuart McGill
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Specialist in Ergonomics, member of the Czech Ergonomic Society, focusing on workplace health, injury prevention, and posture
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Martial Arts Expert with black belts and instructor certifications in Karate, Iaido, and Capoeira
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Holistic Diagnostics Practitioner, tailoring training programs through movement screening, postural analysis, and lifestyle strategy
Paul Bielak is the founder of Advance Training and a lifelong movement educator, specializing in spinal performance, functional diagnostics, and applied biomechanics. With over three decades of practical experience, Paul works with individuals, athletes, and corporate clients to develop resilient bodies, functional strength, and sustainable movement habits
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Originally from Poland, Paul immigrated to Canada in 1990, where his lifelong dedication to martial arts and physical training began. He has lived and trained extensively in Japan and Brazil, studying under top-level martial arts instructors in disciplines such as Karate, Kickboxing, Iaido, and Capoeira. He holds multiple black belts and is a certified instructor.
Paul is a Specialist in Spine Performance, and serves as the official BackFitPro Provider for Czechia and Poland. He regularly presents and teaches the principles of Professor Stuart McGill’s research in clinical and performance settings, while supporting the translation, promotion, and distribution of his publications in Europe.
He is also a Specialist in Ergonomics, a member of the Czech Ergonomic Society, and brings an evidence-informed, interdisciplinary perspective to workplace wellness, postural training, and injury prevention programs.
Paul’s coaching process includes structural and functional diagnostics, movement screening, postural analysis, and the development of custom strategies aligned with each client’s lifestyle and goals. He is passionate about enabling individuals to move well, feel capable, and build health they can sustain long-term.
He is also co-founder of the Good Health Society, an educational platform committed to science-based wellness and public health literacy.
Education
Certfications
2025 BackFitPro Re:Certification with Prof. McGill 2025 Neurodynamics Upper & Lower Quarter 2025 Czech Ergonomic Society "Specialist in Ergonomics 2019 Craig Liebenson’s First Principles of Movement II 2019 BackFitPro McGill 3 Master Assessment Course 2018 BackFitPro McGill 3 Master Assessment Course 2018 Craig Liebenson’s First Principles of Movement 2018 EXOS Strength + Power Performance Workshop 2018 DNS The Medicine od Movement System in Sport 2017 Barefoot Training Specialist® Level 1 2017 Performance RX – McGill 3 – High Performance Training 2017 Sport Performance and Injury Prevention – Czech Olympic Committee 2016 Altius Gruppen – McGill 1, Building the Ultimate Back 2016 Strength Sensei – Achieving Excellence in the Power Lifts, Charles Poliquin, Matt Wenning, Ed Coan 2016 Holland Centre – Sunnybrook Health Sciences – McGill 2 – The Detailed Back Assessment: Reducing Pain and Enhancing Performance 2015 3D Fitness – Anatomy Trains 1 2014 Holmes Place Academy – Diagnostics 2014 WestSide Barbell – Personal Training and Athletic Coaching certificate 2013 Jenny Burrell Education – Pelvic Floor and Power Plate 2013 Holmes Place Academy – Strength Training Systems 2013 Anatomy Trains – Body Reading as a Skill 2013 Anatomy Trains – Superficial Front and Back Lines 2013 Anatomy Trains – Lateral Line and Deep Front Line 2013 Anatomy Trains – Spiral Line and The Arms 2013 Anatomy Trains – Assessing the Spine 2012 Gray Institute – Chain Reaction – Proprioceptors 2012 Academy Face Czech – Automobilization of the Spine 2012 BOSU Balance Trainer – Mgr. Zbynek Petr 2012 Holmes Place Academy – Controversial Fitness 2012 Holmes Place Academy – Health Oriented Functional Training 2012 Roseta – Centred posture in the context of developmental kinesiology 2012 Holmes Place Academy – Postural Diagnostics 2012 Holmes Place Academy – Diagnostics of Deep Core Stabilizers 2012 Gray Institute – Chain Reaction – Skeletal 2012 Holmes Place Academy – Pilates in fitness I & II 2012 TONUS Health oriented strength training in the gym, and the traditional Chinese approach 2012 ViPR® International Certified Trainer 2012 Gray Institute – ACL Prevention 2011 TRX – International Suspension Trainer certification 2011 Gray Institute – Flexibility/Mobility 2011 Gray Institute – Resiliency/Adaptability 2011 Gray Institute – Strength/Power 2011 Gray Institute – Lifting 2011 Gray Institute – Chain Reaction – Functional Muscle Function 2011 Gray Institute – Applied Functional Science – Nomenclature 2011 Academy Face Czech – Functional Anatomy II 2011 Gray Institute – Chain Reaction – Functional Muscle Function 2011 Gray Institute – Applied Functional Science – Nomenclature 2010 Power Plate International – Golf training II. 2010 Power Plate International – Fitness and Performance level 2 2010 TONUS Trainer Academy – Dr. P. Tlapak 2009 Holmes Place Academy – Personal Trainer Education level 1 & 2 2009 Power Plate International – Core Fundamental level 1 .
Martial Arts
Black Belt, Shotokan Karate, Kickboxing, Toronto, Canada
Black Belt in I AI-DO, traditional Japanese sword, Tokyo, Japan
Instructor degree in Capoeira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
