13 years experience in the field of fitness and wellness, including group fitness, personal training and nutritional counseling. Also have experience in corporate fitness, program development and design, fitness assessments, strength training and conditioning and training instructors. Have certification in group fitness and step from Reebok and Health/Fitness Instructor, ACSM.

Got masters in Movement Science with a specialization in Sport & Exercise Psychology. Have conducted numerous workshops and done individual counseling with Tennis players in US and Montreal, Division II women’s rowing team and golfers in the US.
Have a provisional certification from AASP (Association for Applied Sport Psychology).

My passions are:
- Help individuals lead a healthy lifestyle by eating right, exercising and mental conditioning to deal with stress of daily living.
- Working with athletes to help improve their sport through mental strength and gain an edge in performance.

Carole Woodstock is a choreographer, Regional Group Exercise Manager for the GoodLife Fitness Clubs, international presenter and former National Director for Culture Shock Canada. Her award winning Cardio Hip-Hop television show is famous for Carole’s creativity and energy. Carole was the recipient of the 1999 Can-Fit-pro Specialty Presenter of the year and also the 2001 Community Builder’s Award recipient. Carole is known for her dynamic and approachable teaching style!

Alexandre Paré, M.Sc.,CSCS has a masters degree in exercise science with a specialty in exercise physiology. Previous aerobics instructor for many years, and still to this day, personal trainer, he now focuses his energies on his growing career of guest speaker and television consultant in kinesiology. He animates the fitness portion of a popular TV show “ tout simplement Clodine’’ on the French network and writes in the french magazine ‘ Sensass’’. Associate professor at Laval’s university, national Reebok Master Trainer, presenter in fitness/sports conference, Alexandre still finds time to run a private business specializing in personal trainers’ certification. Equally, he recently published, on the Québec market, is his training DVD “ l’entraineur 1 et 2”. Friendly, sincere and dynamic, this amazing speaker will find ways to make you understand harsh theoretical notions, as he possesses an exceptional talent in communicating his knowledge to all types of audiences.

Diana Destounis has been in the Fitness industry for at least 10 years as a group fitness instructor and Master Trainer.

She has taught Hi/lo, Step, Box, Boot Camp, Cycle, Stretch and Yoga among other Fitness classes. She also teaches and certifies Fitness Instructors for the FIT program at the Westmount Y.

She specializes in advanced and choreographed Step and Hi/lo. She is currently the Fitness Coordinator of the Westmount YMCA in Montreal, where she leads a team of instructors as well as trains new instructors.

Her focus is in the teaching aspect and it is important to her to do this well. She has developed her own approach to breakdown and choreography construction. Her objective is to make choreography fun and accessible to people.

Teaching Fitness classes is her Passion and a personal expression. It is in this forum where she communicates with people her love for Fitness, music and movement.

She is happy to share this experience with other Fitness instructors.

Doris has a 22-year background in Fitness Industry. She is the author of 4 books well known across Canada, United States and Europe about stability ball exercises and other balance devices.

Personal Trainer certified with CanFitPro (The Canadian Association of Fitness Professionals) and Group Fitness Instructor certified with YMCA and CAIN (The Canadian Aerobic Instructors Association), Doris is also a Fitness Presenter for CanFitPro. She is well known for her outstanding dynamism and contagious energy!

During the last few years, Doris has turned her energy toward developing workshops and essential reference documents to help fitness specialists. In 2005, Doris will offer in Quebec both certifications for the Ramping 1-2-3™ and Ramping-Up™ programs from well known Gin Miller.

Mathieu Boulé B.Ed., CSCS, MAT® Intern, Osteopathy student

Mathieu is both a physical therapist and a strength coach. He combines many approaches to his practice: MAT®, osteopathy, posturology, ART® in order to offer the most complete form of physical therapy. As well, Mathieu prescribes biomechanically sound training programs to individuals of all walks of life, including NHL athletes.

Mathieu is a proud member of the Quanta Performance team, which specializes in manual therapy, personal training and education for fitness professionals and therapists.

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