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Professional Accomplishments

man-_transparent.001.cropped.jpgMichol Dalcourt - Director, Institute of Motion

PROFILE

Michol Dalcourt is an internationally recognized, industry leading expert in human movement and performance. He is the founder and Director of the Institute of Motion, inventor of the fitness tool "ViPR" and co-founder of PTA Global. As an international lecturer and educator, Michol has authored numerous articles on human design and function, developed a series of performance videos and created and athletic model for high performance training (the RMA model).

EXPERIENCE

INVENTOR, VIPR

ViPR (Vitality-Performance-Reconditioning) www.viprfit.com

DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF MOTION (IOM)

Institute of Motion is an educational and collaborative resource for fitness professionals featuring in-depth analysis, research, programs and tools surrounding the "IoM Methodology" and Michol's innovative techniques.

CO-FOUNDER, PTA GLOBAL

International fitness certification body utilizing Michol's techniques, involving top industry educators www.ptaglobal.com

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Faculty of Sports Science

EDUCATOR, LECTURER AND EDITOR, PT ON THE NET -- 2002 TO PRESENT

2003 PTontheNet Presenter of the Year; Released several DVDs and online educational sources

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Given hundreds of international lectures and has been a featured speaker at most of the world's top fitness conferences and many top universities
  • Innovative techniques have been adopted by some of the top international fitness certification bodies
  • Conducted extensive work and field research in the areas of human performance
  • Trained NHL Hockey athletes, gold medal athletes
  • Past Instructor at Northern Alberta Institute of Techology (NAIT) - School of Health Science

EDUCATION

University of Alberta - Exercise Science

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) - Business Administration

ACCREDITATION

Certified Personal Trainer Specialist, Canadian Association of Fitness Professionals
Certified Fitness Consultant, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiologists

CLUBS, UNIVERSITIES, ORGANIZATIONS

Michol has lectured, given presentations or given implementations of his techniques with the following entities:

Clubs and Club Chains

Western Athletic Clubs (WAC)
Virgin Active Health Clubs
Equinox Fitness Clubs
Sports Club LA
24 Hour Fitness
Lifetime Fitness
Wellbridge Fitness Clubs
Crunch Fitness Clubs
Lifestyle Family Fitness
Jim Karas Personal Training Studio
Eleiko - Sweden
United Akrab, Malaysia
Cascade Club - Thailand
Oasis Fitness - Hong Kong
Fitness First - UK, Australia, Asia
Athletic Club at Denver Place
Pro Sports Club Seattle
Frogs Club One - California
Club Clay- NYC
One to One Fitness Center- Washington D.C.
TCA Chicago
WOW World Out World, New Jersey
Gainsville Health and Fitness
Sport & Health Clubs- Washington D.C., Virginia
Telos Performance Center- Dallas
Spectrum Athletic Clubs
Rally Sport Health and Fitness
JCC - NYC
FitCorp, Boston
Northwest Athletic Club
Atlantic Athletic Club
Speed Training Centers
The Sporting Club - San Diego
David Lloyds - UK
Next Generation - UK
LA Fitness - UK
Kx Gym - UK
Holmes Place, London
Third Space - London
Edinburgh Leisure
Glasgow Leisure
Leisure & Fitness Exchange
World Health Clubs - Canada
YMCA
ClubFit - Canada
Harper's Personal Training Studio - Australia
QPEC Fitness Solutions - Australia
Aerobic Power Training Systems - Inc. Canada
Free Motion Equipment - Singapore
Fitness Personally - Australia
Colorado Athletic Club
Greenwood Athletic Club - Denver
Minnesota Athletic Club
Brick Bodies - Baltimore
Hays Medical Center - Kansas
Chelsea Piers Athletic Club - NYC
Memorial Athletic Club - Houston
Seara International - Thailand
Cooper Clinic - Dallas
SpareTime Inc. - Sacramento Can-Do Fitness - New Jersey
RDV Sportsplex - Orlando
Esporta - UK

Conferences

AsiaFit - Bankok, Thailand
ACE Fitness Symposium
Perform Better Functional Training Summits
IDEA World, Personal Training Institute
Filex Fitness Industry Convention
FitPro Spring Convention
CanFitPro
Fit Rendezvous
PT on the Net Meeting of the Minds
Discovery Fitness Conference South Africa
SCW MANIA Conferences
Leisure Industry Week UK
TSI Summit Conference
PT Academy International Conference - Australia

Universities

University of London
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
University of Alberta
University of Sydney
University of San Francisco
University of Calgary
University of Loughborough
NAIT College - Canada
TAFE College - Australia
University of Melbourne
SAIT College - Canada

University of Wisconsin- La Crosse 

Certifications

PTA Global (Co-founder)
ACE
Personal Training Academy - Australia
Premier Training - UK
AFLCA - Canada