Meet Marcel, Founder and Director at Elite Mind+Body Inc.

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Marcel is a Registered Health and Exercise Practitioner and holds a Master Certification in Personal Fitness and Resistance Training. He has a unique expertise in optimizing mental and physical performance, by utilizing evidence-based techniques in both strength & conditioning and mental wellness counselling.

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Marcel received his M-CPT from the Sport Performance Institute in 2016, as well as a Nutrition for Sport and Performance Certification in 2022. He is a RHEP under the Fitness Practitioners Association of Ontario and a good standing member of the Ontario Fitness Council, Canadian Strength and Conditioning Association and the American College of Sports Medicine.  Marcel is also a level 1 Certified Sleep, Stress Management and Recovery Coach. 

 

With over a 12 year career in mental health counselling and crisis intervention, not only does he bring a deep understanding of mental health into the world of strength and conditioning, he understands the impact of a high-stress, crisis response lifestyle and the challenges they bring.

 

Combining his understanding of physical and mental health wellness, evidence based strength and conditioning approaches,  and mental health counselling skills, Marcel is dedicated to helping clients achieve peak performance while managing the challenges of high-stress professions such as first responders and health care workers.

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When not running the business or training clients, Marcel is a part-time professor at Algonquin College in both the Police and Public Safety Institute and the School of Health and Community Studies. He is also the Program Director for a neurorehab program for veterans at Apollo Physical Therapy Centres.

 

He also sits on the Advisory Committee for the Canadian Strength and Conditioning Association.

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He also loves spending time with his two beautiful daughters

 

Join Marcel on a journey to unlock your full potential and cultivate a resilient mind and body.