ABOUT RICHELLE
Richelle Cygan graduated with Honors from the NAIT Personal Fitness Trainer diploma program. After graduating she pursued the prestigious Canadian Society of Exercise Physiologists accreditation for Personal Trainers. Richelle mentored under Simon Bennett (Head Strength and Conditioning coach for the Edmonton Oilers) and his colleagues for 100 hours where she learned about program design and implementation for athletes at all levels including hockey AA, AAA, Junior A, WHL and the NHL. Richelle is currently studying Kinesiology (sports performance major) at the University of Alberta, with dreams of finishing her master’s degree in sport science.
Richelle is currently the head strength and conditioning coach for the AJHL Whitecourt Wolverines. She also has been the Head Strength Coach for the Parkland Hockey Academy and Parkland Golf Academy that is based out of Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and surrounding areas since 2019/20. She coaches and programs for 75 athletes aged 11-15.
Although Richelle has owned her own personal training and sports performance company since 1998. She has been specializing in training athletes for over 10 years now. Richelle’s company is Breakthrough Sports Performance Inc. and is based out of Spruce Grove. She is passionate about working with athletes and trains them specific to their sport. Her main focus is hockey and has a lot of success with training both male and female athletes who play at AA, AAA, WHL and Junior A levels. Richelle has seven years’ experience working in the Alberta Junior Hockey League where she was the head trainer/equipment manager for the Drayton Valley Thunder and the Spruce Grove Saints.
Richelle also has a certificate in Sports nutrition from Precision Nutrition and is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant. Her nutrition company is called Luv Nutrition and Wellness. She specializes in sports nutrition and also works with general population clients one on one. Richelle has done sports nutrition presentations for the Spruce Grove Saints and the Whitecourt Wolverines of the AJHL. Other certifications include Medical First Responder. NASM PES, CES, YES.
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