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Dr. Jacques Dallaire of Performance Prime Dr. Jacques Dallaire was born in Oshawa ( Ontario, Canada) in 1953. During his youth, he participated in a variety of community-level and school-based sports programs extending through his undergraduate years at the University of Ottawa where he competed as a member of the university soccer and gymnastics teams. Dr. Dallaire received his Masters Degree in Exercise Science in 1976 from the University of Ottawa and headed west later that summer (to the University of Alberta in Edmonton) to begin work on his doctoral program in Exercise Physiology. He received his Doctoral degree in 1979 while also serving as a sessional teaching appointment at the University of Alberta in the Department of Physical Education. In 1983, as part of his teaching assignment, Dr. Dallaire was tasked to teach a final-year course within the department, entitled “Scientific Principles of Training and Conditioning”. He designed the course requirements to challenge students to integrate the various disciplines of exercise science in meeting the needs of individuals who sought to improve their personal performance. One of his students, a young man by the name of René Fagnan (presently, an automotive journalist and motorsport magazine editor), selected the motor racing driver as his ‘subject’ for the comprehensive training program that was a requirement for the course. Through a series of odd twists and turns, Dr. Dallaire soon found himself at the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula 1 in June 1983, measuring in-car heart rate response levels during practice and qualifying with none other than Formula 1 stars Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet. While data collection met with some technical difficulties due to the extreme environment of the Formula 1 race car, the experience launched Dr. Dallaire down a path that would see him work directly with more than 500 high-performance racers from 35 countries and just about every form of racing on the planet. A passion that continues to this day. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Dallaire has been exposed to the application of a great many sport science and medicine strategies and techniques within the high-performance sport world and has been in an excellent position to monitor what has been effective and what has not. Over this time, he has refined his understanding of what is missing in the performance enhancement equation and continues to focus on addressing these perceived needs. Dr. Jacques Dallaire, along with his longtime research partner Dr. Dan Marisi, are 2006 inductees into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame. Dr. Dallaire is a Founding Member of the International Council of Motorsport Sciences (ICMS) and has been an ongoing member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP).

In our 33 years of designing individual nutrition programs, people say that no one knows nutrition like Performance Fitness Concepts! How do we do it?? The mystery lies in the combination of foods – and that combination is different for everyone.

THE SOLUTION: Metabolic Nutrition. The specialists at PFC are experts in metabolic nutrition and metabolic typing. We help you identify how your body uses food for energy, we will unlock the FAT-BURNING power of your metabolism and discover the secret combination of foods that work most efficiently for you, whatever your health goals.

Kerstin Smutny Lewis isn’t likely to be found following in someone else’s footsteps, rather you will find her blazing her own trail and leaving others in her wake. In 2005, Smutny was the first woman to be invited to the Formula BMW USA licensing course in Valencia, Spain. Subsequently, she was chosen as one of the best drivers participating in the licensing course to be invited back to Valencia for the Formula BMW USA Scholarship Run-Offs. She is also going to be providing a role for Performance Physixx as a fully Certified Fitness Professional and Driver Coach in developing driver Coaching and Fitness.

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