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Elite Performance Coaching

Building YOUR athlete within. Our mission is to build you into a complete athlete, by developing force, power, speed and conditioning. Our coaching methods are designed to elevate and enhance your performance in mind and body.

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Are you ready to break the mold and rise above to reach your goals?

Join our community of motivated, inspired, and resilient members. When you join the CPA community you don’t just get access to an elite facility and Hamilton’s top performance coaches, you become part of a family that elevates one another.

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Performance Memberships

As an exclusive CPA member, you’ll get access to our entire facility, your own key fob, and support from our coaches and staff when available.

Performance Coaching

Personalized and specific training programs made for you to reach your goals and come out on top feeling better than ever.

Group Training

Similar to one-on-one training, but with groups of 2-3 that are interesting in training together. We believe in the strength in numbers.

Performance Programs

Looking for specific programming to help you inch ahead and reach your fitness goals. Choose between training or nutrition programs.

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OUR PERFORMANCE FACILITY

Home of Hamilton’s elite performance facility with 10,000 square ft. of training floor available. Our facility hosts several training rooms, and provides our members with access to multiple training racks, barbell and dumbbell weights, performance bands, sleds, tires, and more. We offer physiotherapy, personal training, athletic development, memberships, nutritional coaching and more.

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“ I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times ”

BRUCE LEE

MEET OUR PERFORMANCE COACHES

Michael CornellOwner, Head Performance Coach

A 6 year CFL vet, Michael has dedicated his life to the concept of performance and breaking the mold. He has more than 15 years of hands-on experience with exercise physiology, kinesiology, corrective movement patterns, and sports psychology along with several training and performance certifications.

Raquel CornellOwner, Performance Coach

Raquel encourages our community to embrace their power and develop self-love. Coaching is her purpose. As a former athlete, she suffered a severe leg injury, and following three surgeries; She watched the future she had planned slip away. Not one to accept defeat, her mission is to embrace the challenges and encourage others to defy their limitations and dig deeply into their power and purpose

Hayden AmisPerformance & Bootcamp Coach

Coming from a rich history of athletics, Hayden has an excellent background in physical training. He has a professional understanding of the body, completing his professional training certificate and then building on that with advanced personal training methods with Michael Cornell.

Eric BlakePerformance Coach

Eric is a professional athlete currently playing in the Canadian Football League. He has practiced strength and conditioning for many years and has found great success in developing his athletic potential. Plain and simple, he understands what it takes to achieve success on and off the field, and that shows in what he does and how he coaches his clients.

Nikita WhitlockPerformance Coach

Nikita is a versatile professional athlete playing defensive tackle and fullback. He has played in three professional leagues throughout his career: the NFL, the CFL, and the XFL. Nikita believes that even the biggest walls and barriers can be broken down… especially with a sledgehammer.

PERFORMANCE TIPS

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