CENTRE STAGE
PRO TALK
PREP
COACHES’
CLIENT
JOURNEYS
By Steve Beckley
STEPS TO
THEY’RE MORE THAN JUST “DIF-
FERENCE MAKERS”. Prep coaches
are advanced personal trainers at
the highest level, armed with abun-
dant competitive experience and
multi-dimensional fitness knowl-
edge that drives client athletes to
the pinnacle of competition.
PREP COACHES HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE
AND KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO COMPETE AT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL. They keep up-to-date
DORY
VANDERKUIP
Client:
RAW DATA
AGE: 45
HEIGHT: 5 FOOT 8
BEFORE PREP: 165 Pounds
CONTEST: 132 Pounds
RESIDENCE: Cobourg, Ontario
OCCUPATION: Owner, First Aid
Training School
with all the latest research and training meth-
ods, and hold a full slate of secrets to bulking
up and leaning down. They keep a watch-
ful eye over you during your prep phase and
administer tough-but-fair critiques of your
progress. A good coach will not only monitor
your training and diet, but also become your
personal psychologist along the way to ensure
you remain in a positive frame of mind. In
many cases, prep coaches are a competitive
athlete’s best friend.
Muscle Memory is pleased to introduce
a new department every issue in which we’ll
showcase many of the best prep coaches in
Canada. Here’s a look at four client athletes
who achieved success thanks to some of the
best prep coaches in the business:
DORY VANDERKUIP IS A WEST-COAST GIRL WHO IN
2014 MOVED FROM VANCOUVER TO HER CURRENT
HOME IN COBOURG, ONTARIO. As a youth, she excelled
in ballet and attended the National Ballet School but as soon
as she left the art, she observed some weight gain right
away. Fast forward to the present, and she’s a healthy Mom
of three children who just needed a little guidance to prep
her for fitness competition.
PREP COACH:
DAVE AVERY
70 MUSCLE MEMORY
| APRIL/MAY 2018