About the C.O.R.F.I.T. Founder
"In regards to Glen D. Cunningham’s credibility in the areas of physiology, kineseology, and sports training, I personally feel he is among the best, if not the best there is!"
–Mike Sable (Mr. America, Mr. Universe, Mr. World)
Glen D. Cunningham, teacher, lecturer and author.
As a youngster, Glen loved team sports, participating in Hockey, Baseball and Football. His talent in baseball established his name in Rosemount, Quebec and as a juvenile first baseman, he was placed on the "negotiation list" of the St. Louis Cardinals; however, his interest in football was greater. Glen received scholarship offers from several Div.I. universities, but the lure of the professional ranks was too great, thus education was put on hold. The Montreal Alouetes and B.C. Lions pursued Glen but a "promising" career was cut short by injuries.
Glen continued to train hard in his second-love of weight training and after a year of competition in bobsledding at Lake Placid, New York earned an invitation to the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbrook, Austria. However, compressed 4th and 5th cervical vertebraes prevented Glen from competing as the "G-Forces" were too great on his weakened neck and his helmet would have ended up riding along the ice in the corners.
Two decades flashed by as Glen worked the bartending Circuit in Montreal, Florida, California and Hawaii. Yet, the lifestyle eventually wore thin and Glen decided to pursue his earlier shelved university career.
He enrolled in the Physical Education program at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec specializing in weight-resistance training and physiology. Glen spent six years as weight training instructor in the McGill atheletics programme and served as a physical education teacher at Marianapolis College in Montreal for three years.
Glen then felt he needed a greater challenge to test his pioneering concepts. He moved to the "Mecca of Bodybuilding" in Venice, California where he worked with several state and regional champions. He punctuated his career with his work as personal trainer for famed bodybuilding legend Mike "The Zipper" Sable.
Glen D. Cunningham on July 15th, 1991 (Aged 45) lifetime "natural" athelete in front of Gold's Gym located in Simi Valey, California.
Following his tenure work with the elite, Glen pursued a career in journalism, submitting articles for Ironman magazine and worked as editor-in-chief for Excel magazine. He then returned home to Montreal where he continued his teaching at Marianopolis College. He later took a one-year sabbatical to complete his writing project of the following texts:
- Advanced Bodybuilding
- Basic Scientific Principles of Weight-Resistance Training
- Performance Nutrition
- Principles of Curriculum Design
- For Women Only
Interest was so high in the project that Glen decided to open his own specialization school, the rapidly-expanding Continental Organization of Registered Fitness Instructors and Teachers (C.O.R.F.I.T.) in 1989.
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