Duquette Strength Trainer Profile:  Roy Duquette


Introduction

Roy Duquette is the founder and primary creative force behind Duquette Strength.

Since beginning his professional training career in 1997, he has developed a fiercely loyal following discreetly based out of Vancouver’s Commercial Drive. He is considered by several industry leaders to be one of North America’s most innovative athletic trainers.

He is armed with over 15-years of practical experience in exercise science, health and fitness, and sports nutrition research, seamlessly incorporating his background into Duquette Strength’s unique training philosophy and scope of practice. Combining a dense theoretical knowledge base with an impressive athletic resume as both competitor and coach, Roy delivers a rare combination of technical merit and field-related practical experience.

On paper, Roy’s qualifications far exceed those of a conventional trainer.  With his legendary focus and strict attention to detail, he is highly regarded for his versatility as an athletic trainer.  In addition to his training expertise, he has pioneered several groundbreaking therapeutic strategies to assess, identify, and treat muscular imbalances and chronic pain.  With his uncanny ability to see the body as an integrated system and isolate the root cause of every orthopedic condition, Roy has elevated “personal training” to a whole new standard of practice as one of the industry’s top posture and alignment specialists.   


Athlete and Coach

As a former stand out athlete in a variety of team and individual sports, Roy’s extensive background as trainer, coach, and therapist has led him to work with several top world-class competitors as both a strength and conditioning coach and performance consultant.  

As a past recipient of the Basketball BC Scholarship award, Roy began his career as a trainer and coach to several top basketball players, emphasizing the importance of sports nutrition and strength training to enhance their on-court performance. 

Making the successful bridge from competitor to coach, Roy has worked with several of the world’s top mixed martial artists including Denis Kang and Ikuhisa Minowa to further their competitive careers while developing, implementing, and overseeing their injury-rehabilitation/prevention, sports nutrition and conditioning programs.

Roy has recently helped produce a world-champion in Emily Kwok, who became the first female Canadian to win a world championship in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is only the second Canadian ever to win this prestigious title.  After five and a half years of training, Emily overwhelmed Brazilian, Luciana Diaz, a well-respected international competitor with over 15 years of experience by a score of 17 – 0 in the middleweight finals of the 2007 Mundials. 

In addition to working with amateur and competitive athletes, Roy also works with actors and celebrities to prepare them for athletic roles in their upcoming film and television projects.


Seminar and Television Appearances

As a well-respected source of knowledge, Roy was a contributing author for the Cory Holly Instititute's Sports Nutrition Advisor Certification Program.

Roy has been a featured presenter and guest lecturer for the CHFA Fitness Expo held at Canada Place alongside nutrition guru Dr. Michael Colgan, world-champion wrestler and motivational speaker Nick Ugoalah, and Canadian sports nutrition authority Cory Holly. 

As a dynamic public speaker, Roy performs seminars on a wide variety of topics relating to health and fitness, including the Postural Reprogramming System™, which he created in 2001.  Today,the Postural Reprogramming System is practiced by several progressive massage therapists, chiropractors, physical therapists and athletic trainers across Canada.   In addition to his seminar performances, he has been featured as a fitness expert on VTV's Morning Breakfast, as well as showcasing his basketball skills in the HBO movie ′Annie O′.

Roy most recently made a cameo apprearance in an episode of 'The "L" Word' (Season 2, Episode 9).  Playing the role of Burr’s trainer, Roy choreographed and starred in a dynamic kickboxing scene with LA-based actor/director Tony Goldwyn (Ghost, The Last Samurai).