Since he was in high school (over 40 years ago!), Cyril’s passion has always been strength and conditioning training. He focuses his personal training practice on helping Pickleball players play better and pain free Pickleball through functional strength, conditioning and injury prevention training. Cyril is an avid Pickleball player himself (owning half of Wolverine Pickleball with his wife Leslie) has studied several martial arts for many years (achieving a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do), ran the Boston Marathon at age 43, successfully completed five half and full Ironman distance Triathlons at age 45, and has competed in weightlifting, CrossFit, GORUCK, Tough Mudder and Spartan Races placing in the top 10% of his age group in the CrossFit Open in 2021 and 2022. He is a Certified CrossFit Level 3 Trainer, Certified Health and Nutrition Coach, and Certified Level 4 Barwis Methods Trainer. Cyril completed his BSE in Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan, has an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and has been a Certified Financial Planner since 2005.
