As Canada's Ambassador of Sports Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Dr. Holly's objective is to strengthen sports nutrition awareness worldwide and bridge the enormous gap that exists between nutrition and fitness. Dr. Holly is the recipient of the 2003 CHFA Sports Nutrition Hall of Fame Award. The CHFA (Canadian Health Food Association) is Canada’s largest trade association dedicated to natural health and organic products.

Dr. Holly has competed in a great variety of competitive sports including hockey, soccer, football, basketball, lacrosse, wrestling, track & field, tennis, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, triathlons, running, swimming, diving, gymnastics, handball, rowing, Tae Kwon Doe, boxing, bodybuilding and power lifting. He was awarded Athlete of the Year in both Junior High and Senior High School. Dr. Holly competes as a Masters athlete in natural bodybuilding and track and field (hammer thrower) and was a GrandMaster Silver Medalist at the 10th Annual 2007 INBA Natural Olympia in Greece.

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Dr. Holly founded the Cory Holly Institute as a school and online education center to distribute courses including the Certified Sports Nutrition Advisor (CSNA) education program. Dr. Holly has performed 1500+ public lectures and has personally visited over 5000 gyms and health food stores on six continents. His personal research interests include the influence of nutrition on genetic expression, fatty acid biochemistry, particle physics, psychoneuroimmunology, exercise physiology, human motivation and philosophy. Dr. Holly was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1957 and has been active in both the natural health food and fitness industry since 1975.

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1998 CNBA Western Canadian Natural Masters Men Champion
2004 WNSO Canada West Natural Men's Overall Champion
2007 INBA Natural Olympia Grandmaster Silver Medalist
2013 INBA Natural Hawaiian Muscle Master's Overall Champion
2013 INBA Natural Universe Grandmaster Silver Medalist

Dr. Holly studied exercise physiology and biochemistry at Western Washington University and apprenticed at the Colgan Institute of Nutritional Science He completed his Doctor of Naturopathy degree at Clayton College of Natural Health in 1992.

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