Cory Holly is the Founder & CEO of the Cory Holly Institute. As Canada's Ambassador of Sports Nutrition, Health & Fitness, and recipient of the 2003 CHFA Sports Nutrition Hall of Fame Award, Cory's objective is to strengthen sports nutrition awareness world wide and bridge the enormous gap that exists between nutrition and fitness.Cory was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1957 and has been active in both the natural health food and fitness industry since 1975.
Cory has competed in a great variety of sports including hockey, soccer, football, basketball, lacrosse, wrestling, track & field, 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. Cory 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.
As a health professional, teacher and mentor, Cory is committed to helping people integrate optimum nutrition, functional exercise and natural health products into their everyday lives by providing them with the educational resources they need to accomplish this. Cory attended Western Washington University and is a graduate of Clayton College of Natural Health (Traditional Naturopathy). He has performed 1000+ public lectures and has personally visited over 5000 gyms and health food stores on six continents
Cory has made several TV and radio appearances and has lectured at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), The University of Victoria (UVic), Trinity Western University (TWU) and hundreds of health shows, fitness symposiums and trade conventions throughout North America. Cory is also the Director of Education for
INBA Canada and a Member of the Board of Advisors for
VISTA Magazine