04.06.12 - Coach Vincent Jourdain joins Powerwatts

(Montreal - April 1st , 2012) Powerwatts is proud to announce the arrival of a new coach to the team in the likes of Vincent Jourdain. For the past 6 years, he was Canada’s national road cycling team coach and prior to that he headed, as national coach, the para-cycling program from 1998 to 2003. Powerwatts gains with his coming, an extensive coaching experience at the highest level of the sport of cycling. He possesses a BA in Kinesiology from the University of Sherbrooke and a level 4 degree from the National Coaching Institute. Very happy to continue in the field of coaching with a quality organization such as Powerwatts, Jourdain states; "I‘m very motivated and look forward to contributing to the success of Powerwatts. To be part of team Powerwatts is a unique and exciting opportunity. The coaches, the equipment and the expertise make it one of,if not the best private coaching business."

President and founder of Powerwatts, Paulo Saldanha is very pleased with the arrival of Vincent Jourdain, «We have had our eye on Vincent for some time now and we are very happy to have him contribute to our continued growth. Vincent will be contributing in the areas of coach training, training camps, athlete program design and youth development teams/clinics."

Powerwatts, is an indoor power based training system that was introduced in 1995. They are leaders in the field of power and performance optimization in cycling. Based in Montreal, PowerWatts currently operates 4 centers, 3 of which are in the Greater Metropolitan area of Montreal, 1 has recently opened in Toronto and a soon to be inaugurated is the 5th center at Calgary Olympic Park.