Transform yourself to excel

An innovative high-performance athletic training program that breaks down limitations to achieve greatness.

Our Training Philosophy

The World of High Performance Athletic Training is constantly evolving. Our advanced, science-based and highly effective training programs empower our athletes to constantly raise their own bar with athletic goals to achieve clear advancements in their athletic performances. From Olympic and World level competitors, to those making their weekend race or sport a memorable and successful experience, we put our ALL into every client we train!

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Will it be easy? Nope. Worth it? Absolutely!

In Person

FAVE AMONG OUR ATHLETES
High Energy + Friendly Competition To Break Limitations And Create Greatness Together.

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Virtual

UNIQUE + ENGAGING ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH
Train Anywhere With Friendly Competition, Feedback And Growth.

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On Demand

SELF-DIRECTED
Complete Control + Flexibility With Our Highly Effective Program At Your Own Pace, On Your Own Time.

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Dance training

10 WEEKS TO A MAJOR
Our Step By Step Program Prepares Your For Success At Your Next Major Competition (Feis).

Athletic training

RICHMOND TRAINING + ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT
Find Your True Potential With Our High Performance Program

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Nora is an amazing dance trainer who played an instrumental role in taking me from a beginner to placing 30th at the World Championships. Her abundance of energy inspires you to keep going even if you think you've got nothing left to give. Darcie and Nora are a great team that will help you reach your full potential.
Jessie Hebert
Open Champ Irish Dancer
Darcie is not only a great Coach, but also an outstanding human being. I trained with Darcie leading up to professional seasons, the Pan American qualifiers, the Pan American games, and Olympic qualifiers. Everyday she shows up with energy and positivity to make you better and help you achieve your goals. She is extremely knowledgeable and takes tremendous pride in making you a better athlete and is definitely someone you can trust to take your game to the next level to reach your potential.
Wes Darvill
LA Dodger / Team Canada / Winnipeg Golden Eyes
Drawing on her deep knowledge of anatomy, Nora immediately identified my kids focal weaknesses and used custom-designed strengthening to correct them - starting on day 1 of the training. My kids began training with Nora and Darcie during COVID lockdown, and by the time we were able to return to competing, my irish dance prelim champ was immediately placing in feis' and my equestrian ultimately won reserve champion in a local horse show series. We had tried other fitness trainers but no-one was successful in keeping my dreamy 10-year-old engaged in a fitness class
Teagan & Piper
Equestrian & Irish Dancer
Darcie has been instrumental in developing my skills as a hockey player and in general fitness. I still remember one of my first classes, thinking I was in great shape...until I had to do balance drills...speed drills...and core. Doing my "bro lifting" sure made me LOOK good but it didn't result in better performance on the ice. After seeing Darcie 3 times a week to work on all those little muscles we bros tend to ignore, I found myself more agile and more explosive on my skates. With Darcie's training I am getting faster and better into my 30's instead of slowly fading away from my glory days.
Kyle Green
ASHL Defenseman
Nora, whom I have known for over 20 years, reminds me of a high wire act . She is able to perfectly balance work and family, fun with hard work, and flexibility by the book to bring success to everything she does. Her adventuresome spirit and balanced approach to life is what will make her latest venture Excel and Fit&Fab Coaching a huge success.
Patrick McAndless
Dad of Retired NPIDA Worlds Dancer Kali
What an amazing addition to Alice’s life you and Darcie have been, not only to her physical advancement, but holistically she has developed a strong enthusiasm for her own physical strength and has found mentorship and kindness in you both.
Alice Lowey
Prelim Champ Irish Dancer
Covid gave me more time to focus on myself. When there's not much to do it pushes me to workout more. When you look at yourself one day and see a whole new person that's when you know all the hard work has paid off
Leila Koller
Track, Tennis + General Athletics

Meet the Coaches

A unique, highly effective and fun collaboration between two empowering difference makers.

Nora Pickett

As both a Certified Personal Trainer and Registered Irish dance instructor, Nora facilitates growth, strength and leadership in youth and adults through empowerment. With her extensive background in Irish dancing, Nora brings high energy, experience, knowledge and FUN to each and every challenging training session. From Irish dancers to elite athletes to people who just want to get fit, Nora empowers others to discover their own power and greatness.

Darcie Klatt

Darcie is a dedicated Certified High-Performance Strength and Conditioning Coach that inspires others with high energy to completely transform their overall fitness. She specializes in a wide variety of fitness areas including power, speed, strength, stability, agility, functional movement, muscular imbalances, flexibility and nutrition. Her passion for sports and elite athletic performance is infectious with all her clients.

Fit2Excel Development Camps

Our specialized and intensive Athletic Development Camps are a favourite among our Coaches and athletes alike. In our intensive 1-4 day camps, we collaborate closely to bridge the gap between the athlete's chosen sport and our Athletic Development Program to elevate their sport while gaining physical literacy. We stoke each athlete’s fire to effectively bring their new strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, increased toe height, stability, etc into their dancing and/or sport!

Test Drive our On Demand training

Complete Control + Flexibility To Benefit From Our Highly Effective Program At Your Own Pace, On Your Own Time.
Try out 10 videos from our membership below.