Clinic Gym Radio

Alex Effer, a Certified Exercise Physiologist and Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach based in Toronto, is our guest today. His work focuses on the pain and post-pain population, and encompasses general population and athlete rehab. Alex joins us today to discuss data points to take into account when creating programs, finding the client’s range of movement, and what people are overlooking when working with people in pain. “Exercise is secondary. Exercise is the method to reach the goal. The goal is whatever that person’s goal is. As a professional, you need to do that without hurting them.” – Alex Effer Topics covered include: What is an Exercise Physiologist? Getting good at the low-level strategies before trying to implement high level ones. Why it’s easy to get people strong but harder to keep them maintaining and out of pain. Why Alex gravitated to the pain/rehab field. The cost of collecting data points. What data points Alex looks at for proper programming. Assessing active and passive mov