I hope you are all staying healthy and safe!
Thank you for your friendship and support through these strange times. I want to let you know I will continue to offer whatever help we can with your health and fitness needs.
Due to COVID-19 and everything that will come with it, I made a difficult decision to close the EFL physical location permanently, but will continue to help anyone that wants it through an online training platform that includes detailed programs, videos, and chat feature along with facetime/skype calls, and via e-mail. Please find more details on the Distance Coaching page, and the EFL facebook and Instagram pages.

I am happy to provide a few weeks free to check it out, and also offer a sliding scale fee structure due to economic uncertainties. 

Many of you have already switched to online training with us, and it is working well, especially considering our disruptions to daily life. For those who haven’t started yet I will be adjusting those services as we transition from a physical space to a virtual one, and am happy to work with you to figure out what best works for you, so please contact me if I don’t reach out to you first.

To assist you in staying healthy we encourage EFL members to use our online training platform, where you are provided with a program that both you and we track and adjust or modify as needed. It features embedded video instructions, detailed program specifics, a chat feature for you post questions, photos, and video. In conjunction with that we can schedule video calls via facetime or skype and of course provide feedback via e-mail.

If you prefer we can also provide you with a excel or PDF copy of your program to print out and use at home.
In conjunction with that we can do Skype or FaceTime calls. We figure a 30 minute or so call is sufficient to see you doing the movement, make adjustments, offer advice, and also demonstrate movements for you. Basically a training session minus being there in person.
Check out more details here: distance (online) coaching option. This is perfect for those who want quality instruction so that you may exercise wherever is convenient.
Please e-mail me with any feedback, ideas, questions on your membership (we are working on how to go forward), and to request an invite to our online platform and to schedule video sessions.

chris@elementalfitnesslab.com.


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Online training includes:
1. A program written specifically for each person
2. Video and written instructions embedded in the program you receive on your mobile device.
3. Feedback via e-mail/video to answer questions, review form, and to make adjustments in the program whenever needed.
4. Consultation via video so that we may make an effective plan.
We are also offering custom equipment packages tuned to your needs so that you can use your program at home or on the road.
Members also get credit for referring someone for this service too!

 

 

Please check the EFL Facebook Page or our Instagram page for current updates and info.

People Just Like You Say:

  • My only regret with joining EFL is that I didn't do it 20 years earlier. I could have enjoyed years of strength, fitness, and proper movement rather than piling up injuries through a combination of ignorance, bad programming, and poor form. EFL has given me a targeted, science based program, and comprehensive training on the movements that is entirely unavailable at chain gyms. Beyond that, their level of education and experience puts them head and shoulders above other trainers I've worked with in the past. The cost of one reconstructive surgery would cover your membership for a decade, it's well worth the investment in yourself. Every day I feel the benefits of the exercises I do at EFL." –Dan Stiles

  •  "In clinical practice, recommendation to patients to work with a personal trainer is often met with several standard objections:

    1. 'I worked with a trainer once and I got hurt.'
    2. 'I hate the thump, thump, thump of the loud music and all of the posers in yoga pants.'
    3. 'The last trainer I had was more focused on taking my money than on helping me reach my goals.'
    When Chris Bathke arrived in Portland several years ago and set up Elemental Fitness Lab, I had heard of his reputation as someone who had honed his craft under some quality names in the strength and conditioning world. I was elated at the possibility to finally have a resource and a location to segue my patients from rehab to supervised training. My initial optimism has been surpassed by the actual wonderful results I have seen in my patient population over the past 8 years working closely with Chris and Blaine at EFL. I can wholeheartedly recommend the services of Chris and his crew at EFL for no-nonsense, personalized, results focused training with an absence of the common objections above. Thanks guys for being there for me and my patients!!" –Phillip Snell, DC. Chiropractic Physician

  • Thank you to Chris Bathke and Elemental Fitness Lab. It feels so good to be back and helping my body move and breathe right. The quiet brilliance of Chris's work is inspiring. Portland friends, I can't recommend Elemental highly enough. –Emily PowellOwner of Powell's Books

  • EFL is fantastic. I've been going there once a week for about two years, and the functional changes in my body are amazing. They listened to exactly what I wanted to work on and designed a custom program. I feel safe going there, since the trainers are precise and exacting, so I can work smart and notice big changes after only a few reps; I'm not exhausting or injuring myself with zillions of reps in terrible form. Also, as a structural integrator, not only do I get to geek out about anatomy and movement with the trainers, but this is where I refer my clients. I know that their tender knees, tricky low backs, and vulnerable shoulders will be met with custom plans, careful supervision, and smart options for increasing strength, mobility, and ease. Plus, the sense of community can't be beat! –Kyra Ahlstrom

To learn more about us watch this clip with Dr. Phillip Snell, then go here to see client testimonials