| Eugene Thong holds a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science from Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, Eugene was a student Teaching Assistant for Functional Human Anatomy Lab, helping to instruct undergraduate students to identify structures of the body using cadavers. During his senior year at Rutgers, he was a student intern in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Center of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where, under the supervision of a clinical exercise physiologist, Eugene designed and implemented exercise programs for post-cardiac event patients.
In July of 2000, Eugene became a staff physiologist at Cardio Fitness Center, a fitness club for executives in Midtown Manhattan. There, he supervised programs and performed fitness testing for several hundred members, as well as performing one-on-one personal training sessions with a client base of approximately 20 individuals. He obtained certification as a P.R.E.S. (Post-rehabilitation exercise specialist) in 2001, and attained his C.S.C.S. (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) from the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2004.
Eugene started ETF Wellness Corp. in 2002 to answer the growing need for qualified exercise instruction in a field wrought with confusion, superstition, and bad science. He is currently also an instructor at Serious Strength, a private personal training studio located in Manhattan's Upper West Side. |
