“MY ULTIMATE GOAL IN CREATING FOCUSED FITNESS NW IS TO PASS MY EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION OF THE BODY, HEALING AND TRAINING ON TO YOU TO HELP YOU REACH YOUR ULTIMATE HEALTH, LIFE AND FITNESS GOALS. THESE CHANGES WILL CREATE LIFE CHANGING HABITS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN YOU FOREVER.”
ALAN CLARK
PA-C, ATC
PROFESSIONAL:
ALAN CURRENTLY PRACTICES AS A CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IN THE SPECIALITY OF ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE. HE OBTAINED HIS INITAL BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN BIOLOGY AND SPORTS MEDICINE FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND BECAME A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER UPON GRADUATION. ALAN’S PASSION FOR BEING A PARTNER IN ACHIEVING HEALTH LED HIM TO OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION IN PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES. ALAN HAS OVER 25 YEARS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD HELPING HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLES TO IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS. ALAN IS A FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETE COMPETING IN TENNIS AND WRESTLING. CURRENTLY, ALAN ENJOYS SUPPORTING STUDENT ATHLETES AND VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME AT VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO YOUNG ATHLETES.
PERSONAL:
ALAN’S PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS STARTED 20 YEARS AGO WHEN HE COMPETED IN HIS FIRST 12 WEEK FITNESS CHALLENGE THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE. AFTER COMPETING IN THIS FITNESS CHALLENGE, HE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY IN TRIATHLONS. HE HAS COMPETED IN NUMEROUS SPRINT AND OLYMPIC LENGTH TRIATHLONS, FOUR DISTANCE TRIATHLONS AND THREE TIME LONG DISTANCE IRONMAN FINISHERS.
ALAN HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS VERY OWN SUPERWOMAN FOR 23 YEARS. HE HAS AN AMAZING DAUGHTER WHO SHOWS THE ULTIMATE STRENGTH AND DEDICATION (AS WELL AS AN INCREDIBLY STRONG CORE) IN COMPETING IN HIGH LEVEL GYMNASTICS.