Episode 80 (Connor Johnstone)

An interview with Connor Johnstone - discussing his personal journey and lived experience, the f-words and what they meant to him and the article: Effects of voluntary exercise on muscle structure and function in cerebral palsy by Noelle G. Moreau and Richard L. Lieber - published in DMCN 2022.

Connor is a personal trainer, support worker and table tennis coach currently studying at Edith Cowan University to become a Clinical Exercise Physiologist. Connor has completed a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science and a master's degree in strength and conditioning. 

Connor was a participation officer at the Healthy Strides Foundation in 2022 and helped create the Participate App. Connor has an athletic background competing in Table Tennis for Australia from 16 until he was 23, and now currently competes in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Connor’s career goal is to help as many people as people with a disability as he can through exercise as a strength and conditioning coach or as a clinical exercise physiologist.