Since my last post, we've attended the Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Arizona state AAHPERD conferences and were represented by G & G Fitness, our regional sales group, in New York and Ohio. My heartfelt thank you goes out to all the Physical Educators who visited with us at these events and their overwhelming positive response to the Railyard and the kids and children's exercise it provides.

We are firming up the 2010 conference schedule and will post it on our website shortly. If we are in your area, please drop by to say hi, I look forward to meeting you. We will be at at the California AAHPERD and the National AAHPERD in March where we will be introducing the new, Railyard Fitness Exercise Hanger. The Hanger is our entry into the suspension training market designed with the PE student and program in mind, you're going to love this!

I wish to introduce you to Vint Hargrave, All Pro Athletics in Florida, Vint has put up his new video on the Railyard. Vint has the largest Railyard outside of Denver and is providing youth sports conditioning to the young athletes in his area. Vint may be the #1 fan of Railyard Conditioning, here's a link to his video.
www.vimeo.com/8110858

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.

We are proud to announce the Railyard Conditioning Course was awarded the honor of (3rd Most Valuable Product) by the attendees the at the PE4life PEP Grant conference last month. We beat out some old standards and a number of new exergaming products. I like to think this is a trend towards the total body, functional fitness the Railyard provides.
There are over 200 facilities around the country using the Railyard as an obstacle course for their children’s fitness and youth exercise programs. A number of these Courses are being used to provide conditioning for youth athletes. We believe this is how children should be developing their foundational and athletic skills. The exercises on the course and naturally functional and fun, both necessary for a successful conditioning program.

We will give away a $3500.00 Railyard on January 20, 2010 to one lucky "Railyard Depot" subscriber, go to our website to sign up and good luck!

Are we doing everything we can to promote fitness to the exerciser of tomorrow?

I believe we could do a much better job of introducing exercise to our nation’s youth. I’ve been to six national and regional PE Conferences in the past year and the exercise industry is noticeably absent. You will find the U. S. Golf Association, U.S. Tennis Association, Skate in School (in-line skates), Educational Disc Golf Experience, Bowling Proprietors of America, National Alliance for the development of Archery and the National Archery in Schools program, Ultimate Players Association (Frisbee), Orienteering 4 Schools, U.S. Figure skating, to name a few industries, all lobbying for time in our nations PE programs. You will find a few fitness manufactures such as me, a few sports and fitness equipment dealers, and a few fitness associations such as ACE, NSCA, and IDEA, everyone promoting their personal agenda. The fitness industry should have an industry association there with free curriculum, training, and support, as all the sports and outdoor activity industries. The fitness industry has the knowledge, people, and the justification to take a leadership role in the health of our nation’s children, not only for the growth and preservation of our industry, but for the health of our nation.
Railyard Fitness is proud to be one of the few company’s providing free fitness curriculum that can be used in every grade and by every student. Our fitness manual does not require the teacher have any of our equipment, just the desire to provide a fun, functional exercise experience to their class.

I believe it’s time all the different factions of the fitness industry come together as one to promote fitness, not a specific kind of fitness, fitness in general. National statistics tell us about 30% of adult Americans exercise on a regular basis (a generous number) and we are all marketing to this group, imagine if we could attract another 10% or 35 million exercisers, more people for the health clubs, more customers for product at retail, more clients for trainers, simply more revenue. Imagine 20, 30, or 40% more people in exercise, it would be boom for everyone in the fitness industry.

What do you think?

The Railyard Conditioning Course won 2nd place in the "Most Valuable Product" competition on June 19th at the PE4Life Summit in Rogers Arkansas!

I just returned from the Texas State PE Administrators Conference, what a dedicated group of professionals. We've recieved more inquiries from the State of Texas than all the rest of the country combined, after attending this event I can see why. Texas is on a mission to improve the health of thier children, I can only hope the rest of the country will choose to follow.

The Railyard Conditioning Course is the ideal exercise platform for children, and it's fun!

>> From a study published in the Swimming Science Bulletin. Authored by Brent S. Rushall & John Marsden.

"If resistance training is to be done with children and young adolescents, exercises should involve sub-maximal loads, such as one’s own body weight, light dumbbells, weighted bags and/or medicine balls. Sophisticated and restrictive weight exercises, particularly on machines, are not ideal for children".

We presented 3 workshops at the annual SEA Convention in Orlando last week to a very receptive audience. Response to the exercises was very good and everyone had fun on the Railyard. Our next workshops will be at the Texas Physical Education Administrators meeting on South Padre Island. Texas has proven to be our best market to date, looking forward to that weekend.

We returned from the AAPHARD National Convention last week in Tampa Florida with a folder full of schools interested in the Railyard as a fun, easy to use, functional addition to their fitness program. I want to thank everyone who stopped by our booth and picked up information on the Railyard, we will be in touch with you soon.
Lee

Welcome to the first issue of the Railyard Depot Blog.

This Blog is all about an exciting and remarkably effective training method and the platform on which it's done, the Railyard Conditioning Course. Exercise on the Railyard is the world's most complete exercise.

Please post your questions, share your experience on the Obstacle Course, or simply check out the comments from educators, professionals, and Railyard users around the world.

Railyard Fitness is pleased to announce our Platinum Sponsorship of PE4life, the premier program working towards putting PE in every school, every day.

Sign up for the "Railyard Depot", our monthly newsletter on our website and you will receive a free e-copy or our 78-page training manual featuring over 50 exercises and routines you, your clients, students, and you can do in the backyard, in the park, in your basement, or on a Railyard Conditioning Course.

Thank you for joining us. Lee