Good Monday Morning!
So recently I visited the great state of California, and more specifically, HOPSports and its fantastic owner, Tom Root. The mission for this trip was to create a SandBellâ„¢ exercise video that HOPSports could use to help spread the good word of all things SandBell to their audience of school districts all over the country. This was a big step for Hyper Wear and I was very very happy to be a part of it.
Cosmo and I headed out from Austin late Monday afternoon and after two successful flights we ended up at LAX safely. We headed straight for Venice Beach – in particular, “Muscle Beach” – in hopes of doing a little SandBell demo workout, but to no avail since it was past sundown by the time we arrived. But we decided to shoot a little intro video in the midst of Muscle Beach anyway. We spoke about how things had changed from the conception of “weight training” in the early 80’s. At that time, everything was heavy, isolated, fixed range-of-motion training. Whereas now we have redefined our goals and are more focused on how to get all the potential out of an athlete or a regular Joe/Jane.
Bright and early the next morning, we were on our way to HOPSports in Santa Clarita, about 30 minutes north of L.A. Tom has a great training facility that anyone from any walk of life would feel welcome training in. The latest draw in his business has been the creation of “Internet training” as I liked to call it. He has a HUGE green screen area to shoot videos for people in all worlds, such as exercise, schools, and more artsy things such as dance and acting. Shooting video for TEN hours was a fun and challenging task; the soreness that I felt later that night and for the next 48 hours surprised me quite a bit. I guess you can’t really talk about it unless you’ve actually done that type of training. I went into it saying “Oh, I’ll be fine, I’m in great shape” and although the director and the cameramen thought I did great, I was still mentally and physically exhausted by the time Cale (lead camera) shouted “That’s a wrap!!” Side note: Hearing that phrase was pretty cool even though I tried not to show it. Act like you’ve been there right?
All in all, it was a great experience and a great learning environment to see how these types of things come to fruition. I was very glad to be on the flight home and was welcomed home by our fellow Hyper Wear staff with high fives and hugs. Job well done Hyper Team!!! Enjoy some clips of our California Adventure:
Never Stand Still!
Bill Meyer, SCE, USAW
Head Hyper Wear Coach
Performance Director, CATZ-Austin
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