RAILYARD CONDITIONING COURSE TESTIMONIALS
Special Needs Community Testimonials
“As a special needs PE teacher, I am consistently searching for new activities and equipment to foster student learning. The Railyard Obstacle Course (ROC) is lightweight, durable, and easy to manipulate due to its snappy setup and breakdown. Formations can be modified to address the individual needs of students. As an itinerant teacher, the ROC also serves as a viable and portable resource for me as I travel to different schools each week. Since integrating the ROC into my courses, my students with disabilities (SwD) have exhibited an increase in self-esteem, self-confidence, and appear more apt to tackle any obstacle they may encounter. I incorporate cross-lateral activities to enhance their ability to learn and provide hand-over-hand assistance when they perform midline crossing exercises, which in turn facilitates the learning process. I also use the exercise downloads from the website as visual prompts, which only strengthens the delivery to my students. The ROC further helps them maintain attention, focus on their spatial awareness, and assist in curbing misbehavior, which many PE teachers face daily.
The ROC challenges anyone who dares to step on it. It demands one's entire body to be in unity both mentally and physically to traverse it successfully. In addition, the inventors utilize a viable source to elicit a greater caloric expenditure for all participants, engaging core musculature throughout every exercise sequence/movement. Thus far, it has exceeded my expectations, especially as a special needs teacher. The ROC is innovative and just a plain old FUN-ctional system!”
Scott Adolf, MSed., ACE Certified Personal Trainer Specially Designed Physical Education Teacher Duvals County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida
“We are using the Railyard Conditioning Course with our entire PE program PreK-12. The Preschool enjoys for sequencing with the students. Our elementary uses it as a warm-up before the activity that we do for the day. The high PE teachers love it for conditioning. As the athletic director I will be stressing the importance of using it with our athletic programs as a conditioning tool. The adaptations that we are using consist of buttons at each platform to tell the student what the next exercise is that they will be doing. We adapt some of the exercises based on if the student has additional handicapping conditions. We have incorporated it into our Minds in Motions program that we do every morning as a school. This program focuses on crossing the midline activities, balance, and sequencing.”
Jeremy Freel, Athletic Director/Elementary PE Teacher Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Personal Trainers Testimonials
"I use this type of training because it challenges the entire body’s strength, coordination, balance, cardiovascular condition, and flexibility and does so in a very natural way. My clients and students of all ages love it because it is fun!"
Leslie Mueller, B.S., C.P.T.
“Best thing I’ve ever done for my fitness facility and clients.”
Billy Corbett, Owner of Retrofit Training Center, Denver CO, Certified NSCA Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), IYCA Level 2 Coach (International Youth & Conditioning Association), ISSA Specialist in Sports Conditioning (SSC), the CHEK Institute as a Level 2 Practitioner (Corrective High Performance Exercise Kinesiology)
“The Railyard Obstacle Course has changed the way I think about fitness after 18 years. I get so fired-up to do Railyard which in turns fires up my clients. I love teaching with the Railyard and my clients love the challenge and fun it brings to our classes/programs”.
Jamie Atlas, BonzaBodies, PT
“It is so functional, the Railyard Obstacle Course offers a different layout every time and every day. Our members and trainers love the variety it provides in the class/program whether it is functional training or athletic training.”
Caesar Martinex, Wellness Director Renaissance Club Sport, Aliso Viejo
“The Railyard Obstacle Course is an integral part of our Boot camp programs. We have found Railyard to be easy-to-setup, portable, challenging to our clients and a ton of fun. Railyard is a great tool to differentiate your group training from your competition. I recommend it highly for any training business.”
Larry Indiviglia, BS MA MBA, CPT ACE, NSCA, Master Trainer FITX-San Diego
“As a fitness company trying to compete during these tough economic times, the Railyard Obstacle Course gives us a distinct advantage over the many trainers who are limited by their lack of equipment, and helps generate additional income. Railyard is easy to set-up, versatile and unique, keeping us ahead of the competition. We use our Railyard Obstacle Course set-ups at private clubs and in the local neighborhoods. Our clients and trainers love using the Railyard Fitness System.”
Scott Bell, President Fit-X San Diego
“I teach a very popular adult class on the Railyard that is loved by all! I’ve received many standing ovations from the group conditioning sessions I’ve been hosting at Body by X Skill Development & Training Center with boys and girls varsity basketball, competitive soccer clubs, AAU basketball club teams and pee wee football programs. The kids jump at the opportunity to go “yard”.”
Xavier Jarrell McClinton, COO, Trainer, Coach. Mentor, Head Coach North Bay Lady Cavs
“As both a hands on trainer and business owner I love Railyard Fitness. As a trainer, Railyard equipment as a training tool has great versatility, portability and is so unique and fun clients just love it. We use it a lot with schools and it is heartening to see the enthusiasm the kids have for Railyard. As a business owner it has added a new dimension to our business setting us apart from our competitors. The new business we generated covered our outlay in six months.”
Sean McCaughey, Owner, Fitnesswest Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland
Physical Education Testimonials
"Getting the Railyard at Chestnut Mountain was such a blessing! It is an incredible piece of fitness equipment. It’s amazing how so many fitness activities can be encompassed in one simple piece of equipment. Another advantage of the Railyard is how easy it is to incorporate into lesson planning. All I have to do is demonstrate a few easy-to-learn moves to my students and then connect those moves together to form an obstacle course. The kids love for me to play upbeat music while they work their way around the course over and over again. It is incredibly satisfying for me to see them having so much fun while getting their little bodies fit and healthy at the same time. I’m thankful that I found the Railyard and look forward to many years of using it with my students!" Betsy Elrod Chestnut Mountain Elementary
“Every PE program in the country should have a Railyard in their program. Students enjoy exercise on an Obstacle Course – it gets them moving in ways they have not moved before – the exercises make them stronger – improves their strength – provides cardiovascular conditioning, agility, and body balance.”
Phil Lawler, PE4life Director of Education and Training
“If I went into a new school and could only buy one thing, I would buy the Railyard. It’s versatile and meets the various needs of our program. (Maybe we should say it supports the PE4life principles we implement in our program.)”
Elaine Alexander, PE4life Academy Director, Kansas City, MO School District
“One of the great aspects of using the obstacle course is that both sides of the brain are utilized to perform the challenges the course offers, when students have to move across the midlines of their bodies. Students actually have fun meeting the challenges of the course, which disguises the fitness benefits derived by participation."
Paul Zientarski, Instructional Coordinator, Physical Ed., Health
“It is my belief that a comprehensive fitness program addresses these ten general physical skills, cardiovascular endurance, stamina, strength, power, speed, flexibility, agility, accuracy, balance, and coordination. The Railyard Conditioning Course addresses each of these skills with scalability to meet the individualized skill levels of our students. I highly recommend the Railyard Conditioning Course to any Physical Education program. It’s truly been a difference maker at Panther Run.”
C.J Cain, Panther Run Elementary Lake Worth Florida, Physical Education
“Every child is challenged at their own level, without others realizing they are at different levels of fitness. It truly is an inclusive workout that all ages and skill levels can do without feeling left behind or holding up the group."
Doug Stebbins, M.S. Physical Education, Egoscue PAS, NASM Personal Trainer
"We've been using the Railyard fitness system. The kids found it a lot harder than they thought it was going to be. They didn't realize how much balance was involved in fitness. And, I think that's probably one of the biggest values of it"
Deb Swan, Physical Education Teacher, South High School, Denver, CO
"The Railyard provides all students with individual challenges as they accomplished movement and tasks, while having fun."
Susan Slocum, Physical Education Dept., Hill Campus, Denver, CO
“We have an obstacle course and I use it with my K-6 elementary PE classes. I incorporate it into my stations. The kids love it!"
Mary Cromer, Cass Midway School, Cleveland, MO
