Imagine yourself in one of the most beautiful cities in the United
States, possibly in all of North America, Boulder, Colorado. That’s where I was this last weekend, January
17 and 18, 2014. The backdrop of the Rockie Mountains, and the beauty of the
city, made it the perfect backdrop for our event.
The event? The first
ever Moxy Monitor Workshop. Athletic trainers
who call this cycling Mecca home, invited us to Boulder to hold this very
special event. They brought us into
Boulder to see how Moxy could help them
with assessments and training guidance for themselves and their athletes.
Cycling wasn’t the only sport represented. There
were athletic trainers from swimming, triathlon, climbing, and even a sports
nutrition expert. And we had
representation from the United States Olympic Committee. We also didn’t pull just from the Boulder
area. Attendees came from British
Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec in Canada, as wells as Kansas, Minnesota,
California in the US, and last, but certainly not least, Beijing, China.
The workshop started with a session where all participants
(and new Moxy owners) got a chance to
fire up the Moxy, pair it with the display device of their choice, and perform
some demonstration techniques. The workshop
included a Moxy for each participant, which made it very easy for all attending
to gain a quick understand of how to use the device.
Juerg Feldman, physiology expert and Moxy enthusiast, guided
participants through a series of demonstrations and examples of the
device. It was an engaging classroom
session.
The finishing touch was my favorite part of the workshop, and
seemed to really keep the engagement of all of our participants. On day 2 we went to Fascat Coaching, in
Boulder, and did a live demonstration on a cycling trainer. When we asked for a volunteer, we actually
got three participants, each with three Moxy devices place on them, to
participate in the ride.
The cycling session, guided by Mr. Feldman, lasted for about
an hour. The other attendees jumped in
to help with taking a variety of metrics on each athlete, and in the end , all
were satisfied that they understood how the Moxy will really help them coach
and train their athletes Our final
afternoon together was a great success.
I personally want to thank all the attendees for taking time
out of their busy schedules to participate in this momentous event in the early
life of the Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor – without them we could not have pulled
it off.
Stu Giere
Owner and President, Fortiori Design LLC
