Thursday, January 23, 2014

Moxy Workshop in Boulder, CO, last weekend ...


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