Coach Dave Gleason has developed two world class sports conditioning programs for youth athletes for 6 to 9 years of age on The Railyard Obstacle Course.  Here's the video, and below you'll find one to the programs

Railyard programming 6-9 years

Program #1
· Body Awareness/Movement Exploration
o Railyard Birddogs (flat side up)
o Rainbows
o Railyard Lunge walks (flat side up)

· Object Manipulation
o Battle rope waves

· Coordination
o Scramble to balance
o Rhythm Machine

Here's a link to get the 2nd workout in this new series.

http://www.railyardfitness.com/Youth-Sports-Conditioning-Programs-s/1854.htmRailyard programming 6-9 years

Active Play on the Railyard Obstacle Course
The best way to describe Railyard Active Play is for you to close your eyes and transport yourself back to when you were 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 years old. You are playing on the Jungle Gym, monkey bars, a pile of rocks, mound of dirt, on a log or some old tires. Can you see it? You have no inhibitions or restrictions. You duck, jump, crawl, climb, leap, and roll around on whatever it is, and your creativity allows you to make up each move as the challenge presents itself. You don’t know you’re not supposed to be able to do these things, you just do them. I’ll bet this has brought a smile to your face, hasn’t it? More on the Railyard Obstacle Course here.
That’s Railyard Active Play!

Railyard Active Play on an obstacle course or in nature is fundamentally designed for youth physical development. Children who engage in this unique, tried and true exercise program will reap the extraordinary benefits. This is highly effective exercise and fitness designed by PLAY. The movements you used for physical play as a child are the same movements that, when executed as illustrated in this manual, provide the superior results of Railyard Active Play. These movements have been used by humans throughout history; from prehistoric man to our more recent ancestors who ran, jumped, crawled, climbed and leaped as a part of daily life. Their ability to utilize these talents allowed them to survive their physically demanding and dangerous environments.  Luckily, we don’t have to outrun predators today for survival. However, the design of the human body has not changed. A body with a history of Active Play will give you the ability to traverse the world in a much more fluid, prepared state of being and wellness, whether that means playing sports or putting something up on a shelf.



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Primal movements and Paleo exercises are demonstrated by Joshua Conn, CSCS. Primal-style workouts are one of the hottest new fitness trends—and with good reason! Exercises that use the environment to inspire "natural" movement are not only more fun than traditional strength moves, but they also challenge your entire body at once. And when you work everything from head to toe, you burn major calories, improve balance, global coordination, flexibility, joint function and stability. In this video Joshua Conn bring the outdoors in and uses the Railyard Obstacle Course as a platform for primal exercises. The Railyard is perfect for primal movement, it mimics the natural environment, replicating round logs, boulders, and hills. Railyard's length and round Rails, not found on any other exercise equipment allows Joshua to include forward, backward and lateral movement plus natural instability to what are normally movements in a single plane. Railyard Rails can be inclined, another unique feature, which lets you execute movement at an angle - just like you find in nature. The world is not flat - train for the real world. See more at www.railyardfitness.com

Wrist and Forearm strength and stabilty with 6 exercises

Forearm Workout Equipment for Sports – Hand Therapy – Guitar Playing – Body Building: For a complete forearm workout, you need to focus on all the muscles that control the flexion, extension and rotation of the wrist. Here is link to page on Railyard Site.  There are 6 primary exercise used by physical therapists and sports conditioning experts to accomplish this. All six can be performed easily, with constant resistance and variable load with the Serius Strong Wrist and Forearm Dynamic Exerciser. Whether you need hand therapy for arthritis, you need a stronger grip for rock climbing or you want a more powerful baseball swing or you want to improve your golf swing, regardless of your condition or need we have the forearm exerciser for you. A complete forearm workout will Improve finger dexterity for playing instruments. It will build hand strength to loosen stiff fingers and regular forearm workouts will strengthen your grip for improved sports performance. Click here to see video:  

The Deluxe Weight Training Sled and Anchor Package has everything you need to pull it, push it or use it as a portable Anchor for up to six training tools like Fitness Ropes or Resistance Tubes. 3 in 1 value for a commercial quality Sled. Load it with plates, kettlebells, sand bells, med balls, or dumbbells as weight. The Railyard Fitness Weight Sled Anchor is one product that’s does the job of three using the new weights in your facility or at home. On sale, $189.95, free freight! YouTube video: http://youtu.be/zhpRaYabyF0
Here is link to view all Railyard Weight Training Sleds.

http://www.railyardfitness.com/weight-sled-anchor-s/1821.htm http://youtu.be/zhpRaYabyF0

Sled Pulls with Railyard Weight Sled and Fitness Anchor

How to do Sled Pulls

Secure the weight plates or alternative weight onto the Sled with the rope attached to it. Hold the other end of the stretched rope as far from the sled as possible. Face the sled, standing either side of the rope, gripping tightly. You should be bent at the hips and knees with legs well spaced apart for stability. Pull the sled toward you with a hand-over-hand action at speed, until the sled is up close to you and you're out of rope. Notes: The Railyard Weight Sled can be pulled from either side, so you can attached two ropes, one on either side and pull the Sled back and forth with a training partner. Sled Pull Guide The sled pull is a true functional exercise that really exhausts the upper body, focusing on the back, shoulder and biceps, while developing a crushing grip. Essentially, this exercise involves pulling a heavy, weighted sled toward you, that's tied to a rope. The amount of friction you get from the exercise will greatly differ between your sled and surface combo choices. How you train with the sled should depend on your fitness goals. Loading the sled with a minimum amount of weight and training for longer distances will help build endurance and cardiovascular capacity, whereas using heavy weights over shorter bursts will develop strength and power skills. Railyard Weight Sled and Anchors can be found on our website.
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Billy Corbett, Railyard Master Trainer explains his use of the Railyard Obstacle Course when training youth athletes. My name is Billy Corbett from RetroFIT Training Center and Athletic Revolution Central Denver. I want to talk to you today about something I truly believe can help transform the way you work with your young athletes and adults alike. Actually it s more about the way you work with all humans when it comes to movement. I have been using the Railyard at my training center for the past 6 years and it continues to be the most popular piece of equipment in our training center. When a piece of equipment like this comes along and it has the popularity and fun factor that your clientèle express you have to give it more than ONE look. That’s what I did with my athletes and clients and we’ve been more than satisfied with it. If you’re like me you want to give your clients the best possible experience each time they walk through your doors. If you’re like me you’ll ALSO want to make sure the experience was something that was useful AND informative! And as a business owner you have to find product’s that are durable, can be used by many and has very a long life expectancy. That’s why I recently became a spokes person for Railyard Fitness. AND I really want you to take a look at the Railyard training system and see how this multipurpose unit is so adaptable to the needs of your clients. We have used the Railyard on every population we train here at RF/AR and Ill have to say it is our athletic groups and our youth groups that love ALL the RY can do. They actually like being a part of the schematic layout planning and the program design that they will in turn be following. We have found it to be a great team building exercise because we have such a variety of kids that are in the group. When your coaching style is focused on being outcome based then the Railyard becomes an even better tool because it allows the kids to be creative in what THEY want to do. We all know that The human body was created with the ability to climb, lunge, squat, bend, twist, pull and push and move across the earth. We call these primal movement patterns and since they are the way the body is supposed to move then they should be in your clients training program. One of the areas where WE as a collective fitness coaching group gets stuck is in the area that discusses the train-ability of kids. While there is still much disagreement on the acute program variables like training load, speed of movements, recovery time and intensities…. It’s rather hard to argue that teaching people how to move using their primal movement patterns and that teaching them to control their OWN bodyweight will benefit everyone! Another problem with the methods of the train-ability of kids is that: Today--Most kids train or exercise in only 1 or 2 dimensions or planes of motion. Their physical conditioning is usually restricted to what they can do on a rectangular field with boundaries. That may work for some in the short term but to transform the way we really help our clients improve you have to do several things: 1. Follow the natural intuition of the body and incorporate it into a workable plan. 2. Find something that has enough variety that it will engage the brain and challenge the body 3. Do something that will be perceived as fun- I’ve found the Railyard does all of that and then some- Exercising or (playing) on the RY allows you to overcome different challenges that just don’t exist with other forms of fitness. As the body moves through space - muscles are constantly adapting to its position relative to gravity and its surroundings so to add the dimension of verticality you have upped the ante on stimulus. It does this by utilizing 3 sensory inputs. 1. Vision- optical input from the eyes 2. vestibular –inner ear 3. Somatosensory-feedback from the sense organs in muscles and tendons For example, when you watch one of the kids look at and judge the height of one of the higher rails and figure out a way to maneuver over or under it you see their vision playing an important role. OR Utilizing the Uneven half moon surface that the Railyard offers is very good for improving sense of balance and will obviously work your muscles differently than walking or running on flat ground. Far to few people incorporate balance in their routine but you can get significant Injury prevention just due to balance training Most of us have been conditioned to stay on the ground and just use our feet as a form of locomotion but we are capable of doing so much more while using our entire body. It seems More stability and control over our bodies is what we are looking for when it comes to training our clients and if we want to have the MOST stability and control over our bodies, we need to train balance on our feet and on our hands… AND all this is easily accomplished on the Railyard. The Railyard allows you to deliver so much more to your clients in less time and for more people at one time. And Each time we learn a new skill the brain gets excited and IF it’s a pleasurable experience it wants to try it again and again. - So there are Many mechanisms of human movement at work while playing on the RY - The potential the Railyard offers for creativity in designing your program, it’s versatility and durability and most importantly it’s ability to generate fun should be something … you naturally want to learn more about. - 6 years ago That’s what I did and I haven’t regretted it one minute.  Here's link to additional education on the Railyard when used in Sports conditioning.