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Our training benefits firefighters, first responders, seasoned triathletes, competitive athletes and people with many years of life experience. Check out the video below from HYPERFITUSA in Ann Arbor.

THE OTHER SIDE OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES

With all the bad press regarding professional athletes it is good to hear a story about athletes doing the right thing


In the middle of a grueling six game road trip where a very young hockey
team is away from home, the third game of the trip ends late on a cold
Canadian Saturday night. This is the only break on the trip and the
three days between games allow them the only break to get back home in
their own beds for a couple of days before going back on the road. A
scheduled commercial flight waits for them at Toronto's International
Airport for the short flight home; they could be home by midnight. This
plane departs on schedule, but without a single member of the hockey
team. Back in the locker room a vote is taken after the game was
complete, and a unanimous decision is made by this young
team to skip this flight and stay one more day. They make arrangements
to check back in the hotel and on a frozen Sunday morning charter two
buses that have no heat and begin a journey two hours straight north
into a sparsely inhabited Canada , but where hockey is its passion. They
arrive at their destination to the surprise of the teams general manager
who is there attending his fathers wake.

After a few emotional hours, this team boards the buses and heads back
for a two-hour trip back to Toronto. On the way they ask the drivers to
stop in a tiny Canadian town because they are hungry. To the shock of
the patrons and workers at this small hockey town McDonald's, a
professional team walks out of two rickety buses and into the
restaurant, which just happens to have pictures of two members of this
team on its wall. The patrons know every single one of these players by
sight being Fanatic fans of hockey in these parts. One can only imagine
their amazement of the locals seeing and the entire professional hockey
team sit down and have a meal in their tiny little town
in the middle of a hockey season. After a while they board the buses and
catch their same flight 24 hours later, giving one day to their general
manager.

Have I made this up, is this an excerpt from some fictional book? No.

This a true story of the Blackhawks last Saturday night and they decided
to attend Dale Tallon's fathers funeral. It's amazing that such a good
story can be found nowhere on the internet, and not even mentioned in
the Chicago papers. Had one of the Blackhawks got into a fight and
punched some drunken loser in a Toronto bar it would be plastered all
over papers and the television. This being said, its hard to imagine any
professional football, basketball or baseball team doing this, but the
members of the Blackhawks claim any "hockey" team would have done this.
This is one reason I continue to be a big hockey fan, and another reason
I am excited about this Chicago team. I thought I would share as this
story appears to have gone unnoticed.

GO BLACKHAWKS!!!!

PeeWee Renegades

MOTIVATED PEOPLE

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DECEMBER WEEK 1

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ROB C.

I also want to tell you what Sticks / HyperFit has done for me. Back when I started doing the WOD with you I could barely make it through the warm-up. Doing ten good form push ups was only a pipe dream. Wall Ball, forget about it. I was continually putting Did Not Finish next to my name. Now, some nine months later, I am in the best shape of my life. I am still a fat bastard, but I am no longer a weak fat bastard. I can look in the mirror and see true muscle growth. I actually have calves now. My waist is getting smaller. Bye bye Bingo wings. Its funny, last week someone at work asked me how much weight I have lost. To be honest, I have only lost ten pounds. I asked this person why should weight loss matter? I could care less what I weigh. The fact is I am gaining muscle, I have good, normal blood pressure, my cholesterol is at 135 and I have a resting pulse rate of about 70. Before HyperFit, I did not have any of these things. I am quickly creeping up on 43 years of age. I want to be able to get into my fifties and beyond with the ability to function physically. You, Keely, and Jen have made that possible. For that I am truly grateful.

Rob Caulkins
Commitment:

All we ask of our members is to commit themselves to the training program. Current fitness level, age or gender doesn't matter. Commitment is required. We have experienced triathletes, elite level athletes and grandmothers. All of them deserve a pat on the back for their consistency and willingness to give all they have throughout the hour long session. New prospective trainees are required to go through a brief introductory training session. It doesn't take long to know if they are willing to train as hard as our members train. Some are looking for something that will produce the desired results without the necessary effort. Others immediately know they found what they are looking for. Rob has been with us since day 1. After finding out about Hyperfitusa WOD classes in Brighton he emailed saying this was exactly the type of training he was looking for. All we ask is that members give their best during the session and Rob has done that consistently. His effort is unmatched and rewarded. He is stronger at pull ups while using a lighter band. Last week Rob had a new PR on overhead squats. Most importantly his overall fitness level has skyrocketed. It doesn't matter what WOD is written on the white board Rob will give his best effort every day. That's all we ask.

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Thursday's Workout Pics

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January 16th Suzanne set a goal to do 1 unmodified push up. She chose that date because she will be 60 years of age. December 3rd she decided to see how she was progressing with her goal. She knocked off 5 unmodified push ups and got off the ground to a round of applause from the other members. Congratulations to Suzanne, you are an inspiration!

You can see her accomplishment in this video.


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94 Rebels + Livingston Midgets

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