We are happy to have many KAATSU users in beautiful British Columbia. I think on the whole, folks in British Columbia are quite health-conscious. One of my goals this year was to make it to B.C., and that goal will be realized next week. I will be arriving in...

Andrea's superpower is being organized and thinking ahead. During the pandemic, she foresaw that she would be retiring from her full-time job as a hand therapist at a hospital by the fall of 2023. To celebrate, she booked a cruise while prices were low. Smart cookie,...

This was our second year attending the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology conference. Last year's conference was held in Fredericton. Many conferences choose locations in different parts of the country, so this year we were in Calgary. (Next year's will be in...

We've been mulling over holding in-person KAATSU training sessions for therapists since we started KAATSU Canada. While there's a lot of good information in the KAATSU Specialist Program, it's geared for a more general user audience and not specifically for...

Andrea was attending a course in Pennsylvania so I took the opportunity to visit with Chris Morgan of KAATSU Global in Boston. We had a great few days, calling on sports teams and therapists who are using KAATSU in their training and treatments. I also got to play...

August found us in Toronto at the annual canfitpro Trade Show & Convention. Personal trainers and fitness enthusiasts from all across the country found their way to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for this 3-day health & fitness show. This was our second...

We finished off our trip to Japan attending the Sportec show in Tokyo. What a crazy, busy place that was! Hot too. Temperatures were between 32~35°C while we were there. Incredible though. We got to sit down for a couple of days with Steven Munatones, CEO of KAATSU...

KAATSU Personal Training Gym - Adamas Our trip next took us to Osaka. While we didn't have much time in Osaka, we were fortunate to experience an entire KAATSU workout from start to finish at Adamas. Trainer Mari Masuda arranged for us to observe a workout with one of...

Medical Fitness Yamato We were really looking forward to visiting Medical Fitness Yamato. Unfortunately, with the heat being so high, Andrea decided to stay back so I attended on my own. I arrived slightly early and was warmly greeted by Yuichi Nakao, a personal...

Kumamoto City has a population of roughly 740,000 people. When looking online I could only find two places that offered KAATSU training. Thankfully, I was able to visit both of them. Each clinic provided KAATSU training in different ways and in different environments...

I was washing my vehicle today when my neighbour came home. Most of the time I'll use an automatic car wash, but today I was carefully washing the car by hand. My neighbour commented that it must be a special occasion. Indeed, it was 🙂 I've thought about getting a...