"I was a member of different health clubs, but I didn't go consistently," she said.

So when her daughter Sydney, a Punahou ninth-grader, began training sessions with her ASICS volleyball club at a Honolulu facility called Tactical Strength & Conditioning, Yogi tagged along.

"This is so much better than a regular club, it's just more comfortable," Yogi said. "They take care of me and I know I can trust them in helping to reach my goals."

Tactical Strength & Conditioning's Barry Toyama, 31, Darin Yap, 26, and Wayne Hudson, 25, are certified strength and conditioning specialists, in what Toyama said is the first facility of its kind in Hawai'i.

Their facilities include equipment such as a treadmill without a motor, which forces the user to power it themselves.

"A lot of the pieces we have, no one else in the state has," Toyama said.

They charge $30 to $60 per visit and depending on the goal, clients should visit at least twice a week, Toyama said. He stressed they not only help athletic performances, but can improve everyday activities, such as picking up a child.

Tactical Strength & Conditioning tailors a workout for each individual, sometimes designing workouts for a specific sport, other times just making sure their clients remain healthy.

He said the main problem people face is that today's society is very stagnant: sitting in chairs in front of a computer while at work, or driving in cars for longer periods of time.

That creates problems with muscles becoming tight or weak.

The Tactical Strength & Conditioning team handles athletes, but say they also work with people interested in staying healthy and preventing injuries.

Toyama calls what they do "prehabilitation."

"Even if you're not injured now, this type of training will help you stay on that path," he said.

Punahou boys volleyball coach Peter Balding got involved with Tactical Strength & Conditioning when his volleyball team was getting started with it.

"I went through it personally to see how it was going to train the kids to get a feel for it for my own perspective," he said.

Since, he has been receiving his own personal training, specifically tailored to help him with paddling and surfing. It also helps with his everyday duties.

"I don't walk around in the day with my back aching and I don't feel tired," he said. "I can sit at the computer for a lot longer because my posture is better."

Toyama said the exercises he and his co-workers conduct are different from what is popular: lifting to build and tone muscles.

"People train to look good, but not to function good," he said.

He added that besides the popular core muscles, there are six other areas of training people need to focus on: power, strength, endurance, balance, regeneration of the muscle, and movement preparation, or warming up.

"They train all your muscles, not just the large ones that everybody sees," Balding said.

Toyama said if there was one thing people should work on, it is flexibility, calling it the "number one culprit" of pain and injury.

NOT ONLY FOR ATHLETES

While Tactical Strength & Conditioning works with high school volleyball, basketball and swim teams, Toyama said it is also for people who "just want to feel better."

Yogi said her energy level is higher since she started two months ago.

"I can function with less sleep," she said. "At work, I can do a lot more. I feel like I can do it all."

Balding also is a school teacher. He teaches physical education at Punahou to kindergarteners, and first and second graders.

"I'm on my feet all day long, and what this has allowed me to do, for my 1:30 (p.m.) class, I feel like I have the same energy that I did for my 8:15 (a.m.) class," Balding said. "It provides me with more endurance through the day."

For more information, contact Tactical Strength & Conditioning at 589-2115.