ABOUT TSUNAMIBAR® SPORTS
The original Tsunami Bar prototype was first developed in 2012 by David Abernathy and Gordon Brown. At the time, Abernathy was a strength and conditioning coach at Clemson university. Looking for a way to take his invention to the next level, Abernathy turned to Mike Ramsey and Scott Williams. Their company, Williams Strength, was a fitness equipment manufacturer who had just outfitted the university’s West End Zone weight room.
Ramsey and Williams were creating solid steel products at the time and were understandably skeptical about a flexible barbell. Eventually however the pair finally relented and were glad that they did. Like most people when they first experience a Tsunami Bar in action, seeing was believing. The Tsunami Bar, named after the most powerful wave in the ocean, was a revelation for Ramsey and Williams. They immediately agreed to finish its development and take it to market.
The end result of this initial effort was the 45-pound Level 3 flexible Tsunami Bar. After that launch, a complete line of new bars with different flexes and weight capacities were developed. Word began to spread about these strange new wave bars. It seemed that everyone who tried them swore by them, awed by their effectiveness and the undeniable results.
THE WAVE OF THE FITNESS FUTURE
In September 2013 Ramsey dropped one of the new Tsunami Bars off to golf pro George Bryan III and asked him to look at how it could be used with golfers. Bryan worked with golfers from young juniors to seniors and had always stressed exercise and nutrition as part of the total package. At the time, Ramsey was going to Bryan’s facility every Thursday for lessons and noticed that the Tsunami Bar® he had given him was sitting in the same spot for months. When asked if he had given it a try, the answer was a polite, “Not yet, but I will.”
Sometime around Christmas, Bryan went on a prayer jog and during that run told himself to go pick up the Tsunami Bar® and see what he thought. The amazing thing is that when he did pick it up for the first time, instead of using it as intended, he stood it on its end and began bending it to replicate the impact position of a golf swing. Although not fully aware of it at the time, Bryan had just begun to develop a new way to train the golf swing now known as Impact Conditioning.
After two years of fine-tuning the Impact Conditioning model, Bryan suggested the creation of a new company devoted solely to golf. Knowing that this innovation had even broader appeal to all sports, Ramsey and Williams ultimately decided to create Tsunami Bar Sports, LLC which officially came in to existence on November 17, 2015.
In 2016 George Bryan contacted a prominent strength and conditioning professional named Ken Taylor and asked him to visit the Tsunami Bar® training center to see what it was all about. Taylor was skeptical but decided to give it a shot since he knew Rob Thames, a former workout partner, was overseeing the manufacturing and development of all Tsunami Bar® products. As soon as Taylor got under the bars, he knew he had discovered something special. Taylor was in fact so impressed by the bars that a few months later he moved his training and coaching business to the Tsunami Bar® Training Center.
Tsunami Bar Sports have continued to convert countless exercise enthusiasts and today our products are in dozens of high school, college and pro team gyms around the country. While we do train some elite athletes at our facility, we have products and training methods that are available for people of every fitness level.
On January 1, 2019, Tsunami Bar Sports made the move to purchase the Tsunami Bar® patents and trademarks from Tsunami Barbell, LLC. giving Tsunami Bar Sports, LLC all the tools needed to take the products and training to the next level.
WHAT CLIENT'S SAY
Stephen Leonard
“I start and end all my range sessions with the Laginator since it focuses me on balance and tempo”.
Tim Hinson
“My game improved drastically, and I set personal records without going to the range. Never have I broken 80 consecutively as I have recently. I am playing the best golf of my life”.
Gene Sorrel
“I have developed my own work out program at home with the tools. I am excited because of the immediate improvements in how I feel and hit the ball”. Gene Sorrel
Ed Strom
After using the Laginator and Multi Stick a couple times a week, this is what one person had to say.
“I hit the ball better off the tee and fairway, my backswing is slowed down and the tempo is good. I hit the ball much smoother now” Ed Strom- Financial Consultant
Anne Marie
This is what one student had to say about using the Laginator™
“When I’m on the course I’m not worried about mechanics anymore, it’s teaching my muscles to make the same move every time” Anne Marie, Student
Skip Guss
Former PGA tour player and Instructor had this to say about the Laginator™.
“The Laginator™ is Fantastic! After 15 to 20 minutes my students start to get the right sequence and motion of golf swing which produces a more piercing trajectory. This tool has helped my students get better and has helped me become a better teacher” Skip Guss, Owner and Instructor at GolfRite
