The World of Sports Performance Podcast

#31 Maury Hayashida: The Adventures of Growing up in Africa

November 08, 2023
The World of Sports Performance Podcast
#31 Maury Hayashida: The Adventures of Growing up in Africa
Show Notes

This week on the World of Sports Performance Podcast we are speaking with Maury Hayashida. Maury is currently the CIO/Co-Founder of Variant Training Lab. Maury is originally from Hawaii but grew up in Africa, he then went to California for PT School and then he started his own Physical Therapy Clinic in Santa Barbara, and was also the Rehabilitation Coordinator for USA Rugby. He also spent time in Italy working as a PT for Rugby Viadana.



In this episode we discuss:


  • Moving from Hawaii to Zambia
  • Growing up in Zambia and Kenya
  • Maury’s hardest transition moving to California for PT School
  • Benefits of working and traveling abroad
  • Starting his private PT Clinic in Santa Barbara 
  • What it was like working and living in Italy
  • Variant Training Lab



Maury can be found on his website @variant training lab


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