A little something to keep you going..

Here is a video from the howtostretch membership site. I will do more short videos to keep folks stretching until the site is launched.

Enjoy

Update

Well, I got some good news and some bad:
The good news: I have at least a months worth of classes.

The bad news: My file transfers fail. After upgrading my computer, my hosting server, and getting extra storage, the problem I am having is unreliable transfer of large files. Sometimes it does work, most times not. Tech Support has recommended another file upload client, Firezilla. This week I am dumping all unneccessary data to speed uploads.

So, again, please be patient and hang in there! I will try to get a few Youtube videos up to keep you s t r e t c h e d out until the new membership area opens.

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE

I really, really wanted to launch the new long videos the first week of December. It currently takes a day (almost 20 continuous hours) to compress a 30 min video to a format that can be uploaded to my server.

What does that mean? At best, I can do a video a day, I have about ten edited, many more to edit, I guess I will start getting stuff up in the next few weeks. I will post my progress. So, I shoot a video (45 min) edit a video (1 hr) compress video (20 plus hours), load video to website, (does not take long, make a few minutes), whew.

check back, in the meantime, ask any questions, and practice what's up on the youtube channel. :0)

Need some help

Good morning, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I am in need of a little help. I am currrently converting the first class, free for viewers, to a format that can be easily viewed. The conversion process is taking longer than anticipated (almost a day for 30 min of video compression), but from what I read, that can be normal.

When I get it uploaded, I need a few volunteers to view the video (it will be uploaded to howtostretch.com), and email me on how the video looks on their computer.

You can email me at howtostretch@howtostretch.com, and let me know if you would do that for me. (folks will be viewing the video, I just want to line up some viewers willing to give me a little feedback on view quality, etc).

Thanks for your patience

As I type, I am converting the first stretch class to a different format for my server. This compresses the file so when it is uploaded, many people can view it at once. This was a step I have been working on for a few weeks. Now that I ironed out the process, we are closer to getting my online classes live!

Check back, or check my homepage over the next few days. I hope to get it up by Sunday at the latest.

Free Stretch Class

This weekend I should have the Free Stretch Class edited and uploaded to howtostretch.com. This will let you take a sample class with me. Just a taste of things to come.

Closer still

Just an update on what is going on at howtostretch.com. I have the software installed to allow membership, but need to configure it to my needs. This part will take a few days. I have a few videos (30 min long) ready, they still need a little editing touchup and compression. Even before I can set this up, those videos need to be tested to make sure everyone can see them. As it stands, your computer will need Quicktime to view them. You can get Quicktime for free, so if you don't currently have that software, viewing will not be a problem.
I need to install some new RAM I just purchased as well (I cannot believe how cheap 512 of RAM is these days), but that's just to make things easier and a little faster on my end.
Stay tuned, lots of fun stuff ahead.