Fitness Archives - Chape Fitness

Posted on 18 July, 2018

Training pace calculator

This training pace calculator will automatically show how fast you should run the different components of a training week to ensure you’re training to your full potential.

How to use the training pace calculator?

It’s very simple, just tap in a recent race time, choose metric or imperial, and press ‘calculate’.

Easy runs

Easy runs build your aerobic fitness, and your muscular and skeletal strength. They also help you burn more calories and recover for harder workouts.

Top coaches and exercise physiologists believe that most runners should do 80 to 90% of their weekly training at the easy run pace.

Tempo runs

Tempo runs help you improve your running economy and your running form. They are sometimes described as ‘threshold‘ or ‘hard but controlled‘ runs.

Tempo sessions generally fall into one of two categories: steady runs of 2 to 6 miles; or long intervals with short recoveries.

You should do tempo runs once a week, and these runs should make up no more than 10 to 15% of your total training.

VO2-max runs

VO2-max training helps you improve your running economy and your racing sharpness. These sessions are most useful when you are preparing for a race of 5K to half-marathon.

Example of a good VO2-max workout: 6 x 800 metres at VO2-max pace with 4 to 6 minutes of recovery jogging between efforts.

You should do VO2-max workouts once a week, and these workouts should make up no more than 6 to 10% of your total training.

When you run these workouts, you are running at or near 100% of your maximum oxygen capacity, which scientists call VO2-max.

Speed-form runs

Speed-form workouts help you improve your running economy, form and leg speed. These are interval sessions that will help you prepare for races of 800 metres to 5K.

Here’s an example: 8 x 400 metres at speed-form pace with 3 to 4 minutes of recovery jogging between efforts.

You should do speed-form sessions once a week, and these sessions should make up no more than 4 to 8% of your total training.

Yasso 800s

Yasso 800s are an invention of Runner’s World US writer Bart Yasso, who has run more than 50 marathons and ultramarathons.

If you want to run a marathon in 2:44, 3:28 or 4:11, you should train to the point where you can run 10 repetitions of 800 metres in the same time: 2:44, 3:28 or 4:11. The only difference is that your marathon time is hours:minutes and your 800 time is minutes:seconds.

Bart suggests doing Yasso 800s once a week as part of your marathon training. Start with 4 x 800 and build up to 10 x 800. Between the 800s, take a recovery jog that lasts as long as your 800s.

Long runs

Long runs form the foundation of all marathon training programs – they build everything from your confidence to your discipline to your fat-burning. So, even when you’re not training for a specific marathon, it’s a good idea to do at least one semi-long run a week.

Because long runs are done at a relaxed pace, there’s great latitude in how fast you actually run. Let your long runs be your slow runs, and save your legs for other days of the week when you might do tempo runs or maximum-oxygen runs.

But there are a thousand theories about how to do long runs, none of which have yet been proven superior to the others. The important thing is building up the distance and training your body to keep going for 3, 4, 5 or however many hours it’s going to take you.

To get a general idea of what you should be running each week, follow these basic rules:

How often should I do ‘hard days’?

I recommend that most beginner and intermediate runners do just two hard days a week. More advanced runners can do three hard days if they’re careful.

Each of the following is a hard-day workout: tempo runs, VO2-max sessions, speed-form workouts, Yasso 800s, long runs.

What should I do on ‘easy days’?

A hard session should usually be followed by one or (even better) two easy day sessions. Easy days can include rest days.

How many ‘rest days’ should I have per week?

I recommend one or two rest days, when you do no training at all (or just take a relaxed 30-minute walk).

Most beginner and intermediate runners should run no more than 4 to 6 days a week.

Posted on 21 June, 2018 21 June, 2018

The common causes of muscle pain and how to avoid them in your exercise regimee

A couple of weeks ago, the guys at Bodytonic clinic contacted me because they wanted to expand their health and fitness related blog content.

Specialist Osteopathy, Pilates, Massage, Health, Beauty and Fitness clinics based in the heart of London, Canada Water SE16, Wapping E1W & Stratford E15 (E20, Zone 2).

They are very nice guys and great professionals, if you have the opportunity because you live near or you travel to London, I recommend that you pay them a visit and enjoy their facilities and services.

For this occasion, they’ve put together an infographic about the common causes of muscle aches and pains in your fitness regime, specifically those which come about as a result of a poorly planned fitness regime.

Obviously, this wouldn´t happen if you´d hire a personal trainer to plan your fitness journey and help you all the way.

Posted on 19 June, 2018 19 June, 2018

Training senior adults. My methods surpass new studies.

Last week I came across a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University. I had to read it twice to actually believe it, and a couple of times again before writing this post.

I´ve highlighted the “shocking” results so we can go straight to the point:

This is what Glenda achieved in 12 weeks, not 18 months! If you permit me, I think the training period time is the first achievement. Who wants to wait 18 months to see results? I´d love to know you if that´s so!

Glenda lost 11 pounds in 12 weeks, compared to 17 pounds in 18 months achieved by the study participants.

Also, she gained 8,4 pounds of lean muscle, compared to 20% muscle mass loss in the study.

Side note, the weekly comments Glenda were doing each week in the measurement table were priceless.

These are the data that I can present to you, the conclusions are yours.

Posted on 7 June, 2018 7 June, 2018

Recoup Cold Massage Roller

The Recoup Cold Roller provides all the benefits of a traditional Self Myofacial Release (foam rolling) in combination with Cryotherapy (Ice Massage). These two forms of muscle therapy help to decrease inflammation, aid in post workout recovery, and allow specific treatment for areas in need.

By applying the pressure with the cold roller the muscle will release metabolic waste products and toxins which become build up in the muscle after exercising. In addition, Self Myofacial Release impacts the Golgi Tendon Organs and allows the muscle to relax. Once the muscle is relaxed the cold aspect of product allows for a decrease in inflammation.

Product Specs

Cold therapy + massage recovery
2 hours in the freezer = 6 hours cold
Unscrew blue handle to use ball outside of handle
Use anywhere on the body
3.4 oz cooling gel for safe travel
Handle free rolling
Ball 3.15 in. in diameter (a little larger than a baseball)

Injuries this Treats

Shin splints
Plantar fasciitis
Tight IT bands, quads, hamstrings
Neck pain
Carpal tunnel
Back pain

Benefits

Takes down inflamation
Faster muscle recovery
Lowers cell metabolism, saving energy
Helps to prevent tissue death
Stops pain
After muscles warm increasein blood flow
Muscle relaxation
Improve tissue recovery
Impruve neuromuscular efficiency
Regulate production of cytokines
Flush out lactic acid
Decrease muscle soreness

Regular price is 39.99$

If you want to get it just for 32.79$ send me an email to info@chape.fitness and I´ll get you the discount. As easy as that!

(US shipping only)

Posted on 5 June, 2018 5 June, 2018

Muscle Fiber Types

Are you a better distance runner or sprinter? Have you ever wondered why is that so?

The answer is simple: muscle fibers.

Skeletal muscle is composed of different muscle fibers and these are composed of functional units called sarcomeres. Within each sarcomere are the myofibrillar proteins myosin (the thick filament) and actin (the thin filament). The interaction of these 2 myofibrillar proteins allows muscles to contract.. Each myocyte contains many myofibrils, which are strands of proteins (actin and myosin) that can grab on to each other and pull.

Muscle Fiber Types

There are three types of skeletal muscle cells:

Fiber Type	Contraction Speed	Time To Peak Power	Fatigue	Color
Type I (slow twitch)	Slow	100 milliseconds	Slowly	Red
Type IIA (fast twitch oxidative fibres)	Fast	50 milliseconds	Fast	Red
Type IIB (fast twitch glycolytic fibres)	Very Fast	25 milliseconds	Fast	White

Type I fibers are characterized by low force/power/speed production and high endurance, The slow twitch muscle fibers are more efficient at using oxygen to generate more adenosine triphosphate (ATP) fuel for continuous, extended muscle contractions over a long time. They fire more slowly than fast twitch fibers and can go for a long time before they fatigue. Therefore, slow twitch fibers are great at helping athletes run marathons and bicycle for hours.
Type IIB fibers are characterized by high force/power/speed production and low endurance. These fast twitch fibers use anaerobic metabolism to create energy and are the “classic” fast twitch muscle fibers that excel at producing quick, powerful bursts of speed. This muscle fiber has the highest rate of contraction (rapid firing) of all the muscle fiber types, but it also has a faster rate of fatigue and can’t last as long before it needs rest.
Type IIA fall in between the two. These fast twitch muscle fibers are also known as intermediate fast-twitch fibers. They can use both aerobic and anaerobic metabolism almost equally to create energy. In this way, they are a combination of type I and type IIB muscle fibers.

This range of muscle fiber types allows for the wide variety of capabilities that human muscles display. On average, people have about 50 percent slow twitch and 50 percent fast twitch fibers in most of the muscles used for movement.

Motor Units

Muscle fibers are organized into motor units grouped within each muscle. A motor unit is simply a bundle or grouping of muscle fibers. When you want to move, the brain nearly instantaneously sends a signal or impulse through the spinal cord that reaches the motor unit. The impulse then tells that particular motor unit to contract it’s fibers.

The body recruits the lower threshold motor units first (slow-twitch), followed by the higher threshold motor units (fast-twitch) and continues to recruit and fire motor units until you’ve applied enough force to do whatever it is you’re trying to do regarding movement. When you are lifting something extremely heavy or applying a lot of force your body will contract practically all the available motor units for that particular muscle.

Type I muscle motor units contract less forcefully and a little slower then type II motor units and they reach peak power slower. This is why you can sit and eat all day or play Playstation all day and never get tired!

The type II motor units are capable of greater levels of absolute force than type I and also fatigue a lot quicker. Type IIA and IIB are capable of roughly the same amount of peak force, but the IIA fibers take longer to reach their peak power in comparison to type IIB.

Fast twitch fibers don’t like high volumes or long durations of work. They don’t even like a high frequency of work. If we go back to our ancestral roots, fast twitch IIB fibers were used only in times of stress situations. These would include running away from a predator, fighting, chasing food, or other brief explosive muscle action. They were only active for a few minutes per day at most. Since they weren’t used often the body had no real need to sacrifice them for a more efficient fiber. Sedentary people are the same way and have more fast twitch IIB muscle than athletes as the use of their fibers is limited and there is no need for their bodies to make more efficient adaptations.

Changing size or fiber type composition

Muscle fibers can adapt to changing demands by changing size or fiber type composition. This plasticity serves as the physiologic basis for numerous physical therapy interventions designed to increase a patient’s force development or endurance. There is evidence that muscle fibers not only change in size in response to demands, but they can also convert from one type to another. This plasticity in contractile and metabolic properties in response to training and rehabilitation allows for adaptation to different functional demands.

Fiber conversions between type IIB and type IIA are the most common, but type I to type II conversions are possible in cases of severe deconditioning or spinal cord injury.

Less evidence exists for the conversion of type II to type I fibers with training or rehabilitation, because only studies that use denervated muscle that is chronically activated with electrical stimulation have consistently demonstrated that such a conversion is possible.

Changes in the muscle fiber types are also responsible for some of the loss of function associated with deconditioning.

Some of the loss of muscle performance (decreased force production) due to aging does not appear to be only due to the conversion of muscle fibers from one type to another, but largely due to a selective atrophy of certain populations of muscle fiber types. With aging, there is a progressive loss of muscle mass and maximal oxygen uptake, leading to a reduction in muscle performance and presumably some of the loss of function (decreased ability to perform activities of daily living) seen in elderly people. Age-related loss of muscle mass results primarily from a decrease in the total number of both type I and type II fibers and, secondarily, from a preferential atrophy of type II fibers. Atrophy of type II fibers leads to a larger proportion of slow type muscle mass in aged muscle, as evidenced by slower contraction and relaxation times in older muscle.

Fortunately, physical therapy interventions can affect muscle fiber types leading to improvements in muscle performance. Physical therapy interventions can be broadly divided into those designed to increase the patient’s resistance to fatigue and those designed to increase the patient’s force production.

Evidence is lacking to demonstrate that type II fibers convert to type I with endurance training, although there does appear to be an increase in the mixed type I and IIA fiber populations. Researchers have found that type I fibers become faster with endurance exercise and slower with deconditioning.

High-intensity resistance training (high-load–low-repetition training) results in changes in fiber type similar to those seen with endurance training, although muscle hypertrophy also plays an essential role in producing strength gains. Initial increases in force production with high-intensity resistance training programs are largely mediated by neural factors, rather than visible hypertrophy of muscle fibers, in adults with no pathology or impairments. Even so, changes in muscle proteins, do begin after a few workouts, but visible hypertrophy of muscle fibers is not evident until training is conducted over a longer period of time (>8 weeks).

Although the trends in fiber type conversions are similar for endurance training and resistance training, differences in physiological changes that occur with each type of exercise are also important. Endurance training increases the oxidative capacity of muscle, whereas training to increase force production of sufficient intensity and duration promotes hypertrophy of muscle fibers by increasing the volume of contractile proteins in the fibers.

Posted on 3 May, 2018

Here are some ways to create a new you by Constance Ray

We’re now well into the new year, and how have your resolutions fared? Perfectly well, we’re sure. But in case you want to make 2018 the new year of you, here are some ways to make self-improvement a priority in your life. Just work on these few things, and you will feel like a new person in no time.

Join a gym — You know you need to exercise more, and you know a gym will help you do it. Start shopping around for a place to workout. Look for affordability, location and offerings. If you’re a person who likes group fitness classes, don’t join a gym with a weak offering. If you like weights, try to find one where bodybuilders and powerlifters workout. If you like having a personal trainer, check to see that the ones who work with that gym are certified. Most gyms will let you try it out first, so give it a whirl before you sign up. You should feel comfortable.

Upgrade your wardrobe — If you’ve been lounging around in jeans and sweatpants your whole adult life, it might be time to start looking like a grown professional. Just buy a couple of pieces every paycheck, and you won’t have to break the bank. Also, try to find pieces that can be mixed and matched with some stuff you already have, so you aren’t stuck with the same exact outfit over and over. Shop thrift shops and consignment sales, and you’re bound to find some great buys!

Kick that addiction — If you’ve struggled with addiction to drugs or alcohol and are now working on getting clean, there are ways to enhance your chances of staying that way. Studies have shown that diet and exercise can be a great boost to staying free of addiction. Yoga and meditation can also help you become more centered.

Quit smoking — This is the year you’ll do it! You know you need to, and you know it won’t be easy. Talk to your doctor about the best way to quit. She knows the latest in smoking cessation methods and which ones are backed by studies. She might offer to prescribe medication to make quitting easier, or she might direct you to a local support program. There are so many ways to quit, that if one doesn’t work for you, you can always try another. Just imagine all the money you’ll save. Don’t give up on your lungs.

Take some personal time — If you’ve been neglecting yourself for the sake of others, try to make some time for yourself. Go to a spa, get a facial, a mani-pedi and get your hair done. You don’t have to do it all at once, but taking time for yourself is important. It will help you stay refreshed so you can go about your day, as well as help reduce stress.

Get creative — Take an art class, write a book, start coloring or work on a long-forgotten project. Using the creative part of your brain will help you focus better on your daily life and boost your overall happiness. It forces you to use a part of your brain that you may not use very often, which is always good for continuing development. Some studies show that art education can even benefit you physically.

When you set a goal to improve yourself, you are committing to a better life. And who doesn’t want that? Take each goal a little at a time, and you’ll start to notice your success as you go. The more you take care of yourself, you increase the odds of living longer and living better. Don’t give up on your dreams: You can make this your best year ever.

Constance Ray

Constance Ray started Recoverywell.org with the goal of creating a safe place for people to share how addiction has affected them, whether they are combating it themselves or watching someone they care about work to overcome it. The goal is to share stories of hope from survivors who know that the fight against addiction is one worth having, because no matter how it affects you, life can get better.

Posted on 24 April, 2018

The Priority Training Principle

Priority training is a Weider´s training principle, used when a muscle (or muscle group) is not developing at the same rate as the rest of the body. The difference between a good physique and a great physique is proportion, balance and symmetry.

The ideal physique is symmetrical, the upper and lower body are in proportion, and there are no muscles which stand out to the eye as over or under-developed in relation to the others. Unfortunately, the body doesn’t always develop evenly. After a few months of starting a regular training program, most people have already noticed that some muscles grow faster than others.

Two main factors cause this unbalanced muscle development:

Genetics: meaning that even if you’re diligent about training every muscle equally with the same amount of intensity and consistency, you’ll probably see some muscles fall behind others. That’s simply your body following its natural genetic pattern.
There’s also a natural (unconscious) behavior. Most people give certain muscles special treatment, while other muscles are neglected. The body parts you don’t focus on, your least favorite body parts, or the exercises you find most difficult or unpleasant often get left to last and trained as an afterthought, or blown off completely. If you recognize errors like these and correct them, you can develop outstanding proportion, balance and symmetry.

The good news is, even the most stubborn muscles can be improved by working hard and using the right training strategies. It’s all about making weaker muscle groups your top priority. Amateurs focus too much on their strengths. Priority training is a principle used to improve muscles that lag behind the others.

Here is where priority training begins: with honest assessment. Your first assessment is right in the mirror and you can do that immediately. Next come photos, videos and the opinions of fellow athletes, trusted friends and expert coaches.

Once you’ve identified body parts to prioritize, you’re ready to start making changes to your workout schedule and using priority training techniques. In some cases, this means training completely the opposite of the way you’re used to. That will take an open mind and willingness to change your training habits.

Priority training is not a single tactic, but a group of them, designed with one purpose: to put more attention, energy and effort into training the lagging body parts until they come into balance with the rest of your physique.

Here, you’ll find the best priority training techniques that I’ve used and which I’ve taught to my clients over the years. These are classic techniques, dating back to the Weider era, so they’ve been tested and proven for years. Some people start by choosing the one strategy that seems most logical or appropriate based on their situation. But keep in mind, to get better results, you can attack your weak areas using multiple strategies.

1. Change the order of your exercises (train your weak body parts first)

Whatever you train first in your workout usually gets trained the hardest simply because you have more energy and strength at the start of the workout. Whatever you do last in the workout is usually trained with the least effort.

Change the order of the exercises in your workout so that the body part that needs the most work is done first, when you are mentally and physically the freshest. Never train your weak body parts last.

2. Change exercises to emphasize specific parts of a muscle.

A muscle has different sides, angles or facets. Some muscles are more complex than others, with fibers that fan out in multiple angles or which have separate heads with different tendon attachment points.

For example, the deltoids are well known for being multi-angular with distinct movement patterns for the front, side and rear portion of the muscle.

How much you can isolate individual heads of each muscle is controversial, but we know it’s possible to place some added emphasis on different portions of a muscle by choosing the exercises that best activate those portions.

If you carefully choose the exercises to work the part of the muscle that needs the most work, that one simple change, combined with persistence, can bring everything into balance and create an impressive muscle from any angle.

3. Use a body part split routine with dedicated days for your high priority muscles

Full body workouts are popular, effective and ideal for beginners, for anyone with strength goals or limited days per week to train. There’s nothing wrong with full body training in those cases.

However, body part split training is ideal in the case of priority training to bring up a weak muscle, it’s one of the best strategies. You simply choose or create a custom split routine that gives you an entire day dedicated to your prioritized muscle group.

4. Increase your training intensity for your prioritized body parts

This simply means putting more physical and mental effort into every set and every rep. The whole idea of priority training is that you don’t push harder for every exercise or body part; you conserve your energy and put the extra effort only into your prioritized body parts.

5. Increase the volume (more exercises, more sets)

Usually, when you think of progressive overload, you think of increasing how much weight you lift. But another way to increase overload is simply do more sets (increase the volume). That could be more sets of the same exercise, or additional exercises.

For priority training, simply do more sets for the lagging body part. More is not always better, but as long as you have the time to do more sets and to recover from the added volume, this is a simple and effective way to increase growth.

6. Train overdeveloped body parts with less volume, intensity or frequency

Although most of these strategies revolve around working harder on the body parts you want to improve, it is entirely possible that to balance your physique to the proportions and symmetry you want, you may also need to back off training your most well-developed muscle groups.

It’s ok to train some muscle groups harder, and at the same time train others lighter, if they are already highly developed.

7. Mentally train yourself to focus on improving your priority body part

Mental training is a vital part of achieving your muscle-building or fat loss goals. In the case of priority training, it’s important because many people develop negative belief systems about their “weak” body parts (often blaming them too much on genetics).

The mental training starts with believing it’s possible to grow and change your body. You must visualize it and mentally see yourself training hard and growing into exactly what you want to look like.

Change everything to the positive. What you used to call a weak or lagging body part, you can start calling it a priority body part. Stop thinking about it as weak.

Posted on 16 April, 2018

Discounts on Garmin products

As I announced earliear this month, I can offer you discounts on some cool brands. Now is your chance to get a discount on Garmin products (US shipping only).

The number of Garmin watches continues to grow, making the task of choosing the best one for you really difficult. With watches aimed from beginner runners and swimmers to performance triathletes and ultra-marathon veterans, it’s easy to overspend for features you don’t really need or will probably never use.

Choosing the perfect watch is all about your own personal fitness goals and matching a watch to those needs. If you’re trying to make sense of Garmin’s selection, I´m here to help.

To read the full description and get the discount, just follow the links.

Best Garmin smartwatches

Garmin Vivoactive 3

This is a device that’s aiming to bring more than just fitness smarts to your wrist. With the Vivoactive 3, Garmin is trying to push more into the realms of everyday design, too.

From playing to paying, vívoactive 3 is the smartwatch for your active life. Make contactless payments with ease, right from your watch, and with more than 15 preloaded sports apps — you can choose how you like to get fit. Built-in GPS lets you record the distance, pace, location and more for your outdoor activities.

DETAILS

Lens Material: chemically strengthened glass
Bezel Material: stainless steel
Case material: fiber-reinforced polymer with stainless steel rear cover
Quick Release Bands: yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Strap material: silicone
Physical size: 43.4 x 43.4 x 11.7 mm / Fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 mm
Weight: 43.0 g
Water rating: Swim, 5 ATM
Touchscreen
Display type: sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size: 1.2″ (30.4mm) diameter
Display resolution: 240 x 240 pixels
Color display
Battery life: GPS mode: Up to 13 hours / Smartwatch mode: Up to 7 days
Memory/History: 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data
Clock Features: Time/Date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch

Regular price: $269.99 – $299.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $245.14 – $271.99 (Free shipping)

Full description and discount, HERE.

Garmin vívoactive® HR

Run, bike, swim, golf, ski and more with vívoactive HR. Its GPS-enabled built-in sports apps track your stats while smart notifications allow you to stay connected — all so you can keep your life in balance. vívoactive HR continues to track activity throughout your day by counting steps and floors climbed as well as monitoring sleep and calculating intensity minutes. You won’t have to worry about this watch keeping up with you. The rechargeable battery lasts up to 8 days in watch/activity tracking mode or up to 13 hours using GPS.

DETAILS

Lens Material: chemically strengthened glass
Case material: polymer
Strap material: silicone
Physical size: 30.2 x 57.0 x 13.5 mm / Regular: 137-195 mm circumference / X-large: 161-225 mm circumference
Weight: Regular: 47.6 g / X-large: 48.2 g
Water rating: 5 ATM
Touchscreen
Display type: sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size: 0.8″ x 1.13″ (20.7 x 28.6 mm)
Display resolution: 205 x 148 pixels
Color display
Battery life: GPS mode: Up to 13 hours / Smartwatch mode: Up to 8 days
Memory/History: 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data
Clock Features: Time/Date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch

Regular price: $249.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $210.99 (Free shipping)

Full description and discount, HERE.

Best Garmin watch for beginners: Garmin Forerunner 35

Forerunner 35 is slim and lightweight — perfect for daily runs, training and racing. It features built-in wrist-based heart rate as well as GPS that tracks your distance, pace, intervals and more. And since all these stats are captured by the watch, your watch is all you need — no phone, no chest strap. Just put on Forerunner 35 and go. Ideal for new runners on a budget, they’re the cheapest of the lot and they’re also a little more accessible when it comes to your running stats.

DETAILS

Lens Material: chemically strengthened glass
Strap material: silicone
Physical size: 35.5 x 40.7 x 13.3 mm
Weight: 37.3 g
Water rating: 5 ATM
Display type: sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size: 0.93″ x 0.93″ (23.5 x 23.4 mm)
Display resolution: 128 x 128 pixels
Battery life: Smartwatch Mode: Up to 9 days / GPS mode: Up to 13 hours
Memory/History: 7 activities
Clock Features: Time/Date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Stopwatch

Regular price: $199.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $182.49 (Free shipping)

Full description and discount, HERE.

Best fitness band hybrid: Garmin vívosmart 3

Your sense of style is uniquely you. Let vívosmart 3 complement that style without trying to overshadow it. Featuring a slim, inconspicuous band, vívosmart 3 is as hip as anything in your closet. Even better, it’s a master of subtlety. The tracker’s hidden display is only visible when you want it to be. When you’re not using it, it disappears into the device. It’s the perfect companion for the office, the gym, the pool and everywhere in between.

Your activity tracker doesn’t define you, but what you do with it certainly can. That’s why vívosmart 3 features a discreet but attractive profile to help it fit right in with any fashion, and its smart features keep you on your toes. Track activity, monitor your heart rate, get smart notifications, and even access detailed fitness monitoring tools such as VO2 max estimate and your fitness age.

DETAILS

Strap materia: silicone
Physical size: Width: 18.5 mm / Thickness: 9.8 mm / Length (small/medium): 197 mm / Length (large): 223 mm / Circumference (small/medium): 122-188 mm / Circumference (large): 148-215 mm
Weight: Small/medium: 20.4 g / Large: 21.5 g
Water rating: Swim
Touchscreen
Display type: OLED
Display size: 0.38″ x 0.76″ (9.6 mm x 19.2 mm)
Display resolution: 64 x 128 pixels
Battery life: Up to 5 days
Memory/History: 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data
Clock Features: Time/Date, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch

Regular price: $139.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $122.29 (Free shipping)

Full description and discount, HERE.

Best Garmin watch for triathletes

Garmin Forerunner 935

Offers advanced running and multisport features in a comfortable watch you can wear all day, and it only weighs 49 grams. Provides elevation changes with a built-in barometer; altimeter and electronic compass help you keep your bearings. Evaluates your training status to indicate if you’re undertraining or overdoing it and offers additional performance monitoring features. Provides advanced dynamics for running, cycling and swimming, including ground contact time balance, stride length and more.

Forerunner 935 will help you monitor your training and recovery so you can better prepare for a race or training cycle. Training status is a new performance monitoring tool that automatically evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching. The new anaerobic training effect metric opens a window of insight to a critical dimension of training, telling you how your training is improving your ability to push the limits. You can even view your overall training load, which measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.

DETAILS

Lens Material: chemically strengthened glass
Bezel Material: fiber-reinforced polymer
Case material: fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit™ watch band compatible: yes (22 mm)
Strap material: silicone
Physical size: 47 x 47 x 13.9 mm
Weight: 49 g
Water rating: 5 ATM
Display type: sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size: 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution: 240 x 240 pixels
Color display
Battery life: Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeks / GPS-HR mode: Up to 24 hours / UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 60 hours without wrist heart rate
Memory/History: 64 MB
Clock Features: Time/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Sunrise/Sunset times

Regular price: $499.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $450.99 (Free shipping)

Full description and discount, HERE.

Garmin Forerunner 735XT

Forerunner 735XT lets you change things up with ease thanks to built-in activity profiles for running (indoor/outdoor), cycling (indoor/outdoor), swimming (pool/open water), cross-country skiing, paddle sports, trail running, hiking and strength training.

For brick workouts and du/triathlon races, the auto multisport feature lets you switch sports with just one button press. 735XT is compatible with advanced workouts for running, cycling — and even pool swimming. Create your own custom workouts and download for free from Garmin Connect. Then review your past efforts on the app or share them with family and friends for added motivation.

DETAILS

Lens Material: chemically strengthened glass
Strap material: silicone
Physical size: 44.5 x 44.5 x 11.9 mm
Weight: 40.2 g
Water rating: 5 ATM
Display type: sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size: 1.23″ (31.1 mm) diameter
Display resolution: 215 x 180 pixels
Color display
Battery life: Smartwatch Mode: Up to 11 days / GPS mode: Up to 14 hours / UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 24 hours without wrist heart rate
Memory/History: 80 hours of activity data
Clock Features: Time/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Stopwatch, Sunrise/Sunset times

Regular price: $349.99 – $499.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $316.74 – $450.99 (Free shipping)

Full description and discount, HERE.

Best Garmin for multi-sport

Garmin fénix 5S

For serious athletes and adventurers who want to do more, not wear more — fénix 5S is the perfect fit. This is a premium multisport watch that offers full-size performance in a lighter, sleeker, more compact design. So you can beat yesterday with advanced features such as wrist-based heart rate, built-in activity profiles, navigation functions, and performance metrics that measure the effectiveness of your workout. It’s one smart sport watch you can comfortably wear anywhere — office or outback — to keep pace with your active lifestyle.

DETAILS

Lens Material: chamically strengthened glass
Bezel Material: stainless steel
Case material: fiber-reinforced polymer with stainless steel rear cover
QuickFit™ watch band compatible: included (20 mm)
Strap material: silicone
Physical size: 42 x 42 x 15 mm
Weight: 67 g
Water rating: 10 ATM
Display type: sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size: 1.1” (27.94 mm) diameter
Display resolution: 218 x 218 pixels
Color display
Battery life: Smartwatch mode: Up to 9 days / GPS/HR mode: Up to 14 hours / UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 35 hours without wrist heart rate
Memory/History: 64 MB
Clock Features: Time/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Sunrise/Sunset times

Regular price: $549.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $495.74 (Free shipping)

Full description and discount, HERE.

Garmin fénix 5S Sapphire Edition

Beyond their running functions, fenix 5 watches also offer special feature sets to help with swim training, skiing, golfing and paddle sports, including stand-up paddle boarding and rowing. For swimmers, the device tracks your distance, pace, stroke count and more. Ski/Board mode puts speed, distance, vertical drop and an automatic run counter (with Auto Pause for the lift line) and more at your fingertips. The feature set for paddle sports includes stroke count, stroke rate and even distance per stroke. Golf mode gives you yardage to the front, back and middle of the green for any single course you’ve downloaded from Garmin Connect— and also adds enhancements such as stat tracking (fairways hit, etc.), Green View, AutoShot detection and auto measure. Sapphire edition features a scratch-resistant sapphire lens and Wi-Fi® connectivity.

DETAILS

Lens Material: sapphire crystal
Bezel Material: stainless steel
Case material: fiber-reinforced polymer with stainless steel rear cover
QuickFit™ watch band compatible: included (20 mm)
Strap material: silicone, suede or steel
Physical size: 42 x 42 x 15 mm
Weight: 67 g
Water rating: 10 ATM
Display type: sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size: 1.1” (27.94 mm) diameter
Display resolution: 218 x 218 pixels
Color display
Battery life: Smartwatch mode: Up to 9 days / GPS/HR mode: Up to 14 hours / UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 35 hours without wrist heart rate
Memory/History: 64 MB
Clock Features: Time/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Sunrise/Sunset times

Regular price: $649.99 – $799.99 (Free shipping)
With discount: $585.24 – $719.49 (Free shipping)

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Posted on 4 April, 2018

Top 100 Fitness Blogs and Websites on the planet

TOP 100 FITNESS BLOGS ON THE PLANET

I am so excited by this news that my hands tremble!!! Where do I begin? At the beginning, you are right.

As you know, the fitness industry is hard and publicizing an internet business is possibly even harder. For these reasons, I am always looking for ways to promote my business. Last weekend, I found the list of the best 100 blogs and websites to follow, provided by Feedspot.

What´s Feedspot? It´s a RSS Reader. If you’re trying to keep up with news and content on multiple webs, Feedspot allows you to put all of your reading in one place.

There is an impressive amount of fitness blogs out there and this list includes the best on the planet like Men´s Fitness, Reebok Fitness Blog, MyFitnessPal Blog, ACE (American Council on Exercise), or Anytime Fitness Blog, just to name a few blogs among the top 10.

Call me foolish, but I decided to submit my blog, with little or no hope of accessing the list. I would be happy to enter the Feedspot fitness blog directory and get some more readers. That´s what I expected. What I got, so you can guess by the title of this post, was to enter the list. I am not in the position #100, or #99, not even #90 or #80. Dear friends, my blog is on the list at number 73, which is not bad if you realize that I do not have a team working on this blog. Just me!

I am so happy and proud right now… that I´m going to take the rest of the day off!! I think you will agree with me… From time to time a break is necessary to savor the achievements and victories. This news is both an achievement and a sweet victory after a long time blogging.

Don´t worry, I will return with new content and much more energy before you realize that I have taken a day off, I promise.

I’m looking forward to climbing some positions. I know I will never make #1 but, top 50? I´m going to try it.

From a small Spanish coastal town to the top 100 fitness blogs on the planet, today is a day to remember and celebrate!

Thank you all, lot of love and, as always, big hugs!!

David.

Posted on 3 April, 2018

Discounts on top brands

Here at chape.fitness we care about giving the best service and partnering with the best brands in the fitness industry. that´s why I am excited and pleased to announce that from now on I will be able to offer discounts on top brands items to residents in the US. Take your time to read the list of brands, because it’s a long list: Garmin, Nokia, Tomtom, Optimun Nutrition, BSN, AST, Golden boy, Rumble Roller, etc.

If you practice sports, you will find what you need: nutritional supplements, sportswear, footwear, foam rollers, training tools and equipment, all kinds of fitness and yoga products that will make your sports practice easier and more stylish. If you are a regular customer of these brands or you are thinking about buying some of their products for the first time, do not miss the opportunity to get your discount!

Garmin

Garmin make products that are engineered on the inside for life on the outside. Garmin do this, so their customers can make the most of the time they spend pursuing their passions.

Nokia health - Withings

We lead the connected health revolution. Making the most of innovation, technology and design, Withings invents smart products and apps that fit into any lifestyle that lets you track what matters so you can improve you everyday well-being and aim for better long term health.

Polar

Polar is a manufacturer of sports training computers, particularly known for developing the world's first wireless heart rate monitor. Polar manufactures a range of heart rate monitoring devices and accessories for athletic training and fitness and also measure heart rate variability.

Tomtom

TomTom empowers movement. We design and develop innovative products that make it easy for people to keep moving towards their goals. Global leader in navigation and mapping products, TomTom also creates GPS sports watches, as well as state-of-the-art fleet management solutions and industry-leading location-based products.

ON - Optimun Nutrition

Optimum Nutrition, Inc. (ON) is part of Glanbia, a leading international cheese and nutritional ingredients group. ON owns and operates two premium sports nutrition brands, Optimum Nutrition and American Body Building (A.B.B.). Together, these brands provide active adults around the world with a comprehensive line of powdered, bar, tablet, capsule and ready to drink products.

KT Tape

KT Health is a privately held company based in Utah that designs, develops, and distributes sports medicine products. These products keep athletes healthy, empowering all to play with confidence and reach their peak performance.

Natural Fitness

A pioneer in the rapidly growing eco-friendly wellness products marketplace, Natural Fitness is a favorite of both the professional and amateur yogis thanks to our thoughtfully designed tools lauded for their unparalleled performance and minimal environmental impact.

Pro-Tec Athletics

Foam rollers and deep tissue massage balls. Keeping people healthy, active and performing at their best.

PER4M

PER4M products are accessible, cutting-edge performance athletic training tools created to help you gain a competitive edge in your training. Our products were expertly designed to aid in the development, progression, and improvement of 4 key areas to athletic performance success: Speed + Quickness + Agility + Power.

Lifeline

For over 40 years, Lifeline’s product development team has designed our products with a focus on user functionality while maintaining commercial grade quality. All our product testing protocols (internal testing & external testing) are in place to ensure the product we develop is not only functional to use, but also results in premium, commercial grade quality product.

Aeromat

AGM Group specializes in supplying high quality fitness products and accessories to the fitness, sporting goods, schools, and rehabilitation markets, offering both product innovation and brand name recognition.

Kor Water Inc.

Hydration is the foundation of our human health. At our core, we are our higher selves. Everything we need is already inside of us. We are unique, yet part of everything. We are the yin and the yang. We seek balance between ourselves and the world, between our body and mind, between who we are now — and who we have yet to become.

TITLE Boxing

In 1998, TITLE Boxing set out to establish itself as an authority in the boxing industry through equipment design, integrity in business and our overall involvement in the sport. Boxing gives hope to some, changes the lives of others and creates champions out of those select few who are willing to test their limits. Whatever your goals may be, we want to help you achieve them.

Golden Boy

Inspired by Gold Medalist and 10-time world champion in six different weight classes, Oscar De La Hoya brings gear designed by boxers, for boxers to the forefront of the game. Each and every piece from the exclusive “Golden Boy” line conjures-up memories of Oscar’s legendary fights, highlighting Oscar’s illustrious career that spanned over sixteen years.

Skins

WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR SPORT, WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR PRODUCTS AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO SAY WE'RE THE BEST. In 2010, we launched this advertising campaign featuring a number of elite athletes, titled Cheat Legal, which plays to the fact that SKINS give you a naturally unfair advantage. SKINS believe that athletes should handle themselves with honesty and integrity at all times.

EBOOST

In 2007 Josh Taekman and John McDonald set out to find a cleaner way to fuel their busy days, and today EBOOST is changing the way people energize, replenish, and feed their well-being. EBOOST is for people who live to do more every day—who thrive on the go and always have a new goal on the horizon.

Gnarly Nutrition

After spending 10 years blending outdoor recreation with counseling to help people better themselves, Eli wanted to create a brand that builds people. Gnarly is just that; A company that inspires individuals to reach their true potential. Building sports nutrition that is natural, clean, and great-tasting is only one portion of how we help our people reach their potential.

Rumble Roller

RumbleRoller's patented massage tools incorporate the perfect mix of shape, firmness, and resiliency. Their effectiveness is legendary, as is their durability and our unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction. If you're serious about feeling and performing better, you owe it to yourself to try RumbleRoller.

Pakems

Pakems are the lightweight packable shoe designed to take with you while you PLAY HARD. The perfect solution to slip on so you can sit back and RELAX HAPPY. Life is an adventure, take us with you!

Halfmoon Yoga

We are inventors, makers and curators of the best yoga and meditation products available. We hand make yoga bolsters, meditation cushions, and other beautiful props in Vancouver, Canada where we fill them with natural materials and send them out the door to you.

Armpocket

The Ultimate Armband. Through intense research and development, plus testing of materials and design, the Armpocket was created as a durable, high-quality product that will outlast its competitors. We now serve customers all over the world and are thrilled to be a part of the premium wing of the sporting goods and electronic device accessories industry.

Honey stinger

Located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Honey Stinger makes nutritious and great tasting honey-based foods including energy bars, protein bars, energy gels, organic waffles, organic chews, kids specific snacks and our very own Organic Wildflower Honey.

Doctor Hoy´s Pain Relief

Founded upon safe and natural pain relieving options, our goal is to make your life healthier. Since 2001, we have been changing lives! Let DOCTOR HOY’S™ Natural Pain Relief be your go-to pain relief solution you can rely on over and over again!

AST

AST Sports Science incorporates the latest research in muscle-building protein science, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and herbs to develop the most effective sports supplements in the world that are used by professional and world-class athletes around the globe. Dedicated to the highest standards in production and cutting edge research, your success is our success.

Carve Nutrition

A REAL GUILT FREE COOKIE! How we Carve...We are blessed to live, work, and play by the shores of Venice, California. The ocean inspires us every day with its raw energy. Whether you prefer the waves, the powder, the gym, meditation or walking; whatever your personal adventure, join us in our journey to 'CARVE'

Moji

Founded in 2007 with the goal of keeping people active and pain-free. Eager to help others pursue their passions in life, Victor Viner, a lifelong competitive athlete and proven entrepreneur, established the company with a vision of creating best-in-class recovery and pain-relief products.

Punch´d Energy

100% ALL NATURAL premium green coffee bean caffeine in a superfruit gummie with vitamin c. GRAB N GO energy that is low cal, low carb and low glycemic. FASTEST BOOST on the planet because you chew your energy! Change up your daily personal caffeine routine, naturally.

BodyCraft

BodyCraft® was founded in 1994 with the simple mission of helping as many people as possible achieve their wellness goals. Our passion lies in creating the ultimate in safety, variety, design, affordability and motivation. Every BODYCRAFT product is built to fulfill each of the purposes. When you buy direct from Bodycraft, you’ll never have to worry about quality - it’s built for a lifetime.

Body-Solid

Body-Solid offers the widest arrays of products in the industry including multi-station gyms, free weight machines, a complete line of cardiovascular products, weight plates, kettlebells, dumbbells, and fitness accessories.

Run Gum

Run Gum provides you with a fast convenient energy boost through the simple process of chewing gum. Infused with caffeine, taurine, and b-vitamins, Run Gum is similiar to other energy products on the market, only you get the boost you want faster.

ON + BSN + Isopure

Optimum Nutrition | BSN | Isopure - Nature's Best Supplements

ZeroPoint

ZeroPoint is a world leader in using the most sustainable materials in apparel. The fabrics are made using 85% repurposed nylon waste collected from landfills and oceans. A highly sophisticated polymer process is used to turn this material into Econyl fabrics. ZeroPoint realizes sustainability isn’t a goal but a way of thinking and being.

Boost Oxygen

Boost Oxygen, LLC is based in MIlford, Connecticut, and is the leading manufacturer of portable, lightweight, 95% pure oxygen canisters. It is used by people visiting high altitude locations, professional and amateur athletes, senior citizens, and famous celebrities alike.

Recoup Fitness

ICE + MASSAGE. Our goal is to become the leading name in muscle recovery and injury treatment and prevention. Current products on the market lack innovation and can be out of reach financially for many consumers. We believe that everyone is an athlete. Through our game-changing innovation we can finally make the highest quality tools accessible to everyone at an affordable price.

DOD Fitness

We make exercise easy! People often complain about pain while exercising. The most prevalent areas of complaint are wrists, knees and neck. The pain is caused by either improper biomechanics, too much range of motion, too many repetitions or a combination.

Cobian Footwear

In the walk of life, we at Cobian believe that “Every Step Matters”. For over 20 years our customers have enjoyed Cobian’s signature comfort and value, but our main mission is to serve as a platform to support others who seek to: care for the needy, steward our planet, overcome personal challenges, provide hope and inspiration to others and much more.

Fighting Sports

The pride and joy of Japan for decades is now available to you in Fighting

InBody

InBody has grown from a small biotech startup in South Korea to a multinational corporation with branches and distributors in more than 40 countries. Our clients trust us to provide precise, useful, and accurate body composition data to their users because they know that InBody is the only company in the world that can combine convenience, accuracy, and reproducibility into one easy-to-use device.

Flex Disc

Flex Disc's low impact, rolling platform establishes its Ground Movement Training™ system as highly effective for increasing: Mobility, Stability, Balance, Core-Strength. Used in physical therapy, Pilates, gymnastics, dance, the NHL, MBL, NBA, and US military. Whether you are just starting your fitness journey, an elite athlete the Flex Disc® can help you to achieve your training goals

TIMBUK2

Founded by SF bike messenger Rob Honeycutt, TIMBUK2 created the iconic messenger bag in 1989. Since then, we've been making bags built to last a lifetime right here in the Mission District.

Earnest Eats

We put Good In our superfood oatmeal because we believe that foods should be fully transparent, unadulterated and whole. Our native flavors sing their own greatness and because we know our bodies need real deal nourishment from powerful whole food ingredients, we’ve consciously made our foods with ingredients like supergrain blends, nutrient rich coffee fruit & detox support herbs, just for you.

Telic Footwear

The true heritage and inspiration of Telic footwear dates back over a century ago to (CEO Rocco Azzarito’s grandfather) Francisco Azzarito.

NDX

NDX was created by a group of individuals deeply interested in health and nutrition. Using advanced scientific discoveries, global botanical wisdom and innovative ingredients, we offer superior products to support your quest for a vibrant and active life. Our vision is to empower individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Platysens

Platysens is a company focused on sports sensors and analysis. Founded by sport enthusiasts in 2014, our accurate sports sensors are designed to help athletes understand their performance. Our insightful analysis helps athletes reach a sense of achievement and further their enjoyment of sports. Our Mission “To equip athletes with better tools to understand their performance”

Powbab

Powbab® is a superfood company with natural products for better health, immunity, and body, inside and out. How powbab® was started is a story of recovery and passion. Life comes with trials. However, sometimes these trials bring us to new beginnings and discoveries.

Halo

Halo Sport is the first-ever headset that stimulates the part of your brain responsible for muscle movement. This accelerates training improvements in: STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, SKILL. OUR STORY Before Halo, our founding team spent more than a decade developing the world’s first closed loop neurostimulation device for epilepsy patients. After achieving unanimous FDA approval and changing the lives of thousands of epilepsy patients, they began their next challenge and founded Halo Neuroscience in 2013. We're a San Francisco based team of doctors, neuroscientists, athletes, engineers, and designers. What we all share is a passion for improving lives through neuroscience and technology.

Natti Bar

A couple of long time friends working in the action sports industry went bananas traveling the globe in search of sales growth and so they decided to get back to a simpler and healthier life.

BrainGear

BrainGear is the brain performance drink backed by top neurologists that provides focus, clarity and concentration shortly after consumption, while supporting cognitive function and brain health over time.

Nanohydr8

Nanotechnology creates particles that are so pulverized, they fit right into your blood, bone and muscle cells. So when you drink a single serving of NanoHydr8, you don't have to wait for your body to digest anything in the small intestines. The nutrition goes right where it's needed most. Giving you power, endurance and recovery, faster and more effectively than any supplement in the world.

Qardio

Qardio is the award-winning healthcare company that combines innovative technologies, elegant design and exceptional user experience to create the next generation of connected health. Our clinically-validated, wearable and connected devices seamlessly integrate with a smartphone or tablet using the Qardio App - instantly turning them into a powerful doctor in your pocket.

Kool ´n Fit

In 1985, Kool Fit America, Inc. developed a sports specific spray. KOOL 'N FIT Sport® provides a better warm up before sports and a faster recovery after sports. KOOL 'N FIT Pain provides temporary relief from minor aches and pains in muscles and joints. KOOL 'N FIT Foot provides relief for tired feet. KOOL 'N FIT Massage Oil makes an ideal emollient to nourish and protect skin.

Cemco Strength Equipment

Urethane Pro Style and Solid Steel Urethane Dumbbells go beyond a low end adjustable dumbbell set. When you see or purchase our dumbbells and dumbbell racks you will see what quality really means in your gym setting.

Finis

John Mix and Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Pablo Morales founded FINIS in 1993 with a mission to simplify swimming for athletes, coaches, beginners and lifelong swimmers around the world. Today, FINIS fulfills that mission through technical innovation, high quality products and a commitment to education.

Further Fuel

We are a Colorado based company whose mission is to help others push further in whatever physical, mental or spiritual endeavor they choose. FURTHER FUEL® products are safe, clean and will always propel you with clinically proven ingredients. Our products are manufactured in the U.S.A. under strict GMP. There is a reason why all our formulas are anchored by Certified Organic KSM-66® Ashwagandha

Naboso Barefoot Technology

Naboso (meaning "barefoot" in Czech) is the first-ever small nerve proprioceptive material commercially available in the health and fitness industry. The skin on the bottom of the foot contains thousands of (small nerve) proprioceptors, which are sensitive to different stimuli including texture, vibration, skin stretch, deep pressure and light touch.

Coromega

Our unique, highly digestible form of fish oil provides a clinically proven 300% better absorption rate vs. regular softgels.

Ayla globes

Long fingerless bamboo gloves made with love from Vancouver, BC CANADA

PepPod

PepPod was brought to life in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. The desire to ensure that PepPod was made in America led us to a prehistoric plant deposit in Utah, an incredible, bountiful mineral source where we derive the 75 trace minerals integral to what gives our energy supplement a critical advantage, both over its competitors and in improving the lives of its consumers.

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