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Hyper Training Lab #3: Circuit Training Part 3 w. Diane Vives

August 16th, 2011
,,,,,,,, - Body movements - Circuit training elements - Diane Vives - Hyper Training Lab - Hyper Vest PRO - HyperWear - SandBell - circuit training - sandbag - weight vest

In the third week of the Hyper Training Lab, Diane continues to focus her four-week series on circuit training based on body movements, not just body parts. We are bumping up the intensity this week, so see if you can keep up!

As a reminder the four categories of movement in the circuit are:

  1. Level Changes – lower body dominant movements, dropping and raising the center of mass
  2. Push/Pull – upper body dominant movements
  3. Rotary Stability/Rotation – focusing on core strength
  4. Locomotion and Standing- athletic movements that increase coordinative skill

This third circuit is for total body conditioning and increasing the demands of the energy systems.  The details, so you can do your own circuit at home or in your facility are as follows:

  • Always begin with a proper dynamic warm-up
  • For conditioning, perform 45 to 60 seconds of work followed by 15 seconds of rest in between each station
  • Four-exercise circuit
  • Three to four rounds or circuits with 60-90 seconds of rest in between rounds for the entire workout

And finally, what you’ve been waiting for…the exercise list:

  1. Clean
    • Explosive variation based on Olympic lift.
    • First Progression: One SteelBell/SandBell
    • Second Progression: 2 SteelBells/SandBells to create dynamic challenge.
    • Strong,neutral wrist position.
    • Grip into SteelBell
    • Movement generated from the strength of the hips
  2. SteelBell Flips with Push Ups
    • Great for Shoulder stability.
    • Shift weight back and forth on single arm.
    • Dynamic movementfor upper body and great challenge for core strength
    • First Progression: SteelBell Flips
    • Second Progression: SteelBell Flips and Push Ups
  3. Star Pattern
    • Athletic position with braced core
    • Covering many movements in one pattern with star pattern
    • Involves great shoulder to opposite hip rotational patterns
  4. Lateral Shuffle with Lateral Lunge
    • Frontal plane movement.
    • Lateral shuffle over SandBell, immediately to lateral lunge
    • Lateral lunge emphasizes strength needed for changes of direction.
    • Push off outside foot.
    • Higher in metabolic demand than a balance movement for increasing overall work load of circuit
    • First Progression: Only body weight, no SandBell
    • Second Progression: Perform with resistance of SandBell

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback, so let us know how this circuit was for you!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6DfqMPMKck[/youtube]

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The Perfect Solution for Sad Muggles (following the end of the Harry Potter series…)

July 15th, 2011
,,,,,,,,,,,, - Cooling Vest - Harry Potter - Hyper Vest COOL - Hyper Vest PRO - Muggles - SandBell - SteelBell - WaterBell - exercise - fitness - sandbag - weight vest - wellness - workout

I did not see Harry Potter yesterday and I will not see it today.  In fact, I won’t see it this weekend.  I may not even see it this month.

Don’t get me wrong, I will see it, but the trouble is three-fold:

1.  I don’t want to sit amongst the throngs of die-hards that will attend this weekend.

2.  I didn’t see the last one (part one to this part two).  I know – horror of horrors!  But I hate the suspense!  I couldn’t bear seeing the first half and then having to wait for the second.  So, first I have to watch that one.  In fact, while I’m at it, I think I need to watch all of them again in a row so I remember the flow of the story…

3.  I don’t want to slip into the deep depression feared for many Muggles according to this article:

Grief counseling for Muggles mourning final ‘Harry Potter’ film

But have no fear!!  Hyper Wear has a solution!

Do you know what’s great for dealing with depression and grief?

Exercise!  That’s right!  It gets the endorphins flowing that give you happy feelings and it helps you look great so that when you look in the mirror you love what you see and when you get the one-eyebrow-raised-half-smile-with-the-head-nod at the gym, you know it was well-deserved.

We have a whole channel on You Tube with tons of videos with ideas for exercises to do!

So, for all you sad Muggles out there mourning the end of an era, chin up!  We’ve got just the thing!

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PLAY! Series – Movement Pattern: Bending with SandBell sandbags & Hyper Vest PRO weight vest

June 6th, 2011
,,,,,,, - Hyper Vest PRO - Monday Morning Muscle - SandBell - SteelBell - functional fitness - sandbag - squats - weight vest

Good Monday Morning!

The most popular bending exercise on the planet is probably the Deadlift and its multiple variations. In this week’s video I show you a spin on the traditional exercise by playing a vertical version of “Move the Mountain,” a traditionally horizontal activity.

No matter the age of the student/athlete, Hyper Wear can provide you with the right size of SandBell or SteelBell to make this activity fun, safe, and effective!

Enjoy!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAv3vPM5L8k[/youtube]

Never Stand Still!

Bill Meyer, SCE, USAW
Head Hyper Wear Coach

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Strength Training Improves Endurance

May 31st, 2011
,,,,,,, - Hot Topic Tuesday - Hyper Vest PRO - SandBell - SteelBell - endurance - exercise - fitness - sandbag - strength training - workout

It’s that time of year again, the sun is cooking the earth like a Thanksgiving turkey, gas seems to be evaporating from our engines and while sitting on the deck at Hula Hut, I suddenly have the urge to cannonball into Lake Austin. But hey, with the 100-degree heat comes all the fun summer 5K’s, 10K’s, marathons and half-marathons. So whether you’re training for a race, or trying to get in shape for summer, studies show that two strength-training sessions per week can improve your endurance.

“A strong body improves your biomechanics, which enables you to train harder and more effectively without increased injury or risk,” says Matt Dixon, M. Sc., a San Francisco running coach. It makes sense that, if you want to train harder, your muscles are going to have to be strong enough to support the extra miles you’ll be pounding on the pavement. Another perk of strength training is the injuries you’ll avoid as your miles add up. Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, a Men’s Health Fitness Advisor and author of Turbulence Training for Fat Loss, conducted his own informal experiment of strength-training’s impact and concluded, “the more strength and muscle you have, the less likely you are to get chronic overuse injury.” He went on to say that being thinner may allow runners to attack hills faster, but will also leave them prone to more injuries.

What’s the safest, most effective and definitely most fun way to incorporate strength training workouts? By using our SandBell sandbags, SteelBell weights and Hyper Vest PRO weight vest, OF COURSE! The Hyper Wear blog archive contains hundreds of tips, videos and workout plans, and is a great resource to come up with your own muscle-building routines. Check out the video below for some SandBell exercises, take a look at previous blogs, or search Hyper Wear on YouTube for even more videos and demonstrations!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KncdoUm3k[/youtube]

Regardless of the exercises you choose to do, strength training is an essential workout component that should not be overlooked, especially for runners. So pick up a SandBell and let those muscles feel the burn!

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Dallas ISD and Hyper Wear SandBell sandbags!

May 26th, 2011
,,,, - P.E. - Physical Education - SandBell - Thankful Thursday - sandbag - schools

We recently got a wonderful order for SandBells from the wonderful folks at Dallas ISD!  They are outfitting their Physical Education classes with SandBells.  The kids are going to LOVE it!!  Just wanted to show you what one-third of the order looked like as it headed out the door (it’s hard to see, but there is a 3rd pallet like the two you can easily see next to the one in the back!):

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Workout Wednesday ~ 5.25.11 ~ SandBell sandbags & Hyper Vest PRO weight vest

May 25th, 2011
,,,,,,, - Hyper Vest PRO - SandBell - Workout Wednesday - exercise - fitness - functional fitness - grip strength - push ups - sandbag - squats - stability - weight vest - workout

Need a quick workout mid-week that incorporates Hyper Wear’s versatile products?  Try the following mini-workout wearing your Hyper Vest PRO and use whatever size SandBells you prefer.

5 min. warm up (jumping jacks or walking in place work well)

Throw on your Hyper Vest PRO and let’s get started!

1 min. each of the following (count reps)

1.  Push Up & Row – Get into push up position with a SandBell on the floor between hands.  Perform a push up, allowing your chest to touch the SandBell before pushing back up.  At the top of the push up, grip the SandBell with one hand and twist your body as you lift the SandBell into the sky (your body will make a T position at the end of the movement).  Lower the SandBell back to start and repeat, using the other arm for the row.

2.  Split Stance w/ Back Foot on Box Squats – It’s a mouthful!  Using a plyobox or other stable raised surface, get into a split stance with the toes of your back foot up on the box.  Holding a SandBell at the chest, on the back, or out in front of you with straight arms, squat and return to standing.  Switch legs for next round.

3.  Standing Twists, Straight Arms – Hold your SandBell with both hands at chest level.  Extend arms straight out in front of you.  Holding your core tight, keep your arms straight and hands at chest level, twist right to left.

4.  SandBell Reach – Split stance, holding a SandBell in the hand opposite to the front leg.  Bend forward, stretching the SandBell as far out in front of you as you can go without extending the front knee past the front foot.  In one smooth motion, bring the SandBell back to your chest and then reach back behind you with it, as far as you can.  Straight line with the body; hips pushing forward; front toes raise off the ground.  Switch to other side for next round.

5.  Slow Motion Slams – A new favorite!  Same motion as slams, but in slow motion!  Begin with SandBell overhead and then lower it slowly to the floor, arms stay relatively straight, as you squat all the way down to lightly touch it to the floor.   Slowly return to standing with SandBell overhead.  This one is not about speed, but about how slow you can go, so the lower number of reps in a minute, the better!

Repeat whole series and try to beat your number of reps from the first round

5 min. cool down

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SandBell sandbags vs. Childhood Obesity

May 24th, 2011
,,,,,,,,, - Health Needs a Hero - Hot Topic Tuesday - HyperWear - Jen Olson - P.E. - PE3 - Physical Education - SandBell - childhood obesity - fitness - sandbag - schools - weight loss - wellness

The Hyper Wear Staff was privileged to attend the premiere of Health Needs a Hero on Sunday, May 22nd at the Long Center here in Austin.

Health Needs a Hero is a powerful and inspirational documentary detailing the epidemic of our childhood health issues, told through the hearts of children and key stakeholders.  And it is fantastic.  Take a look as Jen Olson, the film’s director, tells a little more about the project.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVGoeUFL68E[/youtube]

In conjunction with the documentary, Ms. Olson started the PE3 foundation which incorporates mind, body, and spirit.   We would love to work with Jen in this worthy cause since SandBells are such an easy and natural fit for P.E. students.

From the PE3 website:

According to the Texas Health Institute (THI), one in three (35%) of Texas children – more than double the national average – are considered to be overweight or obese. Texas ranks 6th highest in the nation for obesity in 10 – 17 year olds.

Overweight children at 12 have a 75% likelihood of being overweight adults, in danger of serious medical issues. For the first time in 120 years, the life expectancy of Americans decreased in 2008.

The Texas Department of State Health Services estimates that if nothing is done, the number of overweight or obese adult Texans will continue to increase, growing from 10 million (63%) today to 20 million (75%) by 2040. In Texas, as in the US, obesity occurs at a much higher rate for African-Americans and Latinos than for Anglos; and within these populations, persons of low socio-economic status appear to be particularly affected.

We look forward to more interactions with Ms. Olson and PE3 and are proud to be on the front lines with such mighty warriors in the battle against childhood obesity.

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Play Series (2 of 3) – Push Movement with Hyper Vest PRO weight vest

May 23rd, 2011
,,,,,,,,, - Bill Meyer - Hyper Vest PRO - Monday Morning Muscle - SandBell - exercise - female athlete - fitness - push ups - sandbag - weight bearing exercise - weight vest

Good Monday Morning!

This week I’m taking a different approach to the traditional push-up. I can’t think of another exercise that our young children despise more than the push-up, and why wouldn’t they? They’re in such a new developmental stage where their bodies are growing, their head is usually bigger proportionately than the rest of their body, and there we are, the teacher making them get on the ground and crank out push-ups over and over again with each passing day.

Why not create a game out of it? Try the Plank Position Dot Toss game in this video, and bonus points go out to everyone out there that has SandBells to use instead of dots! This game doesn’t have to be the end-all-be-all…create ways to integrate the students or athletes to work together, encourage each other, and work out their minds all at the same time!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq0aqMDqv9A[/youtube]

Never Stand Still!

Bill Meyer, SCE, USAW
Head Hyper Wear Coach

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A Day with Coach Dos and Alwyn Cosgrove

May 20th, 2011
,,,,,,,,,, - Alwyn Cosgrove - Denver Fredenburg - Dos Remedios - Friday Fragments - Hyper Vest PRO - SandBell - SteelBell - exercise - sandbag - training - weight vest - workout

Our CEO, Denver Fredenburg, took a trip to California last weekend to take part in “A Day with Dos and Cos.”  Robert dos Remedios (a.k.a. Coach Dos) and Alwyn Cosgrove are known for their intense workout sessions and extreme passion for fitness.

Here at Hyper Wear, we like them.

They included our SandBell and SteelBells in some of the training they did last weekend.  The circuits looked really fun, but really intense.  Check it out for yourself (be sure to watch out for our own Denver sporting the Hyper Vest PRO around minute 2:05…way to represent, Denver!):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRYTeUdHuvY&feature=share[/youtube]

Check these guys out and if you get to train with them, tell ‘em howdy from Hyper Wear!

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Hyper Wear DVD Shoot – Elements of Training the Combat Athlete.

May 19th, 2011
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - Cody Butler - DVD - Diane Vives - HEAT Bootcamp - Hyper Vest COOL - Hyper Vest PRO - Mixed Martial Arts - Octagon Fitness - Police Training Group - SandBell - Sayif Saud - SteelBell - Thankful Thursday - athlete training - functional fitness - personal trainer - sandbag - training - weight vest - workout

Wednesday, May 18th, Hyper Wear conducted its first of many shoots for DVD content.  It was an amazing day!  There are so many people to thank, it’s hard to know where to begin… So, in no particular order, let me give a few shout-outs to the folks that made this amazing day happen!

Our athletes / trainers for the shoot included Diane Vives, Hyper Wear’s Director of Training; Daryell Harmon, Avery Moore, and Joe Lopez of Police Training Group out of Dallas, TX; and Sayif Saud of Octagon Fitness, also out of Dallas, TX.  It was truly humbling to be in a room with so many amazing athletes from such varied backgrounds, but all with the desire to present SandBells and SteelBells to the combat athlete world.

Behind the cameras were Dennis Weaver and Timothy Chew.  Sound was run by John McDaniel (who had a lot of ambient noise to deal with from the ice machine in the warehouse behind us to the birds pecking on the roof to the police sirens at various points to large trucks rumbling by).  And Nikita Lance graced us with her wonderful slate abilities!

Cosmo, Diane, and Dennis put the whole shoot together and between the three of them did an amazing job of setting up shots, coaching the trainers for what would look best on camera, and handling wrenches that got thrown in at the last minute.

And there was of course the wonderful folks at H.E.A.T. Bootcamp who were so kind and accommodating to let us use their space!  Founder and creator, Cody Butler, met with some of our crew to show them around the space and help figure out logistics.  On Wednesday, he was around all day, always checking on us to make sure we had what we needed.  They even moved their sessions outside so we could have full use of the facility.  And Marshall Ryan Priest let us in to set up Tuesday evening and showed us the ropes.

Our fabulous interns, Jordan Pratt and Carol Martins, helped me do any odd jobs that needed doing.  Dirk Buikema stopped by with Video Release Forms and Joe Atocha and Ben Buikema held down the fort back here at the office.  And I shouldn’t leave out Denver Fredenburg who gave a big thumbs up to the whole deal!!  I even want to thank the kind and helpful folks at Rudy’s and Subway who took our food orders and carried the big boxes to the car for me (even when I was parked a block away!).

It was a lot of work, but we all agreed that it was well worth it!  We can’t wait to get the DVD done and out there – it’s gonna rock the Combat Athlete’s world!

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