Posts Tagged ‘weight vest’

Hyper Vest PRO Weighted Vest Tricks Your Body into Burning MORE Calories

September 8th, 2010

There are so many resources on the internet for people looking to increase their level of health.  I found an excellent resource called “Be Active Your Way: A Guide for Adults.”  It is chock-full of useful tips whether you are just getting started, working to make physical activity a bigger part of your life, or ready to up your duration and / or intensity.

The thing I love about reading guides and articles like this is that it is so easy to incorporate Hyper Wear products into each of these suggestions.  The simplest thing you can do to amp up your workout routine is to add a Hyper Vest PRO weighted vest.  Not only does it make every activity a weight-bearing activity (which builds bone density and muscle mass), it helps you burn extra calories with every move.  You see, it tricks your body into burning more calories!

How does it do this?  Calculate how many calories you burn in one hour of high-impact aerobics.  Let’s say you weigh 150 pounds; you can burn 477 calories in that hour.  But if you weighed 160, you would burn 508 calories in that hour.  That’s about 30 more calories per hour.  May not sound like much, but if you burn that extra 30 calories per day, you can lose a pound of fat (3500 cal = 1 lb fat) in just 116 days, simply by adding a 10 lb weight vest to the equation.  That’s 3 pounds lost per year.  That’s pretty good for not really increasing intensity or duration!

So keep in mind the ways you can get more bang for your workout buck and consider using your Hyper Vest PRO weighted vest to torch extra calories, no sweat!

Want to check out the fitness guide for yourself?  Here’s the LINK.

Firefighter Workout with Hyper Vest PRO

September 6th, 2010

This week we’re giving thanks to all of our servicemen and women with a little video of me doing a modified version of the Scott Firefighter Challenge event series. My good friend Evan Balfour of Pflugerville Fire Department put me through the paces, while wearing a 15lb Hyper Vest PRO at a local parking garage here in town. Watch the madness and Happy Labor Day!!

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Never Stand Still!

Bill Meyer, SCE, USAW
Head Hyper Wear Coach
Performance Director, CATZ-Austin

Coach Dos’ Tabata Workout Featuring the Hyper Vest PRO & SandBell

August 16th, 2010

Good Monday Morning!

Coach Dos Remedios just loves to make people sweat!  DO WORK! is his tagline and his personal mantra.

Coach Dos held a training session in Long Beach, CA at the recent Perform Better Summit.  In the video below, you will see just one of his Cardio Strength circuits that has made him famous.  We picked this video to highlight his use of the Hyper Vest PRO and SandBells at the workshop.

It is always great to see him make a room of athletes turn into a sweaty, sticky, strength sapping session of survivors.  If you finish one of his Tabata workouts with even just a little breath or strength in your body, then you did not give Coach Dos 100%!  DO WORK and GET HYPER!

Never Stand Still!

Bill Meyer, SCE, USAW
Head Hyper Wear Coach
Performance Director, CATZ-Austin


LIVESTRONG.com Calls Hyper Vest PRO their Top Pick

August 3rd, 2010

LIVESTRONG.com recently published an article about the benefits of training with a weight vest.  We are humbled by and appreciative for their placing our Hyper Vest PRO at the top of their list in that article: “The Best Weight Vests.”

A little background on LIVESTRONG…  Most of us have worn or at least seen the bright yellow, LIVESTRONG bracelets that began as a fundraiser in 2004 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF).  Based right here in Austin, TX, LAF was founded by cancer survivor and champion cyclist, Lance Armstrong, to provide support for people affected by cancer.   The LAF states that its mission is ‘to inspire and empower’ cancer sufferers and their families. The LAF also aims to provide practical information and tools for cancer sufferers in a, public health and research.

As the sentiment to “live strong” has grown, so has the vision and reach of the LIVESTRONG concept.  They now also operate a website that, according to their About Us page, was built “…as the definitive daily health, fitness and lifestyle destination. Through its rich and extensive content, interactive tools and an engaged community, LIVESTRONG.COM will help people take action to make the most of their life, their time, their body and their world.”

With pages covering Health, Fitness, Diet & Nutrition, Inspiration and more, it’s worth taking a look around to inspire you and educate you along your fitness journey.

Thanks again, for the shout-out, LIVESTRONG.com!  And thank you for your commitment to health!

SPARKPEOPLE hearts Hyper Vest PRO!

July 30th, 2010

A recent article on SPARKPEOPLE.com included the Hyper Vest PRO as one of “8 Ways to Step-Up Your Walking Workouts.”

Have you ever visited SPARKPEOPLE.com?  I think it is one of the best kept secrets in the world of everyday people looking to get fit!  If you’ve ever gone looking for a website that allows you to track your calories, keep a food journal, log daily exercise, get tips and advice, be part of a community, etc., you know that there is a plethora of such sites.  And most of them have a fee of some sort associated with them – either a membership fee or you have to buy their products to be a member or something along those lines.  However, SPARKPEOPLE.com is by far the best I have found – and it’s FREE!  I’m not sure if people just think it’s too good to be true or what, but I think SPARKPEOPLE.com doesn’t get nearly enough press!  Don’t get me wrong, they have a huge membership base (over 8 million!), but I just don’t hear a lot about them in health magazines and such. They feel almost like a grass-roots fitness campaign…

Anyway, you should check them out!  They are loaded with information and helpful tools to help you get healthy and maintain a lifestyle of health.  Thanks for the shout-out, SPARKPEOPLE.com – we can feel the love!

BEACH WORKOUT + Hyper Vest COOL + SandBell + TRX = Hottest/Coolest Workout in Texas!

June 21st, 2010

Good Monday Morning!

We’re back at the beach!!! Today’s MMM takes place at South Padre Island at our beautiful hotel, the Isla Grande. The Hyper Team makes its second visit to the SEA Summit to show off our wonderful products, the SandBell and the Hyper Vest COOL. Both appear in this week’s video along with the TRX Suspension System and some helpful palm trees too!

We present to you today a combo series of pull-ups, walk-ups, TRX Flags, and a single arm pull-up and press with a SandBell. Sparrow and I had so much fun shooting this video – so get yourself a SandBell, HV Cool, TRX and a friendly palm tree and get to training! Thank you to all of the SEA Summit friends for your support!!

Never Stand Still!!

Bald, Fit, and Over Forty Blog Reviews Hyper Vest

March 25th, 2010

Just wanted to thank Ken for the blog post about the Hyper Vest. Glad to know you like it, Ken! Keep us posted!

Meleah Rubio ~ Hyper Vest and Pilates

March 10th, 2010

We think Meleah Rubio is the bomb! She recently wrote an article about using the Hyper Vest while doing Pilates. She is a Pilates pro, so we were pumped when the Hyper Vest made the routine more difficult for her! Always looking to add the extra challenge! Take a look at her article and catch the video:

Bestcovery Loves the Hyper Vest Weight Vest! (…and we love firefighters!)

March 1st, 2010

I took a phone call from a customer today. He is a firefighter and had some questions about our Hyper Vest. First, I told him that a good friend of ours is a firefighter and he swears by his Hyper Vest. Our friend, Brian, wears 10-15 pounds around all day for everything from working out to hanging out to washing the fire engine to cooking lunch. When the call comes for a fire, he takes off the vest and puts his gear on. Now, because his muscles have been trained to carry 10-15 pounds of excess weight, his 40 pounds of gear feels more like 25 pounds. In addition, because he wears his vest cinched down pretty tight during the day, he is training his lungs to work harder, which means he has greater oxygen efficiency when actually in a fire. Lighter-feeling gear + greater oxygen efficiency = a firefighter with even better ability to save me when it counts.

My new firefighter friend was pleased.

I asked how he heard about us and he told me that when he Googled “best weighted vest” a website called “Bestcovery” came up. Their tagline is “Discover the Best of Everything.” On the website, we are listed as the best weight vest out there! We’re so honored, thankful, and humbled to receive this title from this website. We really do work hard to make it the best and hope you think it is, too. Check out the website and see what other cool stuff they recommend!

TRX + Hyper Weight Vest + SandBell SandBag = eXtreme Functional Training Workout #1

March 1st, 2010

Good Monday Morning!!

Today we’re taking to the beautiful outdoors of Austin, TX! We’re talking SandBells and TRX Suspension Training for the next several weeks and you are in for a good time, I promise you that!

If you are familiar with the TRX straps we’re talking about, you might be thinking “How can Bill combine one hands-dominant exercise with another?” Well, start with some good creative thinking, add in some quality pieces of training equipment with no limits to where we can exercise, and you’ve got yourself a training program! Enjoy this opening video on front squatting with the TRX and SandBells!

Key Points – Squatting in the split stance position is great for single leg strengthening and taking your overall leg strength and stability to a greater level instead of always doing a traditional base-stance squat.

Enjoy!

Never Stand Still!

Bill Meyer, SCE, USAW
Head Hyper Wear Coach
Performance Director, CATZ-Austin