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Review: The Moji 360™ Massage Kit

posted by gumptiongear October 1, 2012 0 comments

Massage Therapy. Professional athletes and weekend warriors swear by it. After workout massages can have definitive benefits – reducing heart rate and blood pressure, increased circulation, reduction of muscle tension, and the ability to help keep the connective tissue flexible and pliable thereby reducing the risk of injury.

Unfortunately, not everyone has the ability to visit a massage therapist after each workout or race. Enter Moji’s 360™ Massage kit. The portable solution that might be just what you need when your muscles need a little TLC.
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Review: Soleus GPS 3.0 Running Watch

posted by gumptiongear August 17, 2012 0 comments

In recent years, GPS watches have revolutionized the way runners train. With the ability to track your pace, distance, heart rate and more, GPS watches can collect all your training data and then help make sense of all the numbers, providing a complete picture of how you’re doing–while you’re doing it. It’s like having your own dedicated and data-obsessed run coach strapped to your wrist.

The downside of the technology, is that some GPS watches provide more statistical information and detail than the typical runner or outdoor athlete may need or want. Abiding by their development philosophy, “provide the runner with Everything They Need, But Nothing They Don’t,” Soleus has introduced the cleverly designed, easy-to-operate Soleus GPS 3.0. The GPS 3.0 watch from Soleus does it all. Speed, distance, pace, calories, interval timers, data upload and a heart rate monitor in one package so you can maximize your run without a lot of distractions.

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GU Energy

posted by gumptiongear July 24, 2012 0 comments

Standing between you and victory, there it stands. It can hit you like ten tons of bricks, insurmountable… impassible…. dreadful…. It can happen at any time. Your legs fail, your senses take full leave and a full-blown bodily insurrection takes hold – you’ve hit “the wall”. Hitting the wall or “bonking” is an unmistakable sensation. It’s caused by the depletion of glycogen stores resulting in sudden fatigue and a loss of energy during exercise. The good news is that it’s also completely avoidable.

GU, the Berkeley-based sports nutrition company, started in the early 80s with their original GU Energy Gel, a revolutionary product and an effective method to keep athletes fueled during exercise. Since then, GU has continued to improve the recipe, incorporating the latest scientific research into its products, adding GU Electrolyte Brew, GU Recovery Brew and Chomps Energy Chews to the product line, and striving to do one thing: help athletes go faster and longer than ever before, and helping them to avoid that “hit the wall” moment.

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Columbia Omni-Freeze Ice Solar Polar Short Sleeve: Review

posted by gumptiongear July 12, 2012 0 comments

California’s Great Central Valley, with its rich agricultural land, diverse climate and topographically flat valley floor, is known as the breadbasket of the world. Come summer, the Central Valley is also a virtual oven, infamous for heat waves spanning several weeks with temperatures regularly reaching 105°F. With temperatures that high, you can literally cook an egg on the asphalt.

Training in this type of heat can be daunting leaving outdoor enthusiasts and athletes alike searching for new performance gear and techniques to help keep them cool and reduce the physical stress of training in such harsh conditions. When Columbia Sportswear introduced our team an opportunity to review the Solar Polar Short Shirt featuring Omni-Freeze technology, ideas of running through hell while cloaked in ice danced in our head.

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Altra Delilah™ Review

posted by gumptiongear July 10, 2012 0 comments

Less is definitely more when you slip on the Delilah from Altra Footwear. Designed specifically for women, this shoe’s close fit, light internal support, and minimalist design encourage your foot to find its natural landing position for less impact and a more efficient and aligned stride.

Welcome to the Altra Revolution my friends!

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Injinji Performance Toesocks™ Review

posted by gumptiongear June 25, 2012 0 comments

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” – Leonardo da Vinci

The human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles and tendons. The 52 bones in your feet make up about 25 percent of all the bones in your body. Despite this intricate design, we’ve treated our feet and toes like clowns in a circus car. Yet, for athletes and outdoor enthusiasts alike, there’s nothing funny about the fact that the very nature of the traditional tube sock may work against your feet’s natural form and function.

Injinji Footwear offers patented Performance Toesocks™ that are designed to enable the human foot – from the heel to the five toes – to function naturally and efficiently inside a shoe. The key design principle in the development of the Injinji toesock was to create the best possible interface allowing the entire foot to perform naturally and freely inside our shoes, just like being barefoot. Continue Reading

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On: The Cloudracer

posted by gumptiongear June 19, 2012 0 comments

A cloud is made of billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don’t get something smooth, but irregularities at a smaller scale – Benoit Mandelbrot

Not to be outdone by nature’s transformation of water vapor into billowing clouds of majesty, On has built a line of running shoes that includes an innovative “active sole” that echoes mother nature’s creativity and her no-nonsense utilitarian design.

With the addition of the Cloudracer, On is aiming to rain on the parade of racing shoes everywhere.
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OneGood™ Earphones: Never Miss a Beat

posted by gumptiongear May 8, 2012 0 comments

For many of us, tunes have become as essential to our running or training routine as a quality pair of shoes. Music can be a powerful motivator that helps provide that extra dose of inspiration when energy dips or doubts creep in.

While science is actually discovering that there are some benefits of listening to music while training, there is a flip side: listening to your peppy playlist via the traditional dual ear bud system can compromise your safety and well being by removing you from your physical environment.

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Skechers GOrun

posted by gumptiongear April 26, 2012 0 comments

The natural running shoe revolution is officially underway, and SKECHERS USA, Inc .is taking part with an innovative new approach to the minimalist movement.

Designed to get you back to the purity of running barefoot through modern design, the SKECHERS GOrun line sets itself apart from the pack courtesy of radical new mid-foot strike technologies which, wrapped in a featherweight platform, help your feet land more naturally while improving ground feel and control.
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Soleus GPS 1.0: Everything You Need, Nothing You Don’t.

posted by gumptiongear April 12, 2012 0 comments

Small enough to use as a daily sports watch, yet advanced enough to measure and track your vital athletic statistics, the Soleus GPS 1.0 will shatter any expectations you may have for a GPS watch that costs less than $100.

Highly capable and loaded with core-running features, the Soleus GPS 1.0 ensures that cost will no longer stand between you and a valuable training tool.

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