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Empower Portable Pilates Studio Featured on Health.com's Gear Guide: At-Home Pilates Systems
March 28, 2012
Portable Pilates Studio
This deceptively simple system (it’s just a bar with a resistance cord and foot strap at each end) is easy to put together, and you can follow the workouts on the DVD or just go free-style, twisting, curling, and lifting in all sorts of directions. The DVD is versatile, offering three workouts (plus a bonus arms sequence) that you can mix and match. Instructor Gin Miller gives excellent direction, and while the routines are pretty simple, they’re still challenging. Click here for more.
Empower's Portable Pilates Studio, Adjustable Weighted Walking Vest, and Cardio Core & More Hoop featured in Girls Gone Sporty's Creative Ways to Strengthen & Tone
March 19, 2012
Portable Pilates Studio
The Portable Pilates Studio is one of those pieces of equipment that makes you say, "That's genius! Why didn't I think of that?" The equipment is simple, portable and effective, making it easy to take your workout with you wherever you go. Click here for more.
Weighted Walking Vest
I'm a big fan of weighted vests, but you don't usually see them flying off the shelves in the women's department at Sports Authority. I think this is primarily due to the fact that most weighted vests on the market are big, bulky and masculine-looking, and many women just don't understand what the benefit of wearing one could be. So, when I tested out the Empower Weighted Walking Vest, I was pretty pleased. Here's why: Click here for more.
Cardio Core & More Fitness Hoop
I've been wanting to try hooping for awhile, so I was thrilled to test out the Cardio Core & More Fitness Hoop. This three-pound hoop can be taken apart into eight separate sections and reconfigured several ways to alter the intensity of your exercise routine. Plus, the fact that it can be taken apart makes it easy to travel with and use wherever you happen to be. Click here for more.
Empower Fingertip Grip Medicine Ball featured on Girls Gone Sporty’s March Madness Medicine Ball Workout
March 15, 2012
“For online purchases at a reasonable price, check out Empower's medicine balls available at Amazon.com. They're softer than traditional rubber medicine balls and they have unique finger grips that make them easy to hold. Plus, the vinyl shell has a slightly tacky exterior that helps prevent the ball from rolling around too much on hard surfaces. They're available for $19.99 to $29.99 and range in weight from four to 10 pounds.” Click here for full article.
Empower’s Adjustable Weighted Vest and Adjustable Wrist and Ankle Weights featured on Living Better at 50’s Pump up your walk
March 1, 2012
My new go-to walking rev kit is from Empower Fitness, which boasts hand held workout equipment made by and for women. I absolutely love their adorable purple Adjustable Weighted Walking Vest, which allows you to adjust the weights, depending on which resistance you want on any given day. My other fave are the soft, stretchy neoprene Ankle Weights that come in ½ pound increments. Everything from Empower Fitness is under $40, 00 so you won’t break the bank, while you are breaking a sweat. Click here for more.
Empower’s Portable Pilates Studio featured on Fit&FabLiving’s Beauty and Fitness Product Must-Haves!
February 29, 2012
Empower is a fitness company that strives to empower women through their fitness equipment. Designed for women, by women, Empower provides women with travel- friendly fitness options that are ideal for women on-the-go.
Empower also delivers programming and communities that help women become proactive about their workout experience. Their Portable Pilates Studio product allows you workout mavens to work on your Reformer-style Pilates movements without any bulky equipment. Extremely lightweight and portable, the bar also disassembles for easy storage (score!); it also includes an easy-to-follow DVD. We love this product for its versatility; you can pack this item in a standard-size suitcase for your next vacation or business trip. It’s an affordable option, so just about anyone can make this a part of their travel (or at-home) workout regimen. Click here for more.
Empower’s Turbo Tone featured on Everydayhealth.com’s Editors’ picks for Best Fitness Gear
February 15, 2012
Upgrade your dumbbells to the Turbo Tone. It's weighted handles attach to resistance bands for a heart-healthy cardio and strength training combo workout. Or detach the 1.5- pound dumbbells and take them on a power walk. Click here
Empower 5lb Adjustable Ankle Weights featured in Fit Chick in the City's Love Weights {Core Workout}
February 8, 2012
Check out Empower's ankle weights in action in this Fit Chick in the City workout! Click here for more!
Empower’s Cardio Core & More Hoop featured in Beauty News NYC’s In the Bag: Travel “Light”
Feb 1, 2012
No longer just for kids, the hula hoop has become a must have for the fitness enthusiast (or the new year resolutionist). It’s large size and shape make it difficult to take your hooping routine with you wherever you go. Not so with the Empower Cardio Core and More Fitness Hoop. Ingeniously designed to be taken apart in sections, you don’t have to leave your hoop home… The hula hoop is certainly a challenge, but such fun! It really reminds me of being a kid again, which makes the fact that I’m exercising all the more enjoyable. Click here for more!
Empower’s Comfort Grip Kettlebell featured on Miss Omnimedia and Lil Miss
Jan 31, 2012
"I love that Empower is a fitness company that designs products by women, for women. The products are ergonomically designed for a woman’s body and thought about how women’s goals and fitness needs are unique are put into each product." Click here for more!
“The kettlebell is much more than a weight – so much of the workout comes from stabilizing the kettlebell. Empower Comfort Grip Kettlebells are made with a soft touch plastic shell for added comfort and a wide grip handle for smooth, controlled moves. What I love most about this Kettlebell workout is that it’s actually a full body workout.” Click here for more!
FitChickIntheCity.com give Empower Cardio Core n’ More Hoop a Go!
Jan 24, 2012
“Who wants to meet in the park for a little hooping?” Check it out on Facebook now!
Empower’s Portable Pilates Studio featured on Self.com’s “Four Cool Gym Classes To Try In Your Living Room”
Dec 27, 2011
"You get the maximum benefit because you are both strengthening and lengthening your muscles," says instructor Gin Miller. "The Portable Pilates Studio workout has been designed for all fitness levels and continues to challenge you as you progress." Click here for more.
Empower Cardio Core & More hoop featured in the Super Last-Minute Gift Guide for Chicks on Yahoo Shine
Dec 13, 2011
“There are few pieces of fitness equipment that I actually use, let alone like. The Cardio Core and More Fitness Hoop from Empower is one of my faves. It's a hula hoop- so it's fun and doesn't feel like fitness, and it's weighted- so it's a serious workout that really gets into your abs. Plus it's pink and orange and perfect for the girly chicks on your list. My mom even uses it daily as an addition to her morning walk and 10 minutes of toning Pilates- yeah, she's pretty fab.” Click here for more.
Check out the "Hula from Hell" review from the LA Times:
November 7, 2011
Empower, which makes fitness products geared to women, adds real oomph to hooping with the weighted sections, which snap together and come apart easily. Alternate the pink and orange sections and the hoop spins normally; segregating the sections by quarters or halves, however, adds a pronounced imbalance to the spin, forcing you to work harder to keep it spinning. The three-pound weight alone works up a good sweat; a half-and-half set-up doubles it. Click here for more. Click here to read about it on hooping.org.
Fitness EM Appoints Mark Ish as National Sales Director
October 17, 2011
Uxbridge, MA (October 17, 2011) – Fitness EM is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Ish as National Sales Director reporting to Steven Sandler, Vice President of Sales. Ish joins Fitness EM from Altus Athletic, where he served as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
"We are very excited to have Mark joining the Fitness EM team," Sandler said. "Mark brings a wealth of experience in the Fitness & CPG businesses. He represents the next step in building our world class sales organization."
Prior to joining Altus, Ish worked as the Director of Sales for Wham-O where he was responsible for the sporting goods and big-box retail channels.
Ish earned his Bachelor Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from San Diego State University, where he also played for their Division I Soccer Team.
Empower to exhibit at the H+FB show in Las Vegas.
August 5, 2011
Uxbridge MA—Empower® fitness, a leading women’s health and fitness company, will exhibit at this years H+FB (Health & Fitness Business) and Interbike show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show, held on September 14-16, will bring together top health and fitness experts from around the country.
At H+FB Empower (booth H628) will officially launch its innovative fall line and unveil its Make Your Move™ campaign.
The 2011 fall line includes innovations such as a customizable weighted fitness hoop, Turbo Tone two-in-one resistance training system, and new and improved kettlebells and medicine balls.
Empower’s Make Your Move campaign, brings Empower products and programming to life with inspirational imagery, motivational language, and fitness and wellness advice for everyday women.
About Empower
Empower offers a realistic approach to leading a healthy lifestyle. By incorporating fitness, nutrition, and wellness expertise, Empower motivates and inspires women to be active, healthy, and strong.
Empower is a brand of Fitness EM. Fitness EM designs, engineers, markets, and distributes personal training and wellness products exclusively for women. Holding multiple patents in an innovative line of over 100 products, we are a leader and innovator of fitness and wellness products and services for women. Fitness EM strives to empower women with solutions that educate, motivate and inspire them to lead an active, healthy lifestyle.