Ask the Expert! Occupational Therapist FAQs
We’re winding down on the month celebrating the occupation and the spirit behind Wrist Assured Gloves – National Occupational Therapy month. WAGs creator and CEO, Paula, would love to answer your questions about occupational therapy, what to do with a great idea, questions about WAGs and more via Facebook and Twitter (hashtag #WAGsChat). The health question and answers event is our first and we’d like to continue once a month! Paula’s experiences as an OT and an entrepreneur are diverse, to say the least. She’s used...
read more5 Essential Moves: Add a Little Green to Every Day
This Friday, April 22nd is Earth Day 2011: A Billion Acts of Green®. There is a strong connection between taking care of yourself – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually – and taking care of your environment. That includes keeping the spaces where we live and work healthy. In this special Earth Day article, we’re sharing a few smaller, every day ways to be more “green” that align with health, fitness and overall wellness and are easy to integrate into your life. Start a garden. Maybe you think your space isn’t...
read moreThis Month, Celebrate You!
If you don’t know by now, we’ll let you in on a little secret. Wrist Assured Gloves are more than a great product, they were the brainy invention of one very clever occupational therapist. April is National Occupational Therapy Month, and this profession is all about Living Life To Its Fullest™. In the spirit of the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Ten Things You Can Do To Celebrate Occupational Therapy Month, we’re sharing 7 ways to celebrate yourself and your business in this personal wellness article....
read moreSpring’s Perfect Accessory
We have been patiently, patiently waiting for Spring to arrive! It officially came on March 21st, but with the layers of snow that blanketed our region of the country, we could hardly get excited about the official start date. It’s finally starting to warm, and we’re dusting off our mats, rounding up our favorite Pilates and yoga accessories and heading outdoors (or at the very least opening the windows!). We want share one of our favorite pieces of spring workout gear – our Wrist Assured Gloves tee! Perfect...
read moreYoga 3.0 – Live from Your Living Room
When thinking of yoga, many concepts come to mind – the community you build in your classes; the support as you try to master poses difficult poses (and avoid injury!); there’s even the shared sweat and germs! No doubt that in most studios, peace, harmony and tranquility reign (even among the masses with a simple SHHHH). And nothing compares to the feedback you receive in a class with beautiful living, breathing souls around you. When it comes to rolling out your mat at home, it’s a different story. We’ve shared some...
read moreWAGs & TRX: Weight-Bearing Pairing!
If you are looking for a new way to train your muscles or want to add variation to your current routine, you should check out TRX. You’ve probably seen the little banners with the black and yellow straps popping up everywhere. TRX uses principles of suspension training, which is making big waves in the fitness world. It’s a great way to train for moves you would do in every day life – otherwise known as functional fitness. TRX is a weight bearing activity – using your own body weight to build strength, power, balance,...
read more5 Moves: Save on Studio Classes
While the recent trends suggest that the economy is looking a little brighter, most of us are still looking for ways to save where we can. With our fiscally fit tips, sacrificing the your wellness won’t happen. All the things you love about studio fitness – the personal attention, small class sizes and teachers cuing for alignment and injury prevention – can remain within your reach! We have five great ways for you to save money on private, small-group and yoga studio classes listed below. Also this year – WAGs will be...
read moreBest of… Wrist Assured Gloves Blog
A few of our reader favorite exercise articles for women from the start of this year. Share your favorite story below! SNOWGA: SNOW + YOGA! Wintertime activities provide opportunities to add variability to your workout and a chance to escape boredom from doing the same indoor routine all winter long (although hot yoga or Pilates feels pretty great after coming in from the cold!). What awaits you in the great outdoors? Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowshoeing, Sledding and SNOWGA! The Incredible Digit The thumb is a small, but incredibly important...
read moreTop 10 Benefits of Group Fitness!
Are you noticing a few more guys in your group fitness classes lately? Or are you one of those guys? Welcome to the benefits of group fitness classes! A recent study found more men are participating in group fitness classes. The variety of training techniques, environments, and challenging workouts are on the rise, making group fitness more popular and beneficial than ever before. We all know that exercise is great prevention, which is part of the WAGs philosophy. 1. Saving Time: Forget watching the clock! The pace of group fitness classes...
read moreWAGs Lovin’: Erin of E2 – Exercise with Erin
Customer Testimonials! We are incredibly grateful to have the following story of how Wrist Assured Gloves made an impact for a personal trainer and group fitness instructor in rural Michigan – helping her clients overcome pain and carry on with their Pilates practice and cardio workouts. Erin of E2: Exercise with Erin is an inspiration for her innovation and pursuit of finding ways to make exercise accessible for everyone! Erin’s specialties are Pilates and BootCAMP classes and she also teaches Sculpting and CardioBox classes....
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