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NEW KIT NEW YOU

2020 marks the start of a new year, a new decade, and a new you! For our ‘New Kit New You’ series, we have tried and tested new training kit just for you. Built for Athletes kindly sent us the 45L Hero Backpack in yellow, a wash bag, and a gym towel. Built for athletes Following the success of the Hero Backpack, Built for Athletes has increased their product range with the addition of new backpack colours in the 45L model, a new 25L capacity Hero Backpack and a number of accessories to cater for all your gym needs. We took the new kit to our December 2019 ‘What We Did Next’ boxing class at Grange Fitness. Where do we start? The backpack is like something Mary Poppins would own - the space is never ending. For the class, we needed to take a DSLR camera with flash, a laptop, a hard drive, a notepad, our gym things, as well as other essentials. All of this equipment fit into the bag with room

to spare! i.e. if you needed a large pot of protein powder for your session, that would fit no problem too. It’s just the problem of trying to think of all the possible things to take! With the added towel and wash bag, it made our trip to the gym like a dream. The towel is so soft and very quick drying; with the was bag being roomy for plenty of toiletries too. Built for Athlete’s believe an athlete’s mindset is to surpass boundaries, continually striving for high performance, to never settle once a goal is achieved but raise the bar higher and go again. Built for Athletes is satisfied that it’s created the best in class fitness backpack. Today it’s trusted by fitness industry experts and elite athletes. #athletesneverstop YELLOW HERO BACKPACK - £69.99 BFA GYM TOWEL - £19.99 BFA WASH BAG - £19.99

Sungod SunGod launches new Vanguards™ goggles Leading performance optics brand reveals its latest ski and snowboard goggles

With the Winter 18/19 season kicking off this week, SunGod is unveiling the latest addition to its winter range: SunGod Vanguards™. The highly anticipated custom ski and snowboard goggles come three years since the launch of the brand’s first goggles, SunGod Revolts™, and will make for the perfect Christmas gift for adrenalineseekers or performance-led skiers and snowboarders.

Vanguards™ feature a new “oversized” cylindrical lens boasting an uninterrupted, near-180-degree field of view. The athlete-led ergonomic shape is engineered to give users full awareness of their surroundings for maximum performance; in all

disciplines from freestyle to freeride.

As with all SunGod products, durability continues to lie at the heart of the design. Each frame is moulded from a unique memory polymer which when impacted/flexed, returns to its original shape. SunGod Vanguards™ are covered by the brand’s unique Lifetime Guarantee and if broken, they can be returned for repair from anywhere in the world. Vanguards™ can only be bought directly from SunGod, using the brand’s online designer or in the brand’s new experiential concept store “SunGod Basecamp” opening in Verbier in December 2018. Customers can choose from three frame colours, six different lens options and ten new strap designs exclusive to the Vanguards™. Each lens features SunGod’s signature 4KO®snow lens technology, developed and optimised to perform in a variety of conditions on the mountains. Additional frames, lenses and straps will be available to purchase separately. SunGod has worked to build a global community of high profile snowsports ambassadors. Athletes include X-Games gold medallist and BBC presenter James “Woodsy” Woods, and Rowan Cheshire,

both of whom competed at the Winter Olympics in Pyongchang last winter.

SunGod is the first British eyewear brand to sponsor winter athletes to this level of international success, and the brand is continuing as the official eyewear partner of the Freeride World Tour in 2019, a worldwide freeride skiing and snowboarding competition widely considered to showcase the pinnacle of the sport.

Vanguards will be available to purchase for £110 at sungod.co/ vanguards or in-store in Verbier.

Wattbike Wattbike Atom - With cutting edge accuracy and analysis, the award-winning Wattbike Atom is the most intelligent and effective smart trainer in the world. Real Ride Feel technology replicates the resistance and sensation of riding on the road whilst full connectivity means you can incorporate all of your favourite apps into your training. Endorsed by the UCI World Cycling Centre, the Wattbike measures Watts,

Cadence and Heart Rate with scientific accuracy. The Wattbike can be used by everyone for training, testing and rehabilitation. The dual air and magnetic resistance system can recreate any required resistance with smooth transitions to replicate the feel of a real bike. The Wattbike provides safe, accurate, 24/7 training at home, in the gym and in cycling classes. Whether you are just starting out, a regular cyclist or an Olympic Champion, the Wattbike is the best training tool available today. Tackle bucket-list climbs through the pre-loaded simulations in Climb Mode where resistance changes automatically to map precisely to the gradient on your virtual ride, so taking on a legendary climb is exactly as tough as it should be.

Atom’s power measurement is more accurate than any other smart trainer. Take thousands of data points away from every session you ride via the free Wattbike Hub app to evaluate your performance and track your goals. £1599 www.wattbike.com Matrix Matrix Fitness Connexus Column - Perfect for any training space, as well as 1-1 training through to small groups, the Connexus Column offers multiple options for suspension, resistance band and functional training modalities. It takes up minimal space, and includes three moveable attachment points at differing heights to provide fully flexible training options.

Built in storage keeps functional training accessories out of the way, but easily accessible while the space-efficient design mounts securely to the wall. The training handle offers easy accessory attachment and accommodates quick transitions and efficient progressions.

The Connexus Column also features integrated device storage so users can keep their smartphone in full view throughout their training, enabling them to train using their favourite fitness apps.