Getting a
Workout Doesn’t Have to Leave You Hurting
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| Most people slow
down as they enter their golden years, but not Christine Chalupa,
57, of Seattle. She pushes herself to the limit every day.
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| “I have been biking
for 15 years and running competitively for about five,”
says Chalupa. “On the days when I’m not competing,
I go to the YMCA and workout. I have to do it because if I
don’t, I just don’t feel good.”
Josh Madigan, 25, of Minneapolis,
Minn. says he exercises for the same reason. “Exercising
helps me stay fit and gives me the energy I need to make
it through the day,” says Madigan.
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| Both amateur athletes are
getting what they want out of their exercise regimens now,
but it hasn’t always been that way. “I used to
get terrible chafing between the legs when I ran long distances.
The only way it would go away was if I stopped for a week
or two to let the chafing heal,” says Madigan. |
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“When I first started competing, I had terrible bouts
with chafing. I would rub Vaseline or petroleum jelly between
my thighs to try and prevent it, but that didn’t always
work,” says Chalupa. The
chafing problem went away practically overnight for both
Chalupa and Madigan when they started using BodyGlide, a
skin lubricant that contains no petroleum and no medicine.
The product comes in a convenient stick and it ‘glides
on’ to the skin. It is used anywhere on the body to
help prevent chafing and blisters. |
| “Before
BodyGlide came on the scene, there were other skin lubricants
containing mostly petroleum or other oils. The ‘magic’
ingredients that set BodyGlide apart are all natural waxes
derived from plants,” says Bill Sternoff, the company
president.
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| “When you are exercising,
your body temperature rises by several degrees. Typically,
it leads to blisters on your feet and irritation or chafing,
elsewhere. Lotions and ointments, such as petroleum jelly
or Vaseline, won’t stay where you put them because the
oils don’t adhere to the skin. And when you perspire,
which is necessary to cool the body, the moisture causes the
oil-based products to float away, which leaves your skin vulnerable
to friction burns, chafing, and blisters.” |
Sternoff says
the trouble comes from skin rubbing against skin such as in
the thighs, rubbing from shorts, sports bras or other clothing,
and from athletic shoes and footwear that cause blisters.
“The non-oily, non-messy BodyGlide formula penetrates
the cells of your skin, stays where needed, does not clog
pores, and it comfortably guards your skin against friction
wherever you need protection,” says Sternoff.
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| BodyGlide comes
in two formulas: original and BodyGlide SPF, which has a sun
protection factor of 25. Both are water and sweat resistant.
BodyGlide SPF is often used just as sun screen because it
stays on and won’t melt off. |
The reputation for long-lasting
reliability in recreational and competitive sports, most notably
running, cycling, swimming and triathlon, led to development
of a topical analgesic used to get warmed-up for activity,
and for pain relief.
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“WarmFX ‘glides
on’ directly and it warms you up. You don’t
have to wash it off your hands, which is the number one
complaint about other analgesic products. It’s self-actuating,
meaning the more WarmFX you apply, the hotter it gets and
the longer it lasts,” says Sternoff. “While
most analgesics are used after you develop pain or soreness,
WarmFX is formulated to get you ready for activity. It stimulates
your circulation, it’s non-oily, it penetrates your
skin, and it stays where you need it.” WarmFX is an
over the counter product, easy to use to help prevent soreness
or for pain relief in the shoulders, neck, upper and lower
back, legs or knees.
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| BodyGlide products
are available at general sporting goods, outdoor, and specialty
running, cycling, and swimming stores across the United States
and Canada. They are also available online from a wide variety
of retailers. For more information, log onto www.bodyglide.com
or call toll free (888) 263-9454. |
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