Ever heard the expression, "Once you go black, you never go back?" Whelp, that's where I am with these pivot shorts!!
I really wanted to try these out and see how I liked them before I said anything on the blog. I want to be sure that the stuff I put on my blog is authentic- I'm not going to do a giveaway or write about something that I don't use frequently and LOVE. So that says something about these shorts right there.
Back to why I love the shorts...
I have two little kids. While they are cute and loveable, they also changed my body when I was working on getting them here. I lost the baby fat, but unfortunately a lot of the changes are here to stay. One of those changes are hips that don't stay in place very well.
The interesting thing is that the benefits that I've experienced are not even the main reason you should wear them. These shorts have many other benefits, but I want you to head to the Aspaeris website so you can learn a little about them on your own.
Plus, they make you look tough.
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| IT Band prevention, baby!!! |
Here's how you enter the GIVEAWAY-
1. Be a follower and tell me in the same comment after you...2. Visit their site- aspaerispivotshorts.com- and tell me something special that you learned about these particular shorts.
Additional entry if you:
1. "Like" Aspaeris on Facebook and add one of your confessions in a separate comment. (Wanna know what a confession is? Check mine out here, here, or here).Contest ends at 11:59PM on Sunday, November 20th. Winner will be announced Monday morning.
***If you are a regular reader and commenter of my blog- I know who you are- the odds will ever be in your favor (name that book).
98 comments:
I learned that Aspaeris shorts exist. Now I have a need that I didn't even know before reading your blog. I think it would be my new favorite running gear. Crossing my fingers...
I've learned that they can help my knee AND hip pain when I run or workout!! Thanks Amylee! If I don't win I'm going to buy some :)
I've learned that they can help my knee AND hip pain when I run or workout!! Thanks Amylee! If I don't win I'm going to buy some :)
Dear Amylee- Just one more reason why you are amazing. Don't ask me how I stumbled upon your blog, but I love it! You amaze me. So, I want these shorts. Now that I have had my 2nd my body is a MESS! Time to get back on track with an exercise routine. I think that these compression shorts will help me accomplish that. After visiting their site, I learned that they help prevent ACL injuries, which I know is fairly common with women. Very cool. I think they could really help me, as I have extremely tight IT Bands, and as of late have also been having hip problems. Talk to you later!
Amanda Steele
So, as far as the separate comment goes for a confession, I am not sure how this works... Hopefully I am doing this right. My confession: Jake and I have been watching episodes of Glee on our Roku. We aren't caught up yet, and Jake would freak out if he knew this, but I have been watching episodes without him... I just cant resist!
Amanda Steele
I love your blog. Now a follower! I think those shorts are pretty awesome. I love anything that is specifically designed for our funky women bodies :) cool how there is less injury with them.
I'm a follower! I didn't realize how common ACL injuries are and I didn't realize that shorts like this could help to prevent it from happening.
I like them on facebook
Confession: I don't always wash fruits and veggies before I eat them. I excuse it by telling myself that I'm building my immune system.
PS - I think this was supposed to be with my comment about liking them on Facebook. Sorry!
I am a follower:)
I learned from the webpage that they are actually 2 shorts bonded together - which is how you get the duel purpose.
Is it bad that I want to win these?
I learned (the first time I went) how common ACL injuries are.
I like Aspaeris on facebook.
Confession: I eat more sweets than I care to admit. A lot more. In fact, for breakfast before our race on Saturday Terra and I sat in my car and ate a cupcake.
Following your blog!!! I learned that they actually two pairs of shorts bonded together....
I learned that they are AWESOME! Seriously the things said about these things on other bloggities is awesome!
I feel like a rockstar when I get under a 10 minute pace. It has happened two different runs where I averaged under 10 and I am so very excited about this. I know this is slow to most but I am thrilled.
I'm not a life long follower....actually found you from Aspaeris on facebook (I like them) but I am glad I found ya!
I feel like a rockstar when I get under a 10 minute pace. It has happened two different runs where I averaged under 10 and I am so very excited about this. I know this is slow to most but I am thrilled.
I'm not a life long follower....actually found you from Aspaeris on facebook (I like them) but I am glad I found ya!
The shorts are awesome! I bought a pair to run the NYC Marathon in and didn't have any of the knee pain that I experienced in the 10 weeks leading up to the big day. I need another pair of these shorts!!!
I totally follow your blog because you're awesome and I am dying to try a pair of these shorts!
I am already a follower I was JUST saying how much I wanted to win these to Christina and I didn't know they were TWO shorts combined. that is probably what makes them so awesome!
On the site I guess it really reinforced how vulnerable us ladies are to ACL injuries. The banding on the inside of the shorts is so cool too.
I like aspaeris on fb
confession - sometimes I say I'm sick to make Colin do stuff even though I'm not :P
I follow you. And I learned that the pivot shorts have two layers each with their own purpose.
I follow, and I learned that they are two pairs of shorts. Very cool.
New follower here! Love your blog! I have learned that they are actually two shorts woven into one.
I like Aspaeris on FB. My confession: I often follow up a mid-day snack of veggies with something sweet. I feel like I earned a piece of chocolate for eating vegetables that I don't really care for.
I already liked Aspaeris on facebook, that's actually how I found you!
My confession is that I bought Halloween candy the week before Halloween and ate the entire bag of Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish before the 31st. I had to go out and buy a new bag before my husband suspected anything.
I'm following you :) ANd love the fact that these prevent injuring to the ACL!
I like Aspaeris on fb :)
Confession: I'm dreading waking in the dark for my early morning runs. #1 it's cold & #2 the dark scares me...but I gotta do it!!!
I am a new follower!!
I learned that they help prevent ACL injuries in women. I could have used that when I was in high school and tore my ACL. :)
I like Aspaeris on facebook.
Confession: I am a slow runner and somewhat ok with it.
I am a new follower. I found you through Aspaeris on Facebook (I like them). I've been trying to catch up on some reading =)
I keep reading such great things about what these shorts do for your body! When I first heard about them, I spent quiet a bit of time reading on the website. Quite the amazing thing they came up with!!!
Confession.......I can spends hours reading what others write about running (I mean HOURS) then I feel bad because I literally sat on my butt doing nothing but reading but then I feel better because I tell myself that I am learning something new =)
PS I LOVE LOVE LOVE your confessions!!!
I am a follower.
I learned that these shorts are made just for women!
I already like Aspaeris on Facebook.
My confession is that I think I am going to buy my new dog more presents for Christmas than for any other member of my family (well, except maybe my husband).
I like aspaeris on fb
New follower
confession I have to have a French Vanilla Cappunico every morning after I work out. I'm obsessed with running gear.
I learned that Aspaeris pivot shorts are two shorts woven into one.
Um I like really want to win these!! What an awesome giveaway and I'm pretty sure I'm your #1 stalker.....I mean follower. :)
P.S. Can you do YL on Thursday of Friday? Let me know because I'm trying to throw something together.
P.S.S. (yes this is 1st grade) You inspired me to run outside in the dark this morning and I rocked out 10 miles and loved every second of it.
I already like Aspaeris on fb. :)
Confession: I came into work late today just so that I could run 2 extra miles. Running > being to work on time. :)
Checked out the website and I like that the main priority of the product is to prevent injuries. I think these would really help my nagging hamstring problems.
Wow! I am impressed you are giving away a pair if you love them so much. ;) And who in their right mind would do laundry more than once a week?
And the quote is from HUNGER GAMES, of COURSE!
I had no idea that clothes could prevent injuries. That is kinda AMAZING.
I like Aspaeris on FB.
Confession: Sometimes I don't drink any water w dinner so there is more room for FOOOOOOOOOD! I think Erin would fire me if she knew this.
follower!!! and totally missed reading your blog while i was gone to a far away country. please say we can hang out soon?
i learned that the shorts are actually 2 different pair sewn together in order to help prevent injury...craziness!
liked them on FB!!!
Confession: i have been eating more candy than I probably ever even do ON holidays. and that has been my main motivation to get up and go to the gym this week...just one of those weeks i guess ;)
Already a follower!
I love that these compression shorts are made for WOMEN to prevent ACL injury!
Already like Aspaeris on fb!
Forgot my confession: I consider candy corn to be a meal during the month of October and possibly even November.
I follow aspaeris on fb too!
Confession time... along the lines of your drip pans wastefulness. I drink water out of plastic non reusable bottles... everyday. I recycle but that is such a waste! I do it because I don't drink water if I can't just buy it packaged and ready to go. Arg. Needs to be a new years resolution!
New follower!
the inner layer of the shorts is designed to guide your leg into correct alignment. outer layer is to compress
I like them on FB
Confession: I have been known to bribe my husband with sex so I can go running.
I'm a follower and I had no idea it was 2 shorts in one....this might be the help I need for my left hip. Sadly, left hip issues are hereditary and even my girls (ages 1 and 9) both have the issues already. This could seriously be what I need to keep on running!
I liked them on FB
Confession: I am so turned on by my husband being "handy" around the house I can't keep my hands off of him while he's doing the honey-do list! A man with tools is irresistible!
I am a new follower! Your kids are super cute!
I learned that compression can help prevent injury. Awesome shorts!
I like them on FB
I am a follower!
I have heard about these shorts before! I love that they prevent ACL injury, I had my ACL repaired almost exactly a year ago, not something I'd want to repeat.
I read your blog regularly, but am now an "official" follower.
Of course I am a follower :)
I learned that their cross knit bands help to keep our funky muscles in place.
Oh and I liked them on FB.
I've learned that they can help my knee AND hip pain when I run or workout!! Thanks Amylee! If I don't win I'm going to buy some :)
I hope this doesnt come up unknown again.
I liked Aspaeris Pivot shorts on Facebook.
I am a follower and my confession is that when I run I dont hold my farts in. I let them fly as they please.. HAHA Good thing I run at 6 in the AM so no one can smell me.
For an extra entry, the oddest toy I have seen this season, is the hair salon my sister purchased for my niece...that seems to have real working scissors?!? I will not be going anywhere near that hair salon.....
New Follower :) Found it interesting that they are two shorts made into one:)
Oddest toy are these scary BRATTZ things you've just shown us. They are ugly.... Please don't buy these for sweet little Annie.
I'm a follower & I learned Aspaeris makes shorts JUST FOR WOMEN!
Kiley @ DailyVitaminF
new follower and I learned that the double layer compression is what does the trick
i'm a new follower and i had no idea they were two pairs of shorts woven into one!
my confession: i really want to run a full marathon.
I did not realize these awesome shorts were a woman-only design (did I read this right?). Anyway, I like to think that somebody out there is looking out for womenfolk who need something like double shorts to pull everything together!
confession(s): I also hate running on the treadmill. I have a hard time turning my brain off and my husband braces himself for the worst when I say, "I have a great idea...."
I also read your blog regularly but am now OFFICIAL! Why was I not before, I don't know except that my blogging has gone down the tube too...like for the last...18+ months...so I don't follow blogrolls anymore. Maybe I'll get back to it sometime...maybe.
Where have I been?! I am so behind on reading everyone's blogs it's not even funny. Jessica fail. I'm so glad I caught this really quickly before it ends!!
I am definitely a follower even if I fall off the face of the Earth sometimes. And I just checked out the website and these shorts sound amazing! I thought the cross-knit bands looked cool, but then I read that they "guide your muscles into the proper position" too?! It never occurred to me that shorts could put you in the right alignment! So cool I can hardly stand it.
Also, I just "liked" Aspaeris on Facebook! And my confession is that I have a tab open in my browser for a CrossFit place that is literally 4 minutes from my house... and I've had the tab up for a week. I keep looking at it and debating it, but I'm still terrified of it. Maybe I'll do some pushups tomorrow and feel better about it... ha! :)
Yo yo amyleeee!! Those shorts are killer.. I learned that they would make me faster, stronger, and sassy. Id love me some spandies!
What what?? Where's my comment? I confess that Im falling asleep while confessing. Why am I up so late. Grr.
I like Aspaeris on FB!!!
Confession time: I listen to Christmas music all year long:)
I follow and loooooove your blog!!!! Great giveaway!!
Compression shorts help to stimulate lymph drainage and better flow ultimately decreasing injuries. Helps with joint stability and support as well :)
Confession time: I drink out of the juice carton at home when no one's looking, I never replace the toilet paper roll and run out to get the mail in my pajamas when I wake up thinkIng no one else can see me
Please enter me in your giveaway!!!! I actually have an incomplete tear of my ACL the MRI confirmed from a hiking injury and the truth is, it's making me very sad because I can't run for another 3 weeks!!!! Some compression shorts would help me rock my runs when I do get back to the roads. Thanks for having this giveaway!!!
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