TGIF: PERFECT Late Night

Hey Teammates, don’t know if you’ve been watching late night TV lately but Conan O'Brien has been talking up a storm about the Perfect Pushups – I say we send him a challenge to take on David Letterman. Conan says he owns (and uses) the Perfect Pushup – let's test his moral fighting fiber and see if he’s up to the task.

We’re calling him out on this end – if you feel so motivated, send the Late Night Show a note requesting a Late Night Perfect Pushup challenge. Hey, stranger things have happened on these shows before!

Have a Fired UP Friday!

CHARLIE MIKE – ALDEN

TGIF: PERFECT Taxi Workplace

Guest blogger: Sacha Wingard, London cabbie

"Hi, I purchased the Perfect Pushup around two months ago and I can't believe how good this product is. It is the best way to do pushups. I recommend it to everyone because it’s the easiest piece of gym equipment to use: it has improved my upper body strength in such a short period of time."

As Dave Hollister, e-commerce Team Leader tells it, we'd been selling in the UK for about a month. Who would have guessed that he would step into a taxi whose driver had just purchased a Perfect Pushup off our new UK website. It's pretty awesome to think that we can start selling a product across the pond and quickly meet someone whose life it's impacting for the better. Needless to say, it totally made Dave's trip!! He'll be looking for Sacha on his next trip to London.

Keep the pictures and stories coming Teammates -- getfit@perfectpushup.com -- and let CHARLIE MIKE share your TGIF story.

Stay Fired UP!

TGIF: PERFECT Workplace

Guest blogger: Gary Lai of San Francisco

There are things I hate now and my body hates me for it:

Work.
Time.
Fast food.
Gravity.

The idea of sitting in an office chair for 9 hours out of the day makes my back scream at me to just end it all already. And no matter how many ergonomic stretches I do, how many 10 minute walks I take, how many nutrigrain bars I eat, it's not going to change the fact that my gut will get big enough that I can use it as a coaster for my Klean Kanteen water bottle (yes, it's water in there and not soda...most of the time). I'm too groggy in the morning to work out. Nights are for work related happy hours, which ultimately result in me going home with a 20-piece chicken mcnugget combo meal (mmm...bbq sauce). That leaves an hour window during the workday to get a workout in. Yes, I think my coworkers would appreciate me coming back smelling of stink. Gravity...well...causes sagging.

To counter these debilitating factors, the Perfect Pushup has kept me from going downhill. The Perfect Pushup is true to his namesake. At work, we have a hundredpushups.com challenge going around and it may be easier to do regular IMPERFECT pushups, but I'd rather do pushups the right way so that I can get the most out of each individual UP! When my coworkers are doing their 20,25,15,15,25 set, I'm definitely behind in time, but I feel in the end, I'll be more satisfied with my progress.

You'll definitely notice the difference. I'm working muscles I didn't know I had. I think the biggest part is that my wrists aren't dying at the end. Keyboards do that for me. I already have a set of the Perfect Pushups at home, but have a set at work definitely encourages me to utilize the moments when I need to step away from my 3 wall box. Thanks for making a simple product that has some great advantages and benefits.

Cheers,
Gary Lai – San Francisco

TGIF: PERFECT Workplace

Here's a new look for emergency room physicians: doctors with green shamrock antenna! Karin, our newest CM blogger and her friend/co-worker, went back to work in scrubs and race t-shirts after running a St. Patrick's Day race.

HOOYAH!

CHARLIE MIKE SITREP: April 2009

Teammates – Check out our SITREP (Situation Report) for April: highlighting some of our new bloggers, topics and features.

1. Meet Tara Llanes, our first Athlete Ambassador.

2. TGIF: PERFECT in the Workplace – our newest CM SEAL Team member, my buddy “Sav” Saviano, kicked off this new weekly feature.

3. Marathon Mojo – from training to clothing – continues with Tim Grizzell, SEAL Team blogger.

4. Stew Smith’s Strength in Diversity series ended with “Too Short to be a SEAL” – look for Stew’s YouTube/workout coming up soon – swimming and the Perfect Pushup.

5. Perfect Products – designer Gray Holland took us behind the scenes with the development of the Perfect Counter and we unveiled the Perfect Dip bar.

6. CM congratulated the SEALs who saved the day last month and celebrated National Parks Founder Teddy Roosevelt.

7. If you haven’t joined Perfect Fitness, the perfect place to hang out with other fitness fans, what are you waiting for?

Give me your feedback: positive – negative – topics you’d like more of/less of – post your comments here!

CHARLIE MIKE – ALDEN