RedZone Protein Recovery Bars
The feedback we constantly get from our customers, is that they want a complete range of Sports Nutrition products from us.
So we formed a new company (
RedZone Sports Nutrition) to solely focus on producing a great range of Sports Bars.
RedZone has produced a great tasting,
all natural Protein Recovery Bar in 2 flavours:
These products
contain over 20% whey protein, which is the best type of protein to aid recovery.
To celebrate the launch of this great new product range we are offering a 1 month introductory special - buy a box 10 bars for just $30 (20% discount)
Get them while you can!
Labels: endurance nutrition, Redzone, Special Offers
The Non-Sonny Bill Williams Program
Yes, it's true.
We've launched a Loyalty Program to reward and encourage our lovely customers (that's you) for buying from us.
How To Get Huge Discounts All Year Round.....& Free Stuff Most of our customers, since ordering their 1st order have just kept on coming back and we could not continue without showing that same loyalty back.
We'd much rather spend our marketing $$ on supporting those who support us.
NEW Loyalty ProgramSimplicity is the key!
1. Order more than $500 product in a 12 month period and
receive 10% discount on all orders for the next 12 months.....and receive a FREE Coolmax T-Shirt and running cap!
2. Order more than $750 product in a 12 month period and receive 15% discount on all orders for the next 12 months.
Click here for terms and conditions (nothing tricky here!).
NEW Referral ProgramSimply refer a customer to our web site and
receive 20% of their $ value towards free product in your next order!
All your referral has to do is to mention your name in the order and we will email you a notice of the free product for your next order.
Hope that helps you out.
Cheers
David
Team Nike Hammer Wins 96 km Kokoda Challenge
The grueling
2008 Kokoda Challenge has been won in record breaking time (11 hours and 54minutes) by
Team Nike Hammer, shaving nearly 5 minutes off their winning time from last year.
Check out the course profile (pdf file) to imagine just how tough this 96 km race is.
With close on 1,200 competitors entered, the Kokoda Challenge just keeps getting bigger and is a tremendously hard challenge to conquer.
The Numibah Hall (left) was a major stop for many and the local community put on a great spread with hot food and drinks.
Brendon, our web guy, was 1/2 of the
Support Crew for his 14 yo son's high school team and was out on the course.
"I was wearing a Hammer T-shirt and the amount of competitors that said things like "I've been sucking the Hammer down" was amazing. The gels are a huge hit with endurance athletes," he said.
"I was almost tempted to join them on the trek......but then I remembered
it's 96 km and I'm not actually insane!" said a lazy Brendon.
Great stuff and congratulations to all competitors.
Cheers
David
Labels: kokoda challenge gold coast
Michelle Wu - World Champion (Updated)
One of our favourite
athletes we sponsor with product is Michelle Wu - champion Australian Age Group Triathlete.
Oh sorry! Did I say "Australian Champion"??
Try
"World Champion Age Group"!Yep, Michelle is the World Champion not only in her Age Group, but overall.
Here's a bit from her email me to just after the win in Canada.
"..........not only in my age group F25-29, but OVERALL!!!!! yes, that's right!! World's fastest Age Grouper! I'm absolutely stoked with it and really can't quite believe it myself! it is really just unbelievable!!
In short, I had an average swim (in 11 degree water), but then rode and ran the fastest bike and run splits of all the females to win in 2:00:14hrs.
What's more exciting is that it was a sprint finish so I only got it by 5 sec!"Congratulations MichelleCongratulations Michelle - we're thrilled to be part of your win.
Click here for an article from the Canberra Times.Regards
David
NT Heat No Match For Deanna!
Deanne Blegg (one of our sponsored athletes) recently finished the
Anaconda MTB Enduro in the Northern territory in a brilliant 4th place.
Here's Deanna's Race Report
Alice Springs the perfect place for the
Anaconda MTB Enduro. 5days, 7 stages of hard core X country mountain biking.
What more could make one's week?
Now, whilst I'm not an expert mountain biker I figure the only way to get good at something is by doing it.
What better way than covering over 300km of techy single track, tricky 4WD track and sandy and corrugated 2WD tracks.
Better still our mornings started at a respectable 9am and we were done by lunch time on most days!
Riding Was FantasticThe riding was fantastic. The tracks around Alice are fast, technical, rocky and to say the least quite challenging.
Night RiderI have to say one of my favorite stages was the night ride.
Imagine this. 200 riders gathering as the sun was setting. The sun sets quick in the centre and the twilight is gone in a blink.
A great thank you goes to
Anaconda who has been very generous with their sponsorship. Racing interstate can sap the family budget and make it difficult to attend these races.
Thanks
Anaconda for making it possible.
Great Bike, Great MechanicsTo survive these races one needs a good bike, better bike skills and great mechanics.
Thanks so much to the Boys and Gal at
Gran Prix Bicycles in Caulfield South. These guys have helped me all the way from a complete novice through to a passionate MT Biker.
To last such long hours on the bike and to back it up day after day it is important to get your nutrition right.
Hammer Nutrition was used amongst many of the competitors and I must say the
Hammer Gels kept me fueled through the race and the
Recoverite formula post race really helped me keep on top of things.
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Well done Deanna!
David
Labels: Anaconda mtb enduro
Free Entry For Brisbane To Noosa Ride - Worth $65!
Hammer Nutrition has joined forces with
USM events to supply nutrition to the Inaugural "
Portfolio Partners 160km bike ride from Brisbane to Noosa".
This event with a field limit of 1000 entries is almost sold out!
Hammer Nutrition will be
supplying the
H.E.E.D electrolyte drink on route to ensure that all competitors are fueled to finish.
Hammer will give
FREE entry ( $65) to the 1st 5 people who purchase over $100 online and declare that they would like to enter.
Now that's value!
Cheers
David
Labels: brisbane to noosa ride
The Right Information For The Right Nutrition
As regular readers might know, we're very big on providing
the right information the right way for our customers.
It's the reason we have:
We receive some fantastic feedback on our products and below is one from Karin.
I've posted Karin's experience up because I think it's a terrific example of an athlete who has received the right information and applied it. Hope you like it!
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Hi David,
I wanted to give some feedback on my experience with your product.
I am absolutely thrilled with it!!
Yesterday was my first experience using your method of waking 3 hours before my event, I ate my small breakfast, went back for some more sleep and awoke feeling very good.
I got to my event and found not only was I cool calm & collected, I just
felt good.
I took a
Hammer Gel about 5 minutes before the start of the race, and took two more during the half Marathon event. I never once felt low on energy or sick in my stomach.
"......felt great."How fantastic to just change a couple of things in my routine and feel great.
My usual routine was to eat just before the event, then eat nothing or during it, in particular if it is a run event. IM slightly different for me.
Although, I was having major problems with my nutrition on the bike and am still to experiment with your
Perpetuem product.
"......I have bonked.....not once did I feel this would happen."I've also found that many times in the past, I have bonked, and had extreme cases of high heartrate... not once yesterday did I feel this would happen.
I have read your
Guide to Success book & feel that I'm in complete control my my racing, nutrition & recovery... it isn't controlling me... what a great feeling to have.
Thank you again for the advice & products. You have found a person who is a complete convert to Hammer and its products.
Kind Regards,
Karin
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Thanks Karin.
Glad we could help.
David
Kokoda Challenge Endurance Tips
For the past 2 years, Team Victory (sponsored by Hammer Nutrition!) have won the
Kokoda Challenge - a grueling 96km run/walk/crawl through the most rugged terrain possible in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Team Victory in 2007!
(It's actually named after Peter's running business)This great event has been increasing it's exposure every year and becoming a bigger and bigger event This year entries were closed months prior to close out date.
I asked Mike Page some questions on how the team prepare for this huge race.
1. How do you guys feel about the event, and is there a special feeling amongst the group around the name "Kokoda" with what it means to Australian people ? The event is growing at an astonishing rate.
It's a credit to Doug Henderson and his team who not only put on a great event, but have clearly captured the publics imagination. I think through experiencing such events it makes us understand a little more, just what those men experienced on the trail, and instills in us, a greater respect for what they actually achieved.
Doug has also ensured that the legacy of Kokoda lives on through his Kokoda Challenge Youth Program.
This program is instilling in today's youth, those typically Australian qualities that helped our diggers achieve so much in the Kokoda campaign.
2. Do you think this years event is going to be more challenging now that you have had the winning team for 2 years and going for your 3rd straight win?It will definitely be interesting this year to see how the race unfolds.
While confident in our preparations for the event, we definitely don't take it for granted that it's in the bag.
A record number of teams in this years event, ensures that the competition will be more intense. Top teams from the past 2 years will be back to challenge us again, and there will no doubt be other teams coming.
With the popularity of 100km team events at an all time high, the standard of team over this distance is definitely improving.
3. Have you got the same team for this year, and can you give us a brief background on each person?Yes. We have the same team this year - both runners and support crew - which is absolutely fantastic.
You won't find another team of bigger nutbags and running freaks anywhere!Peter Hall has run a total of 30 marathons during his time with a
PB of 2:34:28.
Donnie Wallace has finished the prestigious Comrades Marathon 5 times. Twice in the top 10 and three times in the top 15.
He has also gone under
7 hours for 100km numerous times as well has a host of other results.
Nicki Carrol is a
Sydney 2000 Olympian, having run a PB of 2:25:51 in the 1999 London Marathon. She is one of only 5 Australian females to go under the 2:30 mark.
Me (Mike Page) - I've competed in Ironman and other ultra distance events. Currently living in the shadow of my other team members!
I hold the Course Record holder for 62km Tambourine Trek and have achieved good results at several local races. PB of 9:48 hrs for Port Macquarie IM.
4. How is the team preparing for this years challenge and what sort of training are you doing?This years preparation hasn ot differed much from last year.
We all prepare in our own way, but the one thing that is the same for everyone is dedication to training. Each of us puts in 160km+ per week leading up to this event. This is definitely a race where strength and endurance rule.
So volume over hilly terrain is paramount in the lead up to this race.
5. Do you train together as a team to get the team spirit going ?The short answer to this question is no.
In saying that though 2 of the team (Donnie and Nicki) live (together) in Brisbane so they train together regularly.
Pete and myself both live on the Gold Coast so we also training together regularly.
As a group, we have known each other for a few years, with Donnie, Nicki, and Pete, going back a long, long, long time ;o)
As a team, we have a unique bond in this event. Don't get me wrong: we are great friends.
However the bond we share for this event is based on a great respect for each other as runners.
This makes preparing for the event very easy, as each of us know that when we line up at the start, everyone in the team has done the work required.
6. Do you have a support crew and how important are they?We have THE BEST support crew in the event.
Our support crew is made up of Pete's wife Leanne, and my partner Mandy. These guys know exactly what we need and when we need it and know what is required to get us through the event.
They put up with our demands and our gradually increasing cranky moods throughout the day.
How important are they? We simply could not complete the event without them.
8. What is the hardest thing about the challenge?The hardest thing about this challenge is putting up with Donnnie's sense of humour for 12 hours!
In all seriousness though, the hardest thing about this event is the amount of elevation gain and loss throughout the day.
The up-hills are near-anaerobic, lung-popping efforts that seem to go on forever, while the down-hills are nothing less than brutal.
You definitely know you have covered 96km by the time you get to the finish – and indeed, the next day.
9. If you had 2-3 tips for 1st time teams what would they be?1. Make sure you go over as much of the course before hand as you can. The first year we competed, we covered every section of the course so we knew what we were in for.
2. Make sure you have trained in the gear you are going to race in.
It is important to know exactly where those shoes are going to rub, or if your hydration pack is going to cause you problems before you go into the event.
3. Have a nutrition plan that you have also tested in training. Know what works for you and know what your body needs.
Knowing what your body is trying to tell you during the day and responding to its needs before problems occur is 50% of the race.
10. Obviously nutrition is crucial to this event - what is the team plan for this year?
We’ve used
Hammer products each time we have competed in this event and they have never let us down.
Our nutrition plan this year will be virtually the same as last year.
The key of course to any good nutrition plan is being able to change it at any point during the race to respond to your bodies needs. Knowing what your body is trying to tell you is the key.
We will be using all of the Hammer products during the event, but probably the 2 that are of most importance are
Perpetuem and
Heed.
Perpetuem provides the protein required to prevent muscle breakdown during the event, while
Heed helps provide the required electrolyte.
Last year we used a combination of 1 serve of
Perpetuem and 2 serves of
Heed in 2 litres of water. This provided us with a good base.
Shortfalls in carbs were made up using
Hammer Gels and extra electrolyte through
Endurolytes.
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Thanks Mike.
David
Labels: kokoda challenge gold coast
Apologies For Technical Trouble
We've had a bit of technical trouble this evening here at
Hammer Nutrition with our host server - the technical details are long and involved (and boring) so I'll spare you that!
Some people saw this:
It has now been fixed and we're back working again.
Apologies for any inconvenience and thanks to those customers who let us know.
Cheers and goodnight.
David
Kohlar Takes 3rd At First Pro Triathlon
Jarad Kohlar continues to perform brilliantly in multisport events and has had his first ever Pro Race triathlon at the
Xterra Australian Championships.
Jarad managed a fantastic 3rd behind the very seasoned Leon Griffin and Chris Legh.
Well done Jarad.
Cheers
David
Labels: Triathlon training
Deanna Blegg has joined the Hammer Team
Deanna's story is inspiring, coming back from a doctor's prognosis in 1996 which gave her just 6 months to live, to now being one of Australia's elite Adventures Racers.
Incredible and inspiring stuff.
Deanna won five major races last year.Her story is compelling reading -
click here to view her full profile.
- 1st Female Anaconda Adventure Race - Lorne Dec 2007
- 1st Female Tri X - Anglesea Nov 2007
- 1st Mixed Pair Kathmandu Adventure Race - Lysterfield Nov 2007
- 1st Female Upper Murray Challenge - Khancoban Oct 2007
- 1st Female Cowra Triathlon - Cowra NSW Oct 2007
Welcome aboard Deanna, we're thrilled to be part of your ongoing success.
David and the Hammer team
Labels: Sponsorship
Hammer Powders Now Made In Australia
We have bought the manufacturing of Hammer Powders home to Australia.
Australian ingredients are
rated amongst the best in the world, so what better place to make all of the Hammer powder products?!
Plus we are
employing Australian people - now that's a real bonus when most other manufacturers go offshore.
Thanks for your great support that has made this possible.
David
