You can now use your HSA and FSA funds towards Obshay weights.
Read on to learn more about our HSA and FSA payment partner, True Med, and the steps you can take to purchase Obshay weights with your pre-tax dollars in lieu of a regular credit card, generally saving 30-40%.
TrueMed is a payment tool that allows health and wellness brands to accept HSA and FSA funds from healthcare insurance plan members like you. They partner with leading health and wellness brands, like Obshay, to facilitate the payment and reimbursement of HSA and FSA funds toward qualified purchases. We are excited about this partnership with True Med to make it easier, and more affordable, to build strength throughout the day.
The checkout process with True Med and your HSA FSA dollars is a little different than an ordinary checkout. Please follow the steps below. If you have any questions, email us at hello@obshay.com.
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More health insurance tips for buying weights:
If you don't have HSA or FSA funds in your healthcare plan, take a minute to review your benefits online. Many plans offer direct reimbursements for weights and other fitness equipment, along with gym memberships and other cool wellness perks. While these won't be paid for with pre-tax dollars like the TrueMed HSA/FSA process outlined here, they are still an advantage you could benefit from. So give yourself a gift of wellness and take a moment to investigate what your healthcare plan may be able to provide for you.
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One of the best resources on sleep, circadian rhythms and exercise is the Huberman Lab podcast by Dr. Huberman, a neuroscientist at Stanford School of Medicine.
Try weight lifting an Obshay periodically throughout your day to potentially improve your sleep.
A top resource for learning about strength training, increasing metabolism, and longevity is The Doctor’s Farmacy, a podcast by Dr. Mark Hyman.
Try Obshay strength training micro workouts throughout your day to help boost your metabolism.
Strength training has been shown to reduce anxiety in several ways:
Some women can lose up to 20% of their bone density within five to seven years of entering menopause, according to Harvard Health Publishing. Strength training, is one of the best ways to reduce bone loss.
Strength training reduces bone loss in several ways:
Muscle loss, known as muscle atrophy, can occur due to a variety of reasons, including aging, a sedentary lifestyle, injury, illness, and other factors. Perimenopause and menopause can have a significant impact on muscle atrophy due to changes in levels estrogen. As estrogen decreases with age, its protective effect on muscle mass decreases, which can lead to an increase in muscle breakdown.
Strength training is one of the most effective ways to fight muscle loss. When you lift weights or use resistance, your muscles are put under stress, which causes micro-tears in the muscle fibers. After your workout, your body repairs these micro-tears by synthesizing new muscle protein, which helps your muscles grow and become stronger.
Muscle atrophy can have negative impacts on overall health for several reasons:
One great resource for more information on the topic of the benefits of exercise during perimenopause, menopause and beyond is Amanda Thebe, author of Menopocolypse. She offers entertaining personal accounts and actionable insights for dealing with hormonal changes with exercise.
Muscle atrophy is real and not just a concern in the latest stages of life. As we age, it gets easier to injure ourselves, and while we heal we don't use our muscles as much or in the same way, leading to atrophy. It can take many hours of physical therapy and resistance training to fight atrophy and rebuild muscle.
Obshay Swirl 4 lbs was designed to make it easier to fight muscle loss by disguising as a decorative object. Obshay is always present and easy to grab throughout the day.
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Probably like many of you, when I first heard about resistance training’s potential impact on brain health, I was pretty surprised and wondered why I had not heard this earlier in life. I regretted all those times I had skipped lifting weights because I didn’t feel like it or I figured my exercise for the day was complete with cardio… I had not realized I was making bad choices for my long term brain health.
Here are the quick facts about the benefits of strength training for the brain: