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We are always looking to improve and set the highest possible standards so it's always great to meet people who are striving for excellence in their own field and this is certainly the case with a young local boxer that is striving for greatness in his own sport. Pictured below is Louis "2Sweet" Norman who is aspiring to be British Champion and who has his sights on even greater things. Pictures are of Louis wearing his new G6 heated vest as he has been converted to the benefits of heated clothing particularly when he starts his training at 5.30am each morning.

Louis has been boxing since he was 3 years old and has had 39 amateur fights. He's been in 8 midlands finals, won the midlands aba twice in 2010 and 2011 and has represented the midlands in 2011, winning the CYP national title in 2011. He's unbeaten in his last 8 amateur fights and this year turned professional winning his first 2 fights.

To give an idea of the dedication required to get to the top, Louis starts training by getting up each day at 5.30am to do a 4 mile run, before going to the Pro Gym at Sumercotes in Alfreton (derby) until 12 O'clock. He normally does a 2.2mile hill run on arrival before doing  15 x 3 minute rounds including pads, bags, and sparring. Louis spars with Light heavyweight commonwealth champion Ovill Mckenzie, former English champion Scott Haywood, Dale miles who is fighting for the British title soon and former world champion Rendall Munroe. At the end of the sessions Louis does core work and sit ups using medicine balls finishing at 6.30pm. The session is followed by another run and then the evening work begins at the local amateur boxing club at Shepshed in Leicestershire. The training is done 5 days a week and then on the Saturday Louis will do a 7.5 mile run at 8am in the morning followed by conditioning work at Shepshed aba.  Sunday is a day of rest! If Louis is preparing for a fight, it means 10 weeks of training camp.

We will be following and supporting Louis throughout his career and posting periodic updates to track his progress to see how hard work, sacrifice and dedication are rewarded. Please let us know of someone you know that is working hard to make their dreams happen as this is always of grat interest particularly in this year of great Olympic triumphs.

Our brilliant heated Ardeo gilet was featured on the Frost Free Fashion clothing feature today on the This Morning program as the program makers were looking for something innovative and different as the weather has suddenly turned very cold over most of Europe and with snow forecast.

You can see the video here on the ITV website site 3 minutes 10 seconds into the video.

http://www.itv.com/thismorning/styleandbeauty/frost-free-fashion/

We ask our customers to tell us how blazewear beneifts them and we are always on the look out for interesting applications so at this time of year we were thrilled to receive this one.

Hello,

I just wanted to say how pleased I am with my Blazewear gilet and heated insoles; at this time of year I work as an elf for Santa (yes, really!) giving sleigh rides and handling reindeer on display which involves standing around for long periods of time outdoors in the cold. We also do lots of evening jobs and as we travel to various locations we have plenty of early morning starts when everything is frozen! I feel the cold very easily (even having an electric blanket on during the summer!) and I wear fleeces when most people are in t-shirts, so one of my on-going issues has been to find a way to keep warm safely for long periods of time, that still allows me to move around quickly when working with animals.

Because I have to wear an elf costume I do not have room for too many layers, nor can I wear a warm jacket as it doesn't look the part, so I normally dread this time of year because its such a struggle to stay warm. I used to have microwaveable heat pads that I'd heat up and stuff down my jacket, but they didn't last very long and as I had no way of fixing them in place they'd slip out, which was not an ideal situation when we were in the middle of a parade, or as I was leading a reindeer.

I bought an extra battery and car charger for the gilet and I am so pleased with it - on one evening job it started raining; 4 hours later I was still warm and cosy. The heated insoles are fantastic too even when standing round for hours on cold surfaces, and both items are easy to turn on/off even when wearing gloves. Wearing something that keeps me warm without any hassle means I can concentrate on doing my job and I'm free to use both hands instead of having one permanently clutched round a hot water bottle. Also, we have to arrive at some events already dressed in our costumes, so being able to turn the gilet and insoles on when I arrive is brilliant (the heat pads started losing heat straight out the microwave; when driving to an event away from home sometimes they'd already be cold before we'd even arrived at the location!) The fact that I can wear the gilet and insoles as part of my outfit takes away the worry of hunting round for an extra layer to put on mid-way through a job when I start feeling the cold - now its just a case of pressing a button and seconds later I can feel the heat.

The rest of the year we train horses for carriage driving, which can also be quite a chilly job with long periods outdoors in all weathers, sat on a high carriage with the wind blowing straight at you, so I shall be using my Blazewear clothes year-round. They'e had the toughest trial period during our Christmas work, and they've performed so well that I have no concerns whatsoever about keeping warm the rest of the year. Our photographer has taken some pictures of me wearing the gilet whilst out on an elf job, which I will be putting up on our Facebook page soon along with a recommendation as I'm so pleased with it! Another thing that impressed me is the speed of delivery - everything I've ordered has arrived sooner than expected, so I have no hesitation in recommending both your product and your customer service. So a huge thank you for producing such a wonderful heated gilet and insoles that actually do keep my feet warm - Blazewear has now been endorsed by Santa's elves!

Many thanks,

Mel and Barry Hook Santo and CO

www.santaandco.com

Horse Drawn Promotions www.horsedrawnpromotions.com

blazewear have become a new sponsor of team Haylor dressage with both Paul and Bobby Hayler being huge fans of our heated clothing and the blaze heated horse rug. Have a look at the latest edition of the team hayler newsletter showing Paul with the blaze rug and introducing blazewear as the new sponsor.

Team Haylor November news letter

It's always best when our products are tested for use in a specific sector and to get independent views on the quality of our products. Heated clothing is becoming popular amongst amateur astronomers so when we were asked to send some products for testing for the next edition of  'Look Up' magazine, we were more than happy to oblige. Check this video which tests a couple of our garments to see how good they really are blazewear product review

There will also be a feature in Look Up astronmy magazine which you will be able to see by going to this site http://www.hantsastro.org

Yesterday there was a news feature that went out on Russia-1 TV as the concept of heated clothing continues to generate interest in Russia. Business in Russia is really starting to pick up since the introduction of heated clothing last winter and we will shortly be sending out a new consignment of gilets, insoles and gloves and we are not yet out of October. The Russian market is a huge market for heated products and the potential for the brand is enormous.

We have sent garments and gloves to be included on the gadget show winter special feature due to be filmed at the end of this month so will post updates as soon as we know more.

The diving world was not something that was envisaged for blazewear but our garments have proved a real hit under dry suits. We developed the new G6 heated sports vest as our most lightweight and versatile garment to date and this was designed to be worn under just about any outer garment from ski jackets, to fishing jackets, riding outerwear and diving dry suits.

This weeks see a delivery going out to Belgium diving company Galacia Technical diving http://www.galicia.be/ who we are sure will have great success with the garment.

You can view the brilliant ne G6 here  blazewear 'G6'

New stock arrived this week in Moscow ready for the winter and can be seen on our Russian site at www.blazewear.ru   We think that our heated gloves and our brilliant new G6 heated vest will prove very popular in a Russian winter. This is the second year that our clothing has been selling in Russia and we hope that this market will grow significantly as the people of Russia discover the benefits of our heated clothes.